The end of this month (31 October 2018) will mark the 10th anniversary of the online posting of the now-famous white paper by “Satoshi Nakamoto” outlining the concept of “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” This is an opportune occasion to compare what Bitcoin has achieved with…
Over two hundred people gathered at the Cato Institute for Tuesday’s conference, “Cryptocurrency: The Policy Challenges of a Decentralized Revolution.” Three keynote speakers and four panel discussions investigated the public policy implications of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the underlying distributed ledger blockchain technology. If you couldn’t make…