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)…
Open Source and Liability
Several individuals in what is termed the “cryptocurrency space” have started to promote a misleading and false premise: that open-source
A Comment on Social Media, Software Developers, and Silicon Valley Corporations
The other day, I responded in a manner that seemed irrationally angry. I did so purposely, to kick the hornet’s
Strategic Advantage and Finding Opportunities
Size creates its own form of advantage. Walmart leveraged the long-tail effect in the same way that Amazon has done
Cot Death in the Nanny State
When the Covid-19 outbreak first began, Sweden decided to take a more laissez-faire approach to handle the spread of the
About Coinbase
Coinbase is currently facing several lawsuits. One of the lawsuits involves XRP and Ripple. Coinbase will likely argue that they
Bitcoin and Tax
There is a common myth that Bitcoin will allow individuals to avoid paying tax. It could not be further from
Refuting “Conflict can only be resolved when both parties are prepared to compromise”
Humans are naturally inclined to seek compromise (Baume & Novak, 2020, pp. 70–71), which is a well-studied psychological condition (Radosavljevic,
Bitcoin Was Never Designed To Be Censorship-Resistant
You will never find a statement from me in my persona of Satoshi saying that Bitcoin was designed for ‘censorship
The Casualties of Attacking the Market
Aristotle characterized envy as anguish at the prospect of another’s good fortune which is provoked by “those who have what
The Myth of Complete Knowledge
The journal articles written by Jones (2003) and Cairney (2012) seem very different at face value, but we can see