Alternative Coins & Systems
About Coinbase
Coinbase is currently facing several lawsuits. One of the lawsuits involves XRP and Ripple. Coinbase will likely argue that they
The Problem with Anthropomorphism and Personification
I used the word vote in the Bitcoin white paper three times. I used the notion of anthropomorphism in explaining
Cryptocurrency and the Law of the Horse
In 1996, Judge Easterbrook presented and spoke to the University of Chicago Law School. In his speech, he reflected the
Is Code Really Law?
Many people within the ‘cryptocurrency communities’ have made a religion of “code is law”, the flawed methodology of Lawrence Lessig
The Right to Run a Node
The problem that exists in the Bitcoin environment today is reminiscent of society at large. For many years now, we
A Discourse on Nodes
The definition that has propagated around the description of a Bitcoin node has led to a rather cultish ‘quasi-religion’. I
Money Is Time and Energy
Many falsely believe that by simply producing more money or redistributing it, we would all suddenly have more wealth. It
Satoshi NEVER Posted on Bitcointalk
It is a myth that all the posts on Bitcointalk (bitcointalk.org) from my account (Satoshi) are in fact mine and
The Property Flaw of Lightning
Segregated Witness (SegWit) was said to be introduced to stop purported errors caused by malleability. The truth of the matter
Ledgers and Design
Bookkeeping and accounting journals used within double-entry bookkeeping require write once read many (WORM) tables. Any accounting is posted entry
Binance: The Untrusted Intermediary
Today, as I have done in the past, I set up a number of accounts with Binance based only on
On Decentralisation
In a recent statement by SEC Commissioner Peirce, it was explained: A second area of concern is the lack of