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Open Matters: Why Permissionless Blockchains are Essential to the Future of the Internet
This report offers a non-technical but thorough explanation of “blockchain technology” with a focus on the key variables within consensus mechanism design that differentiate so-called permissioned or closed and permissionless...
Is Blockchain Different than Bitcoin?
To understand this question, it’d be helpful to first think about a much older revolution in payments technology. . . cash. Super-Cash! Cash has an obvious, yet extraordinary super-power. I...
Reporting back from the Blockchain Workshops at MIT and Harvard
Last weekend at MIT and Harvard there were blockchain workshops. Both lawyers and coders are, I'm quite certain, nerds. Often however they belong to rival tribes of nerdom. Lawyers from...
Amicus Brief in Support of Peraire-Bueno’s Objections to “Honest Validator” Theory of Fraud
A PDF version of this filing is available here. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff, v. ANTON PERAIRE-BUENO, and JAMES PERAIRE-BUENO, Defendants. Case...
A PDF version of this comment is available here. October 17, 2025 TREAS-DO-2025-0070-0001 To whom it may concern: Coin Center is an independent nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on...
Six months of crypto policy: The good, the bad, and the lingering questions
We’re six months into the new administration and the 119th Congress. So much has happened that it’s difficult to keep it all straight. For clarity, here are the big news...
Principles for Crypto Legislation
A general introduction to “crypto,” both the underlying technology as well as the larger ecosystem, and a set of principles for legislating in this area to ensure that American rights...
Lewellen v. Garland Plaintiff and Coin Center Fellow Michael Lewellen is suing the Department of Justice seeking declarative judgement to get clarity that persons developing and maintaining non-custodial software do...
If Budget Reconciliation is used for Tax Provisions, Crypto should be Included
In the wake of a political sea change in Washington, Republicans have begun discussing tax changes for next year. The discussion centers around a process known as “budget reconciliation” and...
Coin Center’s Top Policy Priorities for 2025
Recently we published our analysis of the changing crypto policy landscape following the elections. Now we’d like to offer you a list of our top outstanding policy issues and potential...