Libertarianism and Cyberlibertarianism

Libertarianism is a simple idea: freedom is good and government is bad. The word “libertarian” originally meant communist and anarchist…

We saw bitcoin as a great idea, as a way to separate money from the state. – Roger Ver

The Bitcoin ideology propagated through two propositions: if you want to get rich for free, take on this weird ideology;…

Secured by waste: Proof of Work

So how do you decide who gets to write to the ledger? The answer is: competitive Proof of Work, where…

What you have when you have “a bitcoin”

Paper notes and metal coins are annoying and inconvenient, and we have the Internet now. So digital money sounds like…

A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.

An experimental new Internet-based form of money is created that anyone can generate at home. People build frightening firetrap computers…

Ethereum’s Future

Ethereum’s future is incredibly bright, not just as a digital currency but as a platform that allows you to run…

Tomorrow’s Code

For so many people, the most popular distributed digital currency of all time, Bitcoin, is purely about money or, as…