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Jeremy Rubin
Personal blog · rubin.iosecurityeconomics
Jeremy Rubin's personal blog at rubin.io covers security and economics. Since 2014, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One commenter links to Jeremy Rubin's blog in a thread about a state demand for an MIT student's Bitcoin miner source code. The comment is about prosecutorial discretion and does not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Bitcoin research, smart contracts, and applied cryptography.
What Hacker News says?
Yep, law should apply equally to all (in theory). In practice, prosecutors have great deal of discretion on which cases they decide to pursue with limited resources at their disposal. All I am saying is that there are certainly hardened criminals and corrupt politicians in NJ who deserve those fishing expedition resources far more than a talented MIT hacker (who as it appears didn't commit a crime). I am no law enfo…
Comment linking /static/portfolio/media/resume.pdf
on “MIT Students Battle State's Demand for Their Bitcoin Miner's Source Code”Submitted Bitcoin's ASICBOOST Problem Explained [pdf] as a story · 152 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rubin's 2021 Bitcoin Advent Calendar as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted United States Government Censorship of Fuck Nazis Virtual Lapel Pin as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Smart Contract Concepts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shenzhen Blog as a story · 1 points
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