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In 2011, I sent my last email as Satoshi to Gavin… Gavin,I wish you wouldn’t keep talking about me as a mysterious shadowy figure, the press just turns that into a pirate currency angle. Maybe...

Monero and mixed coins (such as those using Schnorr) are engaged in the activity of money transfers and money handling. Such activity, by nature, makes them an MSB. Any subsystem is required to...

In today’s post, I will go back to 2012: Panopticrypt had been running since 2011, and I was ready to start moving some of my research into the mainstream. I’ll detail Strassan PL in a later post,...

The scientific principle applies in all aspects of life, including jurisprudence and law. It has done so for a long time. Generally speaking, the scientific principle is applied in the methodology...

The following is why you do not pay VAT or GST on Bitcoin. In January 2014, the Australian government argued that GST should apply to Bitcoin. With the help of Clayton Utz and a senior partner of...

If you believe the government cannot stop any cryptocurrency, you’re deluded. Bitcoin will work because it stays within law in a manner that allows most nations to set policies. Bitcoin doesn’t...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louise Brandeis wrote: "Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light...

Reorgs and orphan blocks are not an issue with Bitcoin. To say that they are is to compound two separate issues. Firstly, can you double-spend a transaction and get away with it? Secondly, does a...

My personal bitcoin and the ones owned by the company were two different things. The ones that were being used by the company were not brought into Australia. The system lodged everything as...

In early 2014, I had a company called Hotwire in Australia that had just under 50 staff members. In December 2013, with 45 staff members working on Bitcoin projects, I think we exceeded about...