Law & Regulation

In the world of Bitcoin there are many false narratives and myths. This started with the myth of decentralisation. In

First, we need to note that Bitcoin is an economic system and in economics, incentives and intent matter. The loss

In law, when presenting evidence to a court, there exists a rule on the exclusion of hearsay as evidence.  

There are a number of specialist topics in organisational OPSEC and concepts that need to be defined before going into

There is a definitional distinction between the legal use of the term “non-repudiation” and the common use that has taken

Some time ago Hilary E Pearson (1996) noted that, “in many cases, liability will depend upon how a court faced

The Bitcoin system may be broken down into the following “phases”: Mining; Holding Bitcoin; and Transferring Bitcoin. Each of these

In its simplest form, a bitcoin transaction involves the creation of an entry in a ledger. The value on the

The exchange of bitcoin for other currencies clearly comes under existing AML[1] regulations, and where an exchange[2] has been used

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

As Bitcoin does not need to be held or processed by a financial institution[1], many people have concluded that they

This post is the first in a series to describe a number of important methods that are needed in creating