Category: Satoshi Nakamoto
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Wendy McElroy: From Drugs to Gold and Prostitution, the Blockchain Minimizes Violence
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 9 From Drugs to Gold and Prostitution, the Blockchain Minimizes Violence The most obvious objection to relying on self-defense…and restitution to prevent and rectify rights violations, is that these measures will be inadequate to deter criminals…Most people…
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Chatter Report: Voorhees Questions ‘Smart Money’, Sechet Explains ‘Miners Don’t Vote’ Declaration
In today’s Chatter Report, Erik Voorhees criticizes cryptocurrency-focused venture capital firms for reneging on their signed term sheet deals. Also, Steve Patterson calls out Amaury Sechet over Chris Pacia’s comment that miners don’t vote. Lastly, imaginary_username contemplates on the different roles of miners and users in Bitcoin. Also read: BCH Devs Discuss Securing Instant Transactions…
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Wendy McElroy: Avoiding Fraud by Going Crypto-Anarchist
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 8 Avoiding Fraud By Going Crypto-Anarchist A transfer on the blockchain is a simplistic peer-to-peer contract, which memorializes the terms for those involved and is seen to be valid by the surrounding community through transparency. It is…
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Political Decentralization: Freeing the Internet From Monopolists With Crypto-Tech
This piece on political decentralization was written by Jonas Sevel Karlberg. Karlberg advises several prominent projects and is a co-founder of the Nordic Blockchain Association. He is also the founder and CEO of AmaZix. *** The internet was born from an ideal for information to be shared by all, with all, and was seen as the…
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Bitcoin History Part 2: The Bitcoin Symbol
In the second installment of our series on key moments from Bitcoin’s history, we look at the circumstances that led to the selection of the distinctive ₿ symbol and corresponding logo. As internet records show, the initial Bitcoin logo was one of the few nontechnical aspects of Bitcoin in which Satoshi Nakamoto had a say.…
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The Daily: Bitmain Launches Crypto Index, Xolaris Sets up Bitcoin Mining Fund
In this edition of the Daily, we cover Bitmain’s new cryptocurrency index and the establishment of a fund that will invest in bitcoin mining. We also look at a recently active online account that was previously associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, as well as the launch of a help center for defrauded crypto enthusiasts in Russia.…
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Wendy McElroy: Don’t Smash the State, Bypass the State
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 7 Crypto Justice: Don’t Smash the State, Bypass the State. The 19th century individualist-anarchist Benjamin Tucker referred to anarchism as “society by contract.” The contracts could express any exchange, from leases to prostitution, from insurance policies to drug…
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Wendy McElroy: How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 6 How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice The key to…an anarcho-capitalist court system is found in the concept of a “personal judiciary”. [Acting as your own judge.]…The courts’ purpose is to enable men to settle disputes so…
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Op-Ed: To Achieve Mass Adoption We Must Fight for ‘Blockchain Inclusion’
The following piece on blockchain inclusion was written by Alexander Vasylchenko. He is the CEO and founder of Sofitto and the creator of Sugi-Card, which is a cold-storage cryptocurrency wallet. Alexander is also the former CTO of Mycelium, one of the first secure mobile Bitcoin wallets, created in 2013. Cryptocurrencies have only been around for a…
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Another ‘Satoshi Message’ Attempts to Sway Public Opinion, But Fails
It’s been a crazy week in cryptocurrency land as a large portion of the community watched the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network split into two chains on Nov. 15. Following the 24 hours of the BCH hash war, an interesting message was found stemming from block height 9 that claims there is an “issue with Segwit.”…