Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech
The Vision for Bitcoin
Over the last decade, I have been dragged into innumerable arguments and debates, going back to those with James Donald [...]
Defining Scaling
Numerous arguments abound in regard to scaling blockchain-based systems such as Bitcoin or the BTC system (Khan, Jung, & Hashmani, [...]
A Rational Argument around Nodes
There is a strange belief that non-mining systems can be nodes in Bitcoin (and, by extension, on the BTC [1] [...]
The Wizard of Blockchain
There are always arguments over scaling blockchain networks. Most of them end in ad hominem attacks, and very few address [...]
Equality of the Law
One of the most fundamental aspects of modern liberal democracy stems from the concept of equality under the law. Such [...]
Taproot: Building a Mixer
BTC (Core) developers have recently instigated another major change, moving the BTC network further away from Bitcoin. Some reported of [...]
Banking Old Wine in New Bottles
There is this Bitcoin thing that doesn’t need trusted intermediaries. So, what do people do? Well, you build a series [...]
Shares 2.0
I want you to imagine for a minute a new form of shares that security companies can issue. The security [...]
Infinite and Unbounded
Unfortunately, a major problem stems from a lack of understanding of many common terms today. Turing completeness does not require [...]
Bitcoin as a Security
In today’s post, I shall endeavour to explain some of the reasoning behind how I created Bitcoin and why I [...]
The Library Analogy
Some people think that storing data on Bitcoin is analogous to a public service. There is an error with this [...]
Security, the Blockchain, and Hashed Headers…
The false mythology has been created and propagated that you need to run a ‘full node’ to secure blockchain networks. [...]