Law & Regulation
Bitcoin in law
On confirmation, the recipient faces minimal, if any, ongoing risk of fraud from the transferer (Alice, A). There remains an
Bitcoin is a commodity
Ledger space in a sound, immutable ledger is a commodity. It has value. The trouble is that many think they
Why Silk Road was an abyss
Very simply, Silk Road was the worst thing to happen on Bitcoin. Freedom is not absolute. We live and act
Taking care of Business.
Going forward we will start to open up and allow business use of the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin scales, and we
Present Liability Schemes and Sanctions
The actor with the best capability to thwart most forms of internet-related misconduct is the primary malfeasor. The release of
Set in Stone
Bitcoin was designed from the start to be a form of stable money, that is: it has a set amount,
Miners and Property rights
In this post I will offer a little advice for the legally clueless. A few ABC developers are arguing that
Proof of State, or, the new Fed
The thing that few see is that we already have proof-of-stake (PoS). The US Federal Reserve is a prime example
Problems and key questions around Bitcoin
The first problem to be addressed concerns the nature of lawful money. In the United States, the Stamp Payments Act
Corporate Activism
Over the past 2 decades, Anonymous and the related splinter groups that this has spawned have been attacking business and
The measure of Justice
Justice is simply the absence of injustice, injustice being the tangible force. Many seek to define justice on its own,
“Laissez-nous faire”
Interventionist politics have played a growing role in all our economic lives. Each bailout is a step that is seldom