"we have nearly 11 years of empirical evidence that the network itself has been holding and transacting bitcoin, but instead of with private key...
"Retrospectively, a lot of ex-DigiCash employees understand why Chaum was so paranoid. As a cryptographer you have to assume the whole world is trying...
"The most powerful thing that Bitcoin did was establish a monetary foundation, a monetary policy that was not alterable through a shallow, short term...