The arguments for extreme events are interesting, and one has to wonder about the motivation for them. The argument that…

4/5 Bitcoin and the connection to contracting

In today’s post, I will go back to 2012: Panopticrypt had been running since 2011, and I was ready to…

The following is why you do not pay VAT or GST on Bitcoin. In January 2014, the Australian government argued…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louise Brandeis wrote: “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight…

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…