Alternative Coins & Systems
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.
Mistakes Also Come when You Listen to Others…
Many of the multitudes of problems surrounding the implementation of Bitcoin come from my failure to explain things to people.
Anarchy and the Foolish Belief in Assassination Markets
In 2008 and 2009, a group of people mistakenly thought that the world would be better off without banking. The
Transparency and Government
There is an overwhelming amount of false information around Bitcoin and, in particular, on the topic of privacy or pseudonymous
Proof of Assignment
The Bitcoin blockchain is an immutable audit trail, which does not mean that money cannot be seized or that illicit
Digital Gold
It is interesting that a meme of digital gold has popped up around BTC over the last few years. The
Taxing Times…
One of the key aspects of Bitcoin is that it is set in stone; the protocol does not change. Many