The Open Source Justice Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity dedicated to spreading access to justice globally through open-source protocols and technology. Learn more about OSJF’s work at opensourcejustice.org. Most people in the world are denied access to justice. An estimated four billion people live outside the protection of the law. Fifty-four percent of…
I’m an attorney. As soon as I found Bitcoin I began thinking about how it would change the justice system, the rule of law, and the ways in which society resolves disputes. That was the topic of my first article for Bitcoin Magazine, which concluded with these words: [W]hile Bitcoin will have a destabilizing effect…
Binance will reportedly pay no less than $4 billion in fines to keep operating in the United States. Binance Holding Ltd may have reportedly reached a settlement agreement with the United States Justice Department (DoJ). That is according to a recent report by Bloomberg. Citing sources with inside knowledge of the matter, the report claims…
It has officially been a decade since Ross Ulbricht, the man behind the popular online marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His crime: enabling free people to freely trade. In the years since, his case has been a lightning rod for debates about internet freedom, drug policy,…