Information never is and can't ever be scarce. Valid moves in the game are scarce, as the playing field is limited in time and space. Information can never be owned. It can only be kept secret.

We must preserve the FREEDOM of being able to use Bitcoin as a currency. All other uses should not interfere with the currency function.

Why would the Bitcoin protocol allow anything besides strict transaction data to be written in a block? Seems absurd. What am I missing?

arbitrary data can be done by pBFT replication algorithms, which don't have to be secured by tokens (or can be bonded to bitcoin). I personally think it's kinda sad that Nakamoto Consensus gives us 50.0001% defense against tampering and people think that going back to pBFT 2/3rd majority is a step f...

Secret Knowledge sounds so much cooler than Password.

I still think OpenTimestamps is valuable and at such a low block space cost it's hard to complain.

Game of Bits.