In its seven years of existence, Bitcoin has gained wide mainstream attention with its disruptive potential in finance. Yet, currency is just its first…
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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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Why I've Chosen To Go With Private Internet Access
Some people have noticed I’m writing for a VPN service, and having my regular commentary on liberties presented by that VPN service: by Private…
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Freedom Of Speech Is Not A Religion Of Hate
The cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo did not deserve to die. As a believer in free speech, I’m now supposed to go beyond that sentiment…
Read MoreBitcoin Is To Credit Cards What The Internet Was To The Fax Machine: So Much More
Many are still seeing bitcoin as just a currency, as just a transaction mechanism. Its underlying technology is far more than that. It has…
Read MoreThanks To All Heroes Of Freedom Who Have Kept The Pirate Bay Running
The file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is down following a raid by Swedish Police. The organization Rights Alliance, previously named the Anti-Pirate Bureau and…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement is Inherently Tragic
Debate always rages over what should be legalized, what should be banned, when police should or shouldn’t use violence, and who belongs in jail….
Read MoreBitcoin, The Beginning Of Open Source Governance?
In my previous article on this site, “Bitcoin, Open Source Movement for Decentralized Future”, among many other issues I addressed some concern about the…
Read MoreAnti-Piracy is Class Privilege
Internet monitoring, copyright monopolism, and other methods of stopping filesharing aren’t an industry defending itself from economic damage. They’re a concerted effort to deny…
Read MoreLiberties Report – Week 31, 2014
How the copyright industry, prison industry, and pharma industry are complete counterindicators of the public interest. Published on Sunday, August 10. (Technical notes: Those…
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