Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech
Two steps forward, one step back
All progress comes through a path of resistance. To understand this, we need to understand that a status quo will [...]
Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto is an amalgamation of 富永 仲基 (Tominaga Nakamoto) and Ash Ketchum (サトシ; Satoshi). The name wasn’t something that [...]
Decentralised planning
Governments cannot take into account wide-scale effects. You may ask why central planning always fails. No person, department, or other [...]
Saving research
Today’s business post is about a method to record research and development data in a way that is tamper-proof and [...]
On testing and causal statements
All changes result in unintended consequences. Whenever we start going down a path of implementing a policy, we need to [...]
Welcome to science
To be a valid hypothesis under the scientific method, there are steps that need to be followed. It is not [...]
Locked transactions for planning
Let’s imagine that Bob wants to ensure that his wealth can go to his children even if something happens. Bob [...]
Why the protocol is set
Bitcoin is only decentralised when power is removed from developers and others who can change the protocol. That is the [...]
How to make a brain wallet
In the past, a concept known as a brain wallet was common. It is something that has a lot of [...]
Digital Rights Management: Serialised Media
In a fair exchange protocol, two parties either both honour an exchange (such as a contract), or neither of them [...]
Peer-to-peer digital electronic cash
Bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency. Too many people get it wrong. As the white paper explains, Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer [...]
Privacy versus hypocrisy
Many of those arguing for anonymity are truly arguing for power and the control of others. If we take into [...]