Philosophy
BTC and Censorship
There are those out there who try to explain how Bitcoin is about censorship resistance. Primarily, the same people are [...]
Free Speech
Free speech is not the right to be heard on any platform but rather limitations set by governments and authorities [...]
The myth of forks
When I removed myself from public view towards the end of 2010 and 2011, it was as I was rather [...]
Statist
In his analysis of classical liberalism, Ludwig von Mises [1] poses the question: In opposing government interventions, is liberalism not [...]
The ASIC myth
It is interesting how the arguments against commercial mining come down to an outcry against “mining centralisation.” All things in [...]
The myth of the full validation node
There is a long-running false narrative of “full validating nodes.” The dishonesty that has been sold as a truth is [...]
The politics of rent seeking
Any government implementing a Keynesian policy simply “Keynesianizes” the economy. The effect is an economy that behaves precisely in the [...]
The Legacy of Keynesian Money
Central governments are and remain a net supplier of macroeconomic instability. This is a direct result of the institutions and [...]
The problem of Keynes
http://bastiat.org/fr/cqovecqonvp.html Basically, the GDP argument is based on the “Broken Window Falacy” of Bastiat. There are English versions of it [...]
Property Law in the Age of Bitcoin
Property (as defined in legal terms) as is associated with servers, routers, and information systems in general is known in [...]
The Game of Chicken
There is only one way to play chicken. And, it is best, if others know what game you are playing. [...]
The collectivist insanity
The syllogism goes – Socialism has been a failure everywhere it has been tried; This fact is known and everyone [...]