Law & Regulation
Forget anonymity
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
There are very clear reasons for having law cover what is allowable as admissible evidence and what is rejected as
My Mentor
Calvin Ayre is my friend. It becomes very hard to have friends when you have money. I have a few,
Panopticrypt
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
In a fair exchange protocol, two parties either both honour an exchange (such as a contract), or neither of them
Privacy versus hypocrisy
Many of those arguing for anonymity are truly arguing for power and the control of others. If we take into
Proof
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
In his analysis of classical liberalism, Ludwig von Mises [1] poses the question: In opposing government interventions, is liberalism not
Lessons in monetary terms
The general understanding of money and finance is incredibly limited. I started to notice that people would quote authors where