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Editorial 11 April 2023

Defining protocol

The Bitcoin protocol is fixed. However, its development still requires interaction and updating of the system, and new operating systems will be developed.

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Editorial 17 March 2023

Papers associated with Bitcoin and related topics in law: Part IV

While other authors present Bitcoin or blockchain systems as decentralized or distributed networks, the interconnectivity patterns and economic incentives within Bitcoin preclude the interconnection of nodes in any structure other than a small world or complete graph.

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Business 14 March 2023

Papers associated with Bitcoin and related topics in law: Part I

In this part 1 of the series "Papers associated with Bitcoin and related topics in law," Dr. Craig Wright discussed the concept of decentralization, which has become a core topic when describing how blockchain-based monetary systems function.

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Editorial 13 March 2023

Liability in peer-to-peer networks

There is a concept in law called secondary liability—also known as vicarious liability—which Dr. Wright covered many times and was a part of his LLM thesis that was released before Bitcoin.

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Editorial 2 January 2023

Prometheus: Choosing to be bound

The Promethean position argued that rebellion is only warranted when authority is not validly installed or no longer aligned with its mandate.

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Editorial 25 October 2022

Personal philosophy of leadership

Dr. Craig Wright says the original Bitcoin was established to deliver a global database that can act as a source of truth and one that has an economic value.

Double spending, Dr. Craig Wright
Editorial 13 October 2022

Solving double-spending

Bitcoin solved the double-spending problem robustly and securely, and it did so by forming a peer-to-peer observer network that is economically incentivized.

Digital Signature
Tech 6 October 2022

Digital signatures

A digital signature still requires an identity, and for high-end and high-value transactions, identity can be provided through certificate authorities and public key infrastructure.