If you consider what most cryptocurrency proponents [2] are trying to do, you will see an attempt to exclude governments and rights and create a system that cannot be controlled outside the dictation of technocratic developers. Many criminal groups want such a scenario. Unfortunately for them, Bitcoin was designed to provide the opposite outcome. “Forking” a software branch is allowed under the MIT License. Both Litecoin (LTC) and Ethereum (ETH)…
On Talking
I have been giving oral presentations for a long time. The methodology I used in learning the necessary skill has
On ‘Bullshit’
Franfurt (2005; originally 1986, in his essay On Bullshit) assembled a modern philosophical concept that presents perhaps one of the
Jan Van Eyck — A Study in Optics
When people discuss Renaissance art, they generally look to Florence and the northern Italian peninsula. In doing so, they bypass
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
The Right to Run a Node
The problem that exists in the Bitcoin environment today is reminiscent of society at large. For many years now, we