Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech
Q&A/Written Interview — The answers — Part 1
I have been asked to do an AMA and will answer the questions posed to me. In total, I have
Trust and Risk
Security matters, but not so we can eliminate all risk, but so we can have trust. Even if we could
Stable by design
We have a fundamental flaw within the developer led model of Bitcoin. This problem is the same in many aspects
Misconceptions surrounding copyright
Many think that when you pay a company to create something for you that you naturally own the copyright. This
The Gamma Monstrosity & the Probability Deception
For some time now, I have allowed people to continue with this foolish and unscientific notion of gamma in the
Why Scaling on-Chain Works
This is a very quick summary of why scaling on-chain works. In 2009, the effective limit in software was 32MB — although
A diatribe on Bitcoin, Trust and the economy of security (redux)
It was April 27th, 2013 when I first published an earlier version of this, and it is timely to start
Worm-a-nomics
Or the invasion of the coin snatchers…. For every 1 BCH deposited (these are actually destroyed), 100 WHC are created
Repudiation
Non-repudiation is the process of ensuring that the parties to a transaction cannot deny (this is repudiate) that a transaction
Vampire Securities from beyond the Wormhole
It is common for Omni and Counterparty style tokens to say how they back the underlying security using the one
The paradox of the Übermensch
It is simple to be disappointed with the common person. I have written recently about the bandwagon fallacy. When I
Death and taxes, it is time to kill off mythical beasts
I have a hard lesson for many people within the bitcoin and crypto currency community and that is that tax