Reorgs and orphan blocks are not an issue with Bitcoin. To say that they are is to compound two separate…

Something that people don’t seem to understand well is that money is not in itself a valuable. Money is simply…

There is a long-standing puzzle within Bitcoin that has not yet been solved correctly: why did I use a double…

Let us do a little thought experiment. Later in the year, I’ll be talking about a way of doing serialised…

Security is a story of economics. It is about risk. In my time in the industry, I’ve worked for a…

One thing I’ve learnt during my time with Bitcoin is how important it is to choose your words carefully. Privacy…

Forget the lies you have been told about Bitcoin. Bitcoin doesn’t stop banking, it doesn’t even stop central banks. In…

Blockstream raised USD60 million on the promise of 2 patents. The patents are: Cryptographically concealing amounts transacted on a ledger…

The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“MLD5”) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 19th June, 2018, and…

Satoshi Nakamoto is an amalgamation of 富永 仲基 (Tominaga Nakamoto) and Ash Ketchum (サトシ; Satoshi). The name wasn’t something that…

Governments cannot take into account wide-scale effects. You may ask why central planning always fails. No person, department, or other…

Bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency. Too many people get it wrong. As the white paper explains, Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer…