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Many of those arguing for anonymity are truly arguing for power and the control of others. If we take into account the criminal violation by certain individuals of controls that are designed to...

There is a lie and myth of decentralised consensus where a small group of developers alters a protocol and says that it is a fork that somehow relates to the original system. Bitcoin was said to...

Free speech is not the right to be heard on any platform but rather limitations set by governments and authorities in blocking individuals from speaking. It has nothing to do with allowing a...

The foundation of recursion comes in 6 functions. OP_ADD and OP_1ADD encapsulate point 4 and point 2 (below) respectively. Point 6 is completed using OP_MUL. It leaves us only the Monus, the...

This note provides methods for constructing deterministic and non-deterministic finite state automata in Bitcoin Script. The “best” method produces a one-to-one relation between the definition and...

Under the provisions of FinCEN, any exchange accepting and transmitting virtual currency is a money transmitter [1]. The law is rather explicit and simple to understand. It also facilitates a...

The code-is-law movement is a pernicious attack on freedom. There is no definitive means to assess truth through a computer program. The strength of law comes in its flexibility — the ability of...

It is interesting how we are slowly moving away from the paradigm of selling user data for money. We can see it in the recent move by Facebook and the attempt to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp, and...

I have noted a good number of people hold on to the same common fallacy as was promoted by Marx. Labour is not a goal, it is a means. If labour can be reduced and the level of production...

When I removed myself from public view towards the end of 2010 and 2011, it was as I was rather disillusioned. Bitcoin was designed as a system that allowed for sound private money and would make...