Emile Phaneuf

Hayek passed long before Bitcoin’s inception, but in his book The Denationalisation of Money, he argued for nothing short of stripping the state of its monopoly power of money itself.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Cypherpunks, a group of cryptographers, mathematicians, computer scientists and activists, many of whom had libertarian (or libertarian-esque) influences, worked to bring about a better world by peaceful means through mathematics and computer code.

I just returned from a Bitcoin conference in Brazil. It was a fabulous experience with high energy and fantastic people. I came to develop a love for economics long before I discovered Bitcoin, so as such, as much as I love Bitcoin (and I do), I feel like more of an economist first and foremost, … Read more

This article was originally published by Emile Phaneuf on Medium.com Remittances are an under-recognized but vital part of the global economy. The classic scenario is one in which economic migrants in one country send money back to friends and family in their country of origin. The transaction sizes are often relatively small (usually between $200 to … Read more