Governments all over the world are becoming increasingly two-faced and schizophrenic when it comes to dealing with the net. As ecstatic as governments can…
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Falkvinge On The Keiser Report This Week
In this week’s episode of The Keiser Report on Russia Today, Keiser and team had invited me to discuss issues with the copyright monopoly….
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Join The Resistance: Part 1
Travis McCrea. When Rick did his series of posts on bitcoins, I realized that it might be important to also do a series of…
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Bitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Four – Exchanges
In my final post about Bitcoin’s four hurdles, I will be covering exchanges. This may be the most visible point of Bitcoin’s growth pains….
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Startup Investors: "Patents are a cancer"
One oft-questioned objective of the Pirate Parties is the dismantlement of the patent system, as in scrapping the concept altogether. Patents are a remnant…
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Bitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Three – Escrow
Bitcoin is revolutionary in that its transactions are untraceable and irreversible. But in a system as large as The Economy, large changes must come…
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A New Page In Privacy
Travis McCrea. As bad as the pun is (and can you blame me, I studied politics… we are inherently designed not to have a…
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Weed As Surprise Driver For Mass Cryptoproficiency
Ever since the e-mail encryption PGP was created, civil liberties activists have wondered how to get people in general to care about cryptography and…
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Bitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Two – Transactions
This is part two in my series about Bitcoin’s Four Hurdles. I have previously addressed usability. Today, I will take a look at transactions….
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The Pirate Wheel: Privacy
This is a first attempt to outline the Privacy spoke of The Pirate Wheel. It will certainly change over time, but this is a…
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