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 […]
When A One-Armed Bandit Stole My Bitcoin
It was the fall of 2008. The iPhone was new, Flo Rida was a musical icon, and everyone under 25 was on Facebook. I was attending Tufts University as a sophomore studying International Relations. Being a lover of history and politics, my plan was to get my degree and find a job with the U.S. […]
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 […]
The Race to Avoid the War
This article was originally published by Cory Klippsten on SwanBitcoin.com Let us proceed — together, united, yet decentralized — and win this race, for one and all, so that we may never have to fight the war. We Bitcoiners are in a race. Perhaps the most important race we will ever run. We are racing against time to drive the adoption of bitcoin as fast as we can. We are racing toward a future […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Technological Origins of Bitcoin
This article was originally published by Emile Phaneuf on Dassetx.com Satoshi Nakamoto remains an obscure character. Although little is known of his influences and motivations for creating bitcoin, this article explores his technological influences (see this for its philosophical and economic influences). What follows is a historical timeline of the various privately issued digital currencies […]
Revolut – How Safe Is Your Money?
This article was originally published by Dominic Frisby on MoneyWeek.com A few weeks ago, an Irish friend of mine was contacted by the Irish Postal service. A package had arrived for her from abroad, but there were a couple of euros of duties to be paid. This had happened to her before — she buys […]
The US Dollar Is A Ponzi You Shouldn’t Invest In
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about what makes a good money. Why? Well, I think a Thomas Paine quote from his famous pamphlet Common Sense can provide some insight, “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” Bitcoiners know that this fiat […]
