Six years since the invention of the blockchain, more people are beginning to see the powerful political implications that this technology brings. People from…
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Coding Freedom; Can Blockchain Technology Help Build A Foundation For Real Democracy?
The 2008 financial meltdown and disclosures of secret documents in recent years exposed widespread government overreach and corporate fraud and abuse. As trust in…
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Bitcoin; Crypto Key Unlocking The Autonomy Of Trust
Bitcoin, once ridiculed as money for geeks and then condemned as a tool for criminals gained much wider understanding from the mainstream in the…
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Understanding Bitcoin And Its Disruption Through Its Roots
Five years since the invention of Bitcoin, currency as its first application has made significant inroads into the global financial system. Its disruptive effect…
Read MoreBitcoin, Open Source Movement For Decentralized Future
It all started with a white paper published in 2008. An unknown innovator under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto outlined an open source protocol for…
Read MoreWhy The Proposed New York Bitcoin Regulations Are Absolute, Total Bullshit
New York’s Department of Financial Services has presented draft regulations for bitcoin trade that are an absolute heap of bullshit, and that’s even before…
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Security At MtGox Much Worse Than Originally Imagined
Revelations of the mismanagement at the now-bankrupt Japanese bitcoin exchange keep surfacing. When laying the puzzle as pieces keep coming, it becomes obvious that…
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Nothing New Under The Sun, Bitcoin Edition
I was invited to speak at Texas Bitcoin Conference in Austin this past week. Due to my house arrest, I’ve been largely staying low…
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The Gox Crater: Crowd Detectives Reveal Billion-Dollar Heist As Inside Job
Thousands of volunteering and self-organizing detectives have been meticulously laying a puzzle that reveals the Gox billion-dollar heist as an inside job. As smoke…
Read MoreGox Goes Belly-up After Losing A Billion Dollars Without Noticing; Blames Fault In Corporate Bookkeeping Protocols
So it’s more or less official: MtGox, once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, has died and taken all its holdings with it to the…
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