Feb 23, 2022Masking and the Use of XOR for Encryption and DecryptionThe following article covers nChain WP 692 which is published as an “extension to WP#042”. Using the techniques outlined in the previous article, we will show how XOR can be used to implement a “secure and efficient encryption scheme”. Code examples are provided utilizing the libsv/go-bk library. The techniques are…Bitcoin6 min readBitcoin6 min read
Feb 22, 2022An Introduction to “White Paper 42” — Secret Value DistributionSecret Value Distribution — the title for nChain’s “White Paper 42” — is a building block upon which many of nChain’s other public inventions are based on. In this article we will cover the technique and publish a simple golang gist using the go-bk library to allow you to play…Bitcoin4 min readBitcoin4 min read
Feb 15, 2022An Introduction to Hash ChainsIn the previous article, we identified how to enforce a common script template across inputs and outputs. This technique is valuable for a variety of reasons, but for tokenization protocols is allows one to easily filter transactions from the blockchain that are relevant to the protocol utilizing a common identifier…6 min read6 min read
Feb 14, 2022How to Create Overlay Networks inside Bitcoin ScriptIn this article we are going to describe an efficient filtering mechanism to allow users/applications to: Efficiently retrieve a subset of transactions from the UTXO set and/or the blockchain Enforce a specific transaction structure across inputs/outputs Credit for this filtering technique goes to Dr. …Bitcoin5 min readBitcoin5 min read
Apr 2, 2021Announcing Britevue — An Incentive-Based Online Review PlatformToday we are formally launching Britevue, our online review platform that is built to properly align incentives in the online review space. Today there exists virtually no good incentive to leave reviews for the businesses that we patronize. Negative online reviews are largely driven by vengeance, and positive online reviews…Martech3 min readMartech3 min read
Published inRustbelt Innovators·Aug 24, 2020How to Mint Tokens on BSVThere is little to no barrier to entry for a person to mint tokens on BSV today. Our talk at Coingeek London 2020 was all about tokens, and how we can re-envision what a token is through the power of Bitcoin. …Bsv3 min readBsv3 min read
Feb 18, 2019Forensic Report Raises Questions about Australian Tax Office’s Handling of Craig Wright ProbeIntroduction We recently took the time to lay out a factual timeline of Craig Wright’s involvement with Bitcoin using publicly available information. While the list is not exhaustive, the bulk of information comes starting in 2014 as everything prior to that date has been scrubbed from the internet. When digging in…Bitcoin10 min readBitcoin10 min read
Dec 6, 2018Thinking Big about Bitcoin Again: Satoshi NakamotoWhy should you think big about Bitcoin? Because Satoshi Nakamoto always did. When it comes to scale, he was clear that scale was never an issue: There is only one global chain. The existing Visa credit card network processes about 15 million Internet purchases per day worldwide. Bitcoin can already…Bitcoin4 min readBitcoin4 min read
Dec 5, 2018Thinking Big about Bitcoin Again: Revisiting the Complex Social NetworkThink I’m getting something wrong? Tell me. I am here to learn like you. We’ve written previously on Bitcoin as a complex social network, inspired by a textbook of a similar name. In that piece we examined three inherent properties of social networks: Robustness Search Diffusion We explored how the…Blockchain6 min readBlockchain6 min read
Dec 5, 2018Thinking Big about Bitcoin Again: Removing the Cancer of RedditLittle by little we will keep thinking big about how we can transform what Bitcoin is. At CoinGeek Week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Ryan X Charles of Yours Inc and Jason Chavannes of Memo.cash to talk about social media and Bitcoin. A central question I wanted…Bitcoin7 min readBitcoin7 min read
