<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Ahmed</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">You raise pertinent concerns.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">My sense is that of we adopt a Multi-Stakeholder framework to the development of this Technology the world will be a better place.<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 9 May 2017, at 12:56 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hello Rosemary,<div><br></div><div>My discussions with various stakeholders who are experts in Blockchain actually put the blame on things other than tweaking:</div><div><ol><li>Some cryptocurrencies have been developed on standards other than Blockchain. So its a valid cryptocurrency yes, but its not a valid Blockchain technology and it ends up being a phony scheme. This for the most part is upon us, end users, to fix, not regulatory frameworks. Conmen rob men in broad day light and while yes it is a crime, technology has nothing to do with it.</li><li>In other cases cryptocurrencies may have been rolled out without sufficient and aggressive testing on the cryptocurrency algorithm. The bugs that can be exposed in such cases end up being areas that can be exploited. A very good example of an issue like this close to home was when we had the<a href="http://heartbleed.com/"> heartblead SSL</a> bug which affected SSL implementations worldwide and compromised worldwide SSL security.</li></ol><div>In most cases issues like these may not be solved by regulation but may be solved by associations. I will give you a good example of how things like these work. Kicktanet has strategic alliance with Blockchain players like <a href="http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/ipdb-foundation-announces-kictanet-as-a-caretaker">IPDB as recently announced</a>. Let me tell you why something like this is relevant:</div><div><br></div><div>When you have bodies like this that act like IEEE (which is not a government entity) it becomes more a matter of how we put in institutions to protect the rest of us more than centrally controlled regulations. The World Wide Web is not centrally regulated but its one of the most insecure places you can navigate but is governed by Internet Standards. That is what needs to happen to Blockchain instead.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Dear listers,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Blockchain technology is no doubt revolutionary but in regards to criminal activities there is a case for increased liability by stakeholders so that we have trust over the use of the platforms.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is evidence that distributed ledger technology can be tweaked to have permissions and there may be a case for the creation of a semblence of compliance to assist in crime prevention.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The above may be radical but we need to start thinking of how we can try catch up with the technologies from a regulatory and compliance point of view.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <br>
Lawyer-FinTech and ICT Policy </p>
<div class="m_3556234873236970777gmail_quot<blockquote m_3556234873236970777class=" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Dear Listers</div><div><br></div><div>BlockChain Technology is in its infancy the world over. From the US to China to Europe, countries and players haven't really figured out how to play this ground breaking Technology when it comes to regulation. It doesn't help that the Technology is marred by the criminal elements that use Bitcoin to launder money and generally use it to hide from law enforcement agencies. For example Kidnappers and Denial of Service Hackers insist on being paid by Bitcoins because of its potential anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>However, criminals since time immemorial have always conducted their activities using mainstream financial engineering methods and tools to hide their ill gotten wealth. Should we confine a Technology that has the biggest potential to positively impact the world in a way not seen since the advent of the internet to criminality because it is being used by criminal elements? Or should we harness its great potential while mitigating its darker side? </div><div><br></div><div>Many of us know that the Internet has a darker side - The dark web, where activities like Mass Identity Theft, Child Pornography and DDoS Ransoms routinely happen. This hasn't stopped it becoming mainstream and being unequivocally a force for good.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://weartv.com/news/local/dark-web-542017" target="_blank">http://weartv.com/news/local/d<wbr>ark-web-542017</a></div><div><br></div><div>So why then is the conversation around Bitcoins, other cryptocurrencies and the Technology that makes them possible so marred in controversy? </div><div><br></div><div>The article below and a research linked therein seeks to answer some of these questions.</div><div><br><a href="https://t.co/ZV903HSohf" target="_blank">https://t.co/ZV903HSohf</a></div><div><br></div><div>However, even as we read global stories on BlockChain we must chart our own path. This will take players from diverse backgrounds and motivations to pull together to ensure we are not left behind and we harness the full potential of BlockChain Technologies to advance ourselves.</div><div><br><div><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:+254%20713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><span class="">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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