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Silent Coins Sep 9, 2014

Silent coins are better. The public blockchain presents real impediments to economic privacy and financial freedom.

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SilentVault Launches its Service Aug 24, 2014

Press Release For Immediate Release SilentVault Begins Silencing the Blockchain 25 August 2014 - A new service became available today from SilentVault.com.  The virtual enterprise has developed an asset transfer and exchange technology that makes it possible for holders of Bitcoin to silence the blockchain.  The technology may be downloaded as a web-based application or a Spark (XMPP, Jabber) plugin.  To use the service, a bitcoin wallet user transfers a minimum of 0.02 bitcoin to their SilentVault wallet where it appears as "Silent Bitcoin."  Thereafter, payments to other SilentVault wallets, exchanges to other asset types, or transfers out to any...

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Imperative Aug 20, 2014

There are definitely things wrong with the global culture, especially for English language users.  Everywhere you look there are people telling you to do something, buy something (now!) watch something, say something, think something, be some way you aren't.  Advertisements, journalists, politicians, and many others are using the imperative voice, demanding your obedience. Why?  Not because they have any real authority, but because you live in a sick culture.  Madison Avenue advertising executives of the past have written dissertation-length white papers on "call for action" in ads, letters to customers, and other communications.  "Tell them what to do."  If your...

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How Is that a Crime? Aug 19, 2014

Not everything the government opposes is illegal.

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The Other Religion Aug 17, 2014

It seemed like a good idea to read Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby.  And the first 141 pages were going so well.  Jacoby discussed Robert Ingersoll, the great agnostic; the perfidy and betrayals of George W. Bush; deism amongst the founders;Thomas Paine, who suffered for rationalism; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; Jewish participation in the founding of America; Virginia's religious freedom act; differences amongst the state constitutions of circa 1777; the vital importance of no religious test, ever, for any federal elective or appointive office in the federal constitution of 1787; The Age of Reason; the disestablishment...

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You Asked For Regulations? Aug 17, 2014

This essay first appeared at SilentVault.com. The people who want bitcoin and similar currencies to be regulated by the New York state authorities which regulate financial activities in that state are going to get their wish. It seems like they are "really asking for it," judging by what has been issued by the regulatory authority there. Or, to paraphrase a famous Beatles song, "You say you wanna regulation? Well, you know, we'd all love to see the plan." If you want to know all about that plan in New York, you need to visit this page: http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press2014/pr1407171-vc.pdf Fair warning: that...

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The Naive and the Mercenary Aug 16, 2014

Note: This essay has appeared at SilentVault.com and at L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise.  Please note that L. Neil Smith is a great friend of freedom who is currently recovering from a stroke.  If you have a few minutes and some funds, please consider helping Neil's family.  See editor Ken Holder's link to their PayPal account. The Naive and the Mercenary When certain people in the bitcoin industry discuss their eagerness for regulation, they often do so in one of two really irritating ways. One of the ways in which such talk is circulated that is frustrating, irritating, and...

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Learning from Ferguson Aug 16, 2014

Ferguson, Missouri 15 August 2014  - When you look at a city of 22,000 which is 70% black but which has had, for various historical and political reasons, an overwhelmingly white police force, you might expect difficulties.  In the case of Ferguson, Missouri, you are correct. When I say "overwhelmingly white," that's exactly what I mean. "The police force has 53 members, and three of them are black. The city’s mayor and police chief are white, as are most of the members [five of six] of the Ferguson City Council."  Washington Post So, six percent of the police are black...

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