Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech
BTC and Censorship
There are those out there who try to explain how Bitcoin is about censorship resistance. Primarily, the same people are [...]
Bitcoin is not against banks
Forget the lies you have been told about Bitcoin. Bitcoin doesn’t stop banking, it doesn’t even stop central banks. In [...]
Patent wars…
Blockstream raised USD60 million on the promise of 2 patents. The patents are: Cryptographically concealing amounts transacted on a ledger [...]
Evidence and law
It’s funny, the cypherpunks want to demonstrate that code is law. In part, they think they can back me into [...]
The Genesis of Genesis
Some time ago in a blog post far far away, I wrote about the genesis block and the start of [...]
Bitcoin and Contract Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (or the location where a case may be heard) can be a big issue on the Internet. In a [...]
Trolls and bullies
The irony of those seeking anarchy and calling out for BitCoin to act outside the law is that they are [...]
From simplicity comes …
The Silicon Valley culture of change at any cost, with pivot at every moment is detrimental to most of what [...]
Bit Gold Is Not BitCoin
And BTC Is Not Bitcoin Bit gold has never had anything to do with Bitcoin in any way or form, and [...]
The Reason for Law
There are very clear reasons for having law cover what is allowable as admissible evidence and what is rejected as [...]
My Mentor
Calvin Ayre is my friend. It becomes very hard to have friends when you have money. I have a few, [...]
Panopticrypt
I started the company Panopticrypt in June 2011. At this stage, I was still deep in disputes with the Australian [...]