Law & Regulation


Forget anonymity
By Craig Wright | 10 Apr 2019 | Economics, Law & Regulation

The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“MLD5”) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 19th June, 2018, and

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
By Craig Wright | 08 Apr 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation

There are very clear reasons for having law cover what is allowable as admissible evidence and what is rejected as

My Mentor
By Craig Wright | 07 Apr 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation

Calvin Ayre is my friend. It becomes very hard to have friends when you have money. I have a few,

Panopticrypt
By Craig Wright | 07 Apr 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation, Math

I started the company Panopticrypt in June 2011. At this stage, I was still deep in disputes with the Australian

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

Digital Rights Management: Serialised Media
By Craig Wright | 24 Mar 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation

In a fair exchange protocol, two parties either both honour an exchange (such as a contract), or neither of them

Privacy versus hypocrisy
By Craig Wright | 21 Mar 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation

Many of those arguing for anonymity are truly arguing for power and the control of others. If we take into

Proof
By Craig Wright | 13 Mar 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation

The code-is-law movement is a pernicious attack on freedom. There is no definitive means to assess truth through a computer

Clickwrap smart contracts

Clickwrap contracts are functionally the same as the shrink wrap method in software licenses and other product offerings, but formed

Statist
By Craig Wright | 27 Feb 2019 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech, Law & Regulation, Philosophy

In his analysis of classical liberalism, Ludwig von Mises [1] poses the question: In opposing government interventions, is liberalism not

Lessons in monetary terms
By Craig Wright | 25 Feb 2019 | Economics, Law & Regulation

The general understanding of money and finance is incredibly limited. I started to notice that people would quote authors where

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