Nick Szabo Drops Bombshell: Bitcoin Core v30.0 Faces Legal Nightmare
Bitcoin’s next major software release, Bitcoin Core v30.0, has reignited a fraught debate over what kinds of data should be permitted to traverse and settle on the network—and who could bear legal responsibility when that data is illicit. On Monday, cryptography pioneer Nick Szabo weighed in with a pointed warning: changes in v30.0 that relax […]
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Nick Szabo is a legal scholar and cryptographer, and although he has categorically denied it, some believe him to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. Nick is the author of bitgold, which was the most complete conceptualization of a decentralized currency prior to Bitcoin. In November of 2013 Nick Szabo went dark and made his last known public communication for a long time. Seven months passed, and during that time more accusations that he was Satoshi arose. Aston University's Centre for Forensic Linguistics claimed that a forensic analysis of Bitcoins' White Paper suggests that....
According to comments from longtime researcher and computer scientist Nick Szabo, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are trust-minimized, not trustless, and that difference matters for how states and private actors can push back. Related Reading: Crypto Over Dollars: Belarus Makes Mining A National Priority Szabo warned that while the layer one of a strong trust-minimized system […]
Nick Szabo, the author of bitgold, the most complete conceptualization of a decentralized currency prior to bitcoin, the person who coined the term smart contracts in 1993, and believed by many to be Satoshi himself, published a one line blog post today which simply contained a link to his twitter account. The last known public communication from Nick Szabo was in November 2013, almost seven months ago, leaving many to wonder whether he would ever post again. The seven months silence seems to have followed increasing attention on Nick Szabo after numerous suggestions that he might be....
Legendary cyberphunk Nick Szabo and Ryan Watkins, co-founder of Syncracy Capital, laid out opposing frameworks for understanding Ethereum’s rally and its valuation mechanics in a pair of X posts — and together they read like a point-counterpoint on what actually drives Layer-1 prices. Ethereum Price Has Nothing to Do With Utility Szabo’s core claim is […]
An interesting submission today on social sharing website Reddit.com. A user submitted the link to a blog belonging to Nick Szabo Thursday morning, which leads to a Twitter account that would appear to belong to the mysterious figure many in the community have speculated to be the Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite the fact he's denied having involvement in the development of bitcoin, his previous works suggest he has tremendous interest in the subject, and forensic linguists have even suggested the writing style in the bitcoin whitepaper matches that of Szabo. And his tweet history on Twitter is....