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The Instrument Returns: An Introduction to Bitcredit
Bitcredit is the concrete protocol reconstructing bills of exchange on Bitcoin, closing the credit layer gap that prior posts have diagnosed.
Sign What You Cannot See: A Field Guide to Blind Signatures
Four decades of blind signatures show that one algebraic trick, letting someone sign what they cannot see, protects ecash and CoinJoin.
Programmable Magic Internet Money: How Nostr Apps Can Monetize Ethically and Profitably
Bitcoin plus Nostr creates programmable money that solves software monetization through micropayments respecting user sovereignty.
The Praxeology of Privacy ~ Chapter 18: Lessons from History
DigiCash, e-gold, and Silk Road failed through centralization and poor OPSEC. Bitcoin succeeded through decentralization, open source, and properly aligned economic incentives.