The Bitcoin blockchain is an immutable audit trail, which does not mean that money cannot be seized or that illicit…
In a fair exchange protocol, two parties either both honour an exchange (such as a contract), or neither of them do. It is known that deterministic fair exchange is impossible without a trusted third party…
The Bitcoin blockchain is an immutable audit trail, which does not mean that money cannot be seized or that illicit…
It is interesting that a meme of digital gold has popped up around BTC over the last few years. The…
A few weeks ago, at CC Forum in London, Bobby Lee asked me to review his new product called Ballet….
Merkle Trees By now, it should be well understood that Bitcoin utilises the concept of a Merkle tree to its…
The battle for Bitcoin is very simple, and it goes right back to the days before I launched it. My…
“Imagine if gold turned to lead when stolen. If the thief gives it back, it turns to gold again…” Bitcoin…
One of the key aspects of Bitcoin is that it is set in stone; the protocol does not change. Many…
In the Bitcoin white paper, I specified how it is possible to verify payments without running a full network node….
Tominaga Nakamoto (1715–46) was a Japanese philosopher trained in the Osaka merchant academy called the Kaitokudō. His research and writings…
The book Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin is the product of a compilation of a selected number of Craig’s…