More Markets, Less Regulators
If nice flowers cost a dollar would you buy them more often? If it costs $5 for someone to mow your lawn, would you outsource your lawn mowing? How many vehicles would you purchase if a nice car only cost 500 USD, or better yet, would you spend $5,000 on a jetpack that flies you […]
Have No Fear, ‘The Mandibles’ Is Here
If one has followed Bitcoin privacy advocate and podcast host, Matt Odell, then they will have certainly seen him promote the book, The Mandibles. Released in 2016, The Mandibles was the 14th novel by acclaimed writer Lionel Shriver, detailing a wealthy family’s descent into poverty as they contend with hyperinflation in 2030s America. Odell often […]
Gold or Bitcoin: What Will Replace the U.S dollar?
This article was originally published by Dominic Frisby on MoneyWeek.com Some interesting developments in the murky world of geopolitics to report on this week. The currency wars are getting hot and it’s looking increasingly likely that the world is going to start moving away from the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency – gold or bitcoin are the front-runners […]
Bitcoin Busts ‘Big Brother’ Fantasy Of Billionaires
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four the totalitarian government of Oceania employs “re-education” camps to “cure” individuals deemed “thought criminals.” By erasing their citizens’ existing beliefs and replacing them with the party’s ideology, the party effectively brainwashes them into accepting the party’s doctrines and becoming experts at doublethink — the ability to simultaneously hold two contradictory […]
Why Bitcoin & Lightning Is The Best Blockchain Remittance Model Yet
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 […]
Bitcoin And Self-Custody In The Cashless Society
An odd yet more common occurrence happened to me recently – my physical dollars were refused. As I attempted to buy lunch I was informed that the hip establishment I was at only accepted credit cards or other forms of digital payments. As someone who believes strongly in the importance of civil liberties, this movement […]
Bitcoin Is the Rediscovery of Money
This article was originally published by Gigi on dergigi.com Bitcoin is the rediscovery of money. It is money reconsidered. It is the removal of counterparty risk. It is the purest, fastest, soundest money, reimagined from the ground up. It is the computational proof of historical events, building up an incorruptible history without relying on trust. Bitcoin is the realization that cryptography […]
The Working Class Needs Bitcoin
What if you could own a piece of the innovation that would one day make your job obsolete? Would you take advantage of that opportunity? Or would a collective pride in your long-term utility cause you to miss out? These are the questions I ponder now, as a retired labor leader. As someone who worked […]
Bitcoin: The Monetary Metric System
While reading my copy of Allen Farrington and Sasha Meyers’ Bitcoin is Venice I encountered a phrase that hit me like a ton of bricks: “We don’t want to use a stretchy ruler.” I think it might be one of the most accurate characterizations of what is wrong with money as it stands today. As […]
Self-Custody: The Antidote to the Dangers of a Cashless Society
An odd yet more common occurrence happened to me recently — my physical dollars were refused. As I attempted to buy lunch I was informed that the hip establishment I was at only accepted credit cards or other forms of digital payments. As someone who believes strongly in the importance of civil liberties, this movement […]
