Banking on Bitcoin

Banking on Bitcoin

Banking on Bitcoin There is this myth around banking and bitcoin. Any quick search will show thousands of sites and people promoting the idea of “be your own bank”. This seems to become one of the...

Posted on 2018-09-02

Adam Smith

Without spectators, we cannot be moral Adam Smith Without spectators, we cannot be moral

Posted on 2018-09-02
Black Mirror

Black Mirror

There is an episode of Black Mirror called Nosedive that explains some of the reason for the creation of bitcoin as a proof of work system. As bitcoin has been growing up, the value has not been...

Posted on 2018-09-01
Limited change to bring stability

Limited change to bring stability

Something people fail to understand about bitcoin is it is intentionally limited in what it can do and how it can be changed. This is purposeful. Bitcoin is designed to be stable money and for...

Posted on 2018-08-19
The cult of Decentralisation

The cult of Decentralisation

Bitcoin was first announced in 2008. After the software went live in early 2009 an announcement reinforcing the statements of the white paper was issued on the P2P forum. This announcement...

Posted on 2018-08-16
The myths of Bitcoin

The myths of Bitcoin

Bitcoin is Peer to Peer electronic cash. This is it first and foremost. In this I am going to address a few of the myths around bitcoin. Before I do that, let me first set some terms and...

Posted on 2018-08-14
Money Must First Be Stable

Money Must First Be Stable

I’m writing this in a more accessible format; that is a blog rather than an academic paper. Many people often wonder why Bitcoin used a 10-minute interval. Bitcoin is configured to adjust to a...

Posted on 2018-08-14
Negotiable Instruments

Negotiable Instruments

From Simmons v. London Joint Stock Bank [1]; the House of Lords overturned the lower court on appeal to set the definition of a negotiable instrument. This form of security is one, the property in...

Posted on 2018-07-02
Lightning is malleable… Steel is not

Lightning is malleable… Steel is not

A little-known fact is that even Bitcoin is a security. The mistake is thinking that this is the issue. Bitcoin is a security that is outside of the S.E.C.’s bailiwick. Bitcoin falls within a few...

Posted on 2018-06-19
Iron and Steel

Iron and Steel

Iron is a pure chemical element as well as being a rather malleable metal. It may be better than many forms of metal we used in history, but it remains too soft or too brittle for many...

Posted on 2018-06-09