Bitcoin – Fairness and Democracy Having established the building blocks of the Bitcoin economy, Prof. Cerf addresses some critical topics that are at the heart of the Blockchain system - fairness of opportunity. As in, why having more computation power does not guarantee having more money (or, why the Blockchain economy democratizes resources and allows for each participant to have a fair and equal share in the market). And… why companies all over the world are trying to build computer farms for Bitcoin mining?