[CryptoPunk]

The difficulty changes don't involve a rule change. The difficulty is always determined by the same set of rules.

>>The author of the paper, Nick Szabo, is a direct contributor to the concepts behind the current trend of crypto exchange systems.

That only tangentially connects this to cryptocurrency. The topic of the paper is the origins of money, with a heavy emphasis on early human prehistory. Like I said, if you have an axe to grind against cryptocurrency and those who had the foresight to mine it early, save it for another thread and don't turn this one into yet another debate about it.