Bitcoin Whitepaper

Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 by johnny

In an effort to create more copies, there is a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper hosted on my website.

Dominant Strategies

Posted on July 27, 2020July 30, 2020 by johnny

The history of mixed martial arts (MMA) is an example of how dominant strategies emerge in adversarial environments. An adversarial… Read more Dominant Strategies

Butterfly Effect

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by johnny

I think people discount the butterfly effect. One small event sets in motion a series of events that create large… Read more Butterfly Effect

Crypto Use Cases

Posted on September 4, 2019 by johnny

People often ask about use cases for crypto. They’ll say OK, weirdo, I get that you think Bitcoin is cool… Read more Crypto Use Cases

Proof of Stake and Proof of Work

Posted on August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 by johnny

Proof of work has proven effective ever since the network was launched just over 10 years ago. Complex systems are… Read more Proof of Stake and Proof of Work

How Bitcoin Dies (Maybe, Hopefully Not)

Posted on October 15, 2018February 8, 2019 by johnny

Let’s hope this post doesn’t age well. Recently, there was a bug in Bitcoin (arcanely called CVE-2018-17144) that could have… Read more How Bitcoin Dies (Maybe, Hopefully Not)

The Real Satoshis

Posted on September 1, 2018August 11, 2019 by johnny

I’m convinced that Nick Szabo, Dave Kleiman, and Craig Wright are Satoshi. Nick Szabo made a post on his site… Read more The Real Satoshis

A case for using Tor

Posted on March 4, 2014January 25, 2020 by johnny

If you care about privacy, I advocate downloading The Tor Browser. Tor is a private web browser. It’s like Incognito… Read more A case for using Tor