MerkleCast: Does Satoshi Nakamoto’s Identity Matter?

How important is knowing Satoshi Nakamoto’s true identity? Is mining centralization a fatal flaw for cryptocurrencies? Who are the blockchain industry’s supporters in the U.S. government? And is there any hope left for net neutrality? Relive last Thursday’s MerkleCast with me and Dariusz Jakubowski for insight on these and other topics, and don’t forget to leave your comments and questions in advance of our next … Read more

Wendy McElroy: How Centralized Exchanges Intend to Devastate You

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 2: The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 6: Privacy is a Prerequisite for Human Rights How Centralized Exchanges Intend to Devastate You. Chapter 6, Part 6. The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work…We have to trust them … Read more

Wendy McElroy: The Satoshi Approach to Privacy

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 2: The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 6: Privacy is a Prerequisite for Human Rights The Satoshi Approach to Privacy. (Chapter 6, Segment 5) The traditional banking model achieves a level of privacy by limiting access to information to the parties involved and the trusted third … Read more

Wendy McElroy: Privacy – Do Not Come Late to the Revolution

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 2: The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 6: Privacy is a Prerequisite of Human Rights Segment 4: Privacy: Do Not Come Late to the Revolution “I think the Mailman is taking us on one at a time, starting with the weakest, drawing us in far enough … Read more

Blockchain Technology Talk is Largely Nonsense

Every so often, corporate business blushes its latest fad speak. Disruptive. Paradigm shift. 2.0, 3.0. Game changer. For about half a decade now, blockchain technology has been the phrasing du jure among ecosystem corporatists and assorted scammers. It’s weak jingoism employed to disguise against real innovation, cryptocurrency. Blockchain is just a damn database, a giant … Read more

Lil Windex Might Have 99 Problems, BCH Ain’t One

Cryptocurrency continues its worming into broader culture, and now it’s the turn of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). This week, rapper Lil Windex dropped a narrative-driven video, Bitcoin Ca$h, surprising his giant fan base with a new tune to potentially get booties shaking and more people woke to decentralized currency. News.Bitcoin.com caught up with the artist hours … Read more

The Curious Case of ‘Cobra Bitcoin’: The Peculiar Anon with a Lot of Power

The controversial owner of the web portal Bitcoin.org and Bitcointalk, an anon named ‘Cobra Bitcoin’, has been a popular subject within the cryptocurrency community lately. It’s strange that a person who nobody really knows has so much control within the BTC community, and lately his messages have been very cryptic, even making some believe his … Read more

$500 Million Has Been Mistakenly Sent to Ethereum’s Genesis Address

Genesis blocks hold a symbolism that’s almost spiritual. They represent the birth of a new cryptocurrency, and when that currency flourishes, its foundation stone – the maiden block to have been mined –  is referenced reverentially. Ethereum’s first address is a memorable one: 0x followed by 40 zeroes. It’s also a dangerous one that has … Read more

Wendy McElroy: Silence and Soul in the Crypto Cold War – the Evolution of Privacy

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 2: The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 6: Privacy is a Prerequisite of Human Rights Silence and Soul in the Crypto Cold War: the Evolution of Privacy. Chapter 6, Section 3. “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public … Read more