Olivier JanssensWhy Bitfinex’s “Chain Split Tokens” are completely biased towards the small block side (again)Their previous prediction market contract was equally biased, and not an attempt to discover price. It was just a manipulative bet on a…3 min read·Oct 6, 2017--13--13
Olivier JanssensNeutral Chain Split Token contract for BitfinexTerms and Conditions for Chain Split Tokens4 min read·Oct 6, 2017----
Olivier JanssensWhy “non-mining full nodes” are a terrible idea.In the early days of Bitcoin, there was no-such thing as a “non-mining full node”. Every miner was a node and every node was a miner. In…4 min read·Aug 22, 2017--17--17
Olivier JanssensThe solution to the block size debateIn a nutshell, the debate comes down to 2 things:3 min read·Mar 29, 2017--8--8
Olivier JanssensBitcoin needs on-chain transactions to survive, and so do minersSatoshi created block rewards as a temporary way to bootstrap Bitcoin. He intended to have transaction fees replace block rewards as…5 min read·Oct 24, 2016--12--12