Alternative Coins & Systems
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
Cryptography and Bitcoin
Cryptography can be used to limit access, and may be restrictive. When a file is encrypted, it can only be
Forking and Passing Off…
If you consider what most cryptocurrency proponents [2] are trying to do, you will see an attempt to exclude governments
Myths of Decentralisation…
There is a completely false narrative that you do not hold bitcoin and that they are an intangible distributed across
How Digital Signatures Work
Way back in 2006, I wrote a legal paper as part of my work with Northumbria University and my postgraduate
Looking the Other Way
Not everything of my story is good and positive, but it is not the one my detractors make out either.