As the dust settles after the November 15 bitcoin upgrade, the roadmaps have been updated with the new state of the protocol and people…
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What if new Google management decided that a search should cost $20, take eight hours, and be deliberately unreliable? (Bitcoin.)
Toy with the following idea: with people used to Google searches having been free, instant and reliable for years, a new Google management decides…
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A suggested definition for “Bitcoin to the Moon”
“Bitcoin to the Moon” has long been a common saying, but nobody knows what it really means. I propose it is time to define…
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Pirates enter another parliament: Congratulations to the Czech Pirate Party!
The Czech Pirate Party is entering Parliament at an estimated 9.7% with half the votes counted. The Czech pirates have fought long and hard,…
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Your phone can now be turned into an ultrasound sonar tracker against you and others
New research shows how a mobile phone can be turned into a passive indoor ultrasound sonar, locating people with high precision indoors using multi-target…
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Right on the Money: Bitcoin hits $3,000, or 1000x my entry point six years ago
In 2011, I went all-in into bitcoin. As I described in a blog post at the time, I took all my savings and my…
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Blockstream having patents in Segwit makes all the weird pieces of the last three years fall perfectly into place
Based on Blockstream’s behavior in the Bitcoin community, I have become absolutely certain that Segwit contains patents that Blockstream and/or their owners have planned…
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Bitcoin’s Unlimited Potential Lies in an Apolitical Core
The ongoing Bitcoin block size debate has accelerated into a kind of civil war. From threats of a 51% attack to online trolls and…
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Old world squanders opportunity to tame bitcoin a little
The American SEC, which oversees financial institutions, has rejected a bid to create a traditional trading fund (an ETF) based on bitcoin. The trading…
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A Simplified Taxless State: A Proposal (part 3 of 3)
In this three-part series, I’m going to show how a state can be a pure market actor and not require taxation. The state will…
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