Philosophy
What Is Censorship Resistance?
Bitcoin has nothing to do with ‘censorship resistance’, and it never did. The entire term is rather asinine. The only [...]
On Civil Disobedience
I believe in law. To me, it holds the convictions of all that is valuable. Having said so, all systems [...]
Statement of Dec 27, 2019
Recently, we have received many questions and seen much public conjecture about what will happen in January 2020 with bitcoin [...]
Work Is Infinite…
Many in Silicon Valley and others like to promote the false concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and, specifically, how AI [...]
Satoshi; or, The Solution to Nakamoto’s Dilemma
Tominaga Nakamoto (1715–46) was a Japanese philosopher trained in the Osaka merchant academy called the Kaitokudō. His research and writings [...]
Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin
The book Satoshi’s Vision: The Art of Bitcoin is the product of a compilation of a selected number of Craig’s [...]
Zeno’s Paradoxes and Bitcoin
A part of the reason for the number of bitcoin relates to a simple sequence that allows you to see [...]
The Genetic Fallacy
The genetic fallacy avoids an argument by shifting the focus onto something’s or someone’s origins. It’s similar to an ad [...]
From the Bygone Days of Yore — Part 1
In today’s post, I will go back to 2012: Panopticrypt had been running since 2011, and I was ready to [...]
Shades of Black…
If you believe the government cannot stop any cryptocurrency, you’re deluded. Bitcoin will work because it stays within law in [...]
Satoshi and the Sophists
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louise Brandeis wrote: “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight [...]
Misinformation and the myth of Satoshi
Bitcoin is a story of myths; it was never designed for such an end, but it’s what they who have [...]