Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech
About Coinbase
Coinbase is currently facing several lawsuits. One of the lawsuits involves XRP and Ripple. Coinbase will likely argue that they
Bitcoin and Tax
There is a common myth that Bitcoin will allow individuals to avoid paying tax. It could not be further from
Bitcoin Was Never Designed To Be Censorship-Resistant
You will never find a statement from me in my persona of Satoshi saying that Bitcoin was designed for ‘censorship
The Problem with Anthropomorphism and Personification
I used the word vote in the Bitcoin white paper three times. I used the notion of anthropomorphism in explaining
The Myth of Bitcoin as a Voting System
There lies an error in many people’s fundamental understanding of Bitcoin, and any blockchain system, that has been propagated by
Bitcoin’s Model of Capitalism
Some people think that Bitcoin is a system designed to act outside of state and society. Others believe that it
What Proof-of-Work Is Used for (in Bitcoin)
Proof-of-work has become fetishised and overly worshipped by some in the ‘cryptocurrency communities’ and when it comes to Bitcoin. Their
Keys ≠ Identity
In mathematics and logic, there are many functions that act only one-way. Bitcoin is based on many such functions. For
What Is Censorship Resistance?
Bitcoin has nothing to do with ‘censorship resistance’, and it never did. The entire term is rather asinine. The only
Cryptocurrency and the Law of the Horse
In 1996, Judge Easterbrook presented and spoke to the University of Chicago Law School. In his speech, he reflected the
Techno-Communism and the Desire for Socialism through Code
One of the primary arguments made over and over throughout ‘blockchain communities’ comes with the concept of being owed a
Is Code Really Law?
Many people within the ‘cryptocurrency communities’ have made a religion of “code is law”, the flawed methodology of Lawrence Lessig