Cryptocurrency Reverse Test

Piotr Włodarek
1 min readJan 13, 2018

I propose a simple test to group cryptocurrencies into “state compatible” and “uncensorable”.

This is to make things transparent for users and investors, so they can consciously pick cryptocurrencies appropriate for their individual needs.

The test covers three areas: payments, data and contracts and runs as follows:

  • Is it possible to block or reverse payments that are considered strictly illegal in most jurisdictions? (say, payments to radical groups)
  • Is it possible to block or reverse embedding data that are considered strictly illegal in most jurisdictions? (say, leaked military secrets)
  • Is it possible to block running a contract that is considered strictly illegal in most jurisdictions? (say, a contract discriminating by race or gender)

The test only considers transactions within the cryptocurrency itself, meaning that things like fiat money gateways should not be taken into account.

The expected answers are YES, NO, NOT APPLICABLE.

Ideally, community of each cryptocurrency should establish their ideals and make it transparent for the world.

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