Philosophy
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
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