Hello All,
Some of you may or may not know that I have extensive experience in blockchain technology, and run several businesses utilizing the technology... with and without smart contracts.
The ethereum address attached to the Q picture in McAfee's instagram... might be a scam attempt from one of his social media guys.
The reason I say this:
Every transaction on mainnet ethereum have been triggering the transfer function on a WHACK'D ERC20 token, sending back and forth with UniSwap... which is a decentralized exchange protocol. Meaning there is a very good chance whoever it is is just trying to earn easy free money off the news.
That being said... it's very weird, and if that address starts processing transactions with signed message data, or anything significant that I see, I will let you know.
But for right now, this looks like it could be the social media guy trying to make a quick buck.
For what it's worth. I don't believe McAfee is actually dead. Something weird is going on behind this, but that ethereum address I think is a bit of a distraction.
You are able to broadcast text-based data through the blockchain... a few methods... smart contracts, or through signed messages from the wallet.
This is one of the biggest ways people claim Craig Wright can prove he is truly Satoshi Nakamoto... by broadcasting a signed message from Satoshi's wallet.
Thank you - I don't fully understand but I get the gist. It is a fascinating technology and I am envious of folks like you who really understand it. Looking to get there as well because, even if crypto goes nowhere, a massively distributed database system with no central authority and yet trustworthy is truly revolutionary and will have all kinds of use.
The true value of cryptocurrencies are not the currencies that sit ontop of the network... it's the underlying technology that it provides. :)
It is very worthwhile to learn how blockchain technology works... the crypto coins themselves are speculative entirely. The technology is not.