Alternative Coins & Systems
Forks as a demerger, or a split as a copy?
There is a lie and myth of decentralised consensus where a small group of developers alters a protocol and says
Finite State Machines in Script
This note provides methods for constructing deterministic and non-deterministic finite state automata in Bitcoin Script. The “best” method produces a
Learning Script
The foundation of recursion comes in 6 functions. OP_ADD and OP_1ADD encapsulate point 4 and point 2 (below) respectively. Point
Why Lightning will never be currency, and why BSV matters
Under the provisions of FinCEN, any exchange accepting and transmitting virtual currency is a money transmitter [1]. The law is
The labour fallacy of mining
I have noted a good number of people hold on to the same common fallacy as was promoted by Marx.
Proof of (unregistered) security
There have been many people pushing proof of stake as an alternative to proof of work. They claim that proof
Clickwrap smart contracts
Clickwrap contracts are functionally the same as the shrink wrap method in software licenses and other product offerings, but formed
Forex accounting in script
Continuing with business ideas that can be implemented within Bitcoin using the scripting options of BSV, I will detail the
The start of Metanet
Way back in the depths of the late 90s, I was a young brash 20-something with this concept that I
The false lure of anonymity
One of the strangest things for me comes from the retrogression into things like proof of stake and the associated
The story of Bitcoin, continued
My first marriage ended in October 2010. It had been rocky for a time before it ended. I mentioned in my last
Careful what you wish for…
I moved to the UK in October 2015. We still had business interests there, so I would fly to and