Will Technology Decentralize Power?This essay originally appeared on my website. See the tweetstorm here.Jan 5, 2021Jan 5, 2021
A Libertarian Response to Vlad Zamfir’s “New Crypto Legal System”Two days ago Vlad Zamfir published an essay arguing that existing governance mechanisms in crypto are dangerous and that we should move…Jan 27, 20192Jan 27, 20192
Examining a Conspiracy Theory about Satoshi’s IntentDan Hedl recently published a popular tweetstorm in which he lays out a comprehensive theory of why we should think that Satoshi intended…Jan 16, 20194Jan 16, 20194
Why we should be worried about an artificial intelligence explosionFrançois Chollet recently published an essay arguing that an artificial intelligence explosion (in which an AI rapidly becomes far more…Nov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017
Market Governance of Bitcoin — FAQA more up to date version of this FAQ can now be found here.Mar 21, 20171Mar 21, 20171
Lesser known reasons to keep blocks small, in the words of Bitcoin Core developersImagine asking Bitcoin Core developers the following question:Feb 22, 201610Feb 22, 201610
The Bitcoin block size debate is not just about technical expertiseThis article was edited and expanded on February 10th, 2016Jan 29, 201617Jan 29, 201617
Should we force fees higher to set user expectations?Last week in a (publicly logged) IRC channel, someone asked one of those most prominent Bitcoin Core developers the following question…Jan 21, 20162Jan 21, 20162
