Five years since the invention of Bitcoin, currency as its first application has made significant inroads into the global financial system. Its disruptive effect…
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Bitcoin, 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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You Can Only Be Against Basic Income Based On Morals, Not Evidence
There are all sorts of arguments against an unconditional, universal basic income — that is, the idea of giving everyone a minimum income regardless…
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Why Buying Photoshop Instead Of Pirating It Is Ethically Wrong
Companies like Adobe that make propirateary creative software in order to charge licensing fees see themselves as selling products to a market, and see…
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Flattr: Decentralized Payments Paving A Roadless Web
Peter Sunde, recently arrested for having been the spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, is lesser known for co-creating Flattr. The fact that Flattr is…
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Solar Roadways, Please Learn From Oculus's Mistake And Become A Co-op
Solar Roadways has officially become another crowdfunding sensation. They’ve raised over $1 million USD on Indiegogo from over 25,000 people around the world, all…
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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…
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