April 2019
The puzzle of the double hash
There is a long-standing puzzle within Bitcoin that has not yet been solved correctly: why did I use a double
The wheel of time is not on an axis
The failure in understanding change lies in believing that the wheel of time is on a stationary axle. We move
Decentralised or just inefficient?
Let us do a little thought experiment. Later in the year, I’ll be talking about a way of doing serialised
Misinformation and the myth of Satoshi
Bitcoin is a story of myths; it was never designed for such an end, but it’s what they who have
The immovable
Many people in the bucket shop, sorry, “crypto currency exchange” industry want to see me gone. The Church of
The “Perfect” Firewall….
Security is a story of economics. It is about risk. In my time in the industry, I’ve worked for a
We don’t want to lead with “anonymous”
One thing I’ve learnt during my time with Bitcoin is how important it is to choose your words carefully. Privacy
Wiki
At the time, Wikipedia wanted to remove the page. There wasn’t anything good that had been published which detailed and
BTC and Censorship
There are those out there who try to explain how Bitcoin is about censorship resistance. Primarily, the same people are
Bitcoin is not against banks
Forget the lies you have been told about Bitcoin. Bitcoin doesn’t stop banking, it doesn’t even stop central banks. In
Patent wars…
Blockstream raised USD60 million on the promise of 2 patents. The patents are: Cryptographically concealing amounts transacted on a ledger
The Genesis of Genesis
Some time ago in a blog post far far away, I wrote about the genesis block and the start of