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Economics

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

The intrinsic value of Bitcoin (II)

2 minute read

Manuel examines the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, which has been debated many times but lays out a clear framework. Posted October 5, 2020.

The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

Bitcoin is for Stackers

2 minute read

Elaine shares why Bitcoin is growing slowly, namely Gresham’s Law. Posted October 17, 2019.

Mainstream Media of Exchange

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm discusses how Bitcoin is a grassroots movement and is indeed a currency.Posted September 6, 2019

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

Bitcoin for safety

21 minute read

James O’Beirne shares his opinion on where we are headed financially. Posted August 24, 2019.

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

Projection and Throwness

9 minute read

The Bitcoin Observer describes an overlooked advantage that Bitcoin has over traditional forms of commodity money. Posted August 11, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

Bitcoin Can’t Be Copied

9 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin can never be copied and how a minority is forcing its will upon the masses. Posted August 2, 2019.

Gradually, Then Suddenly

7 minute read

Parker Lewis introduces a new series and explains why he believes Bitcoin is money. Posted August 2, 2019.

Bitcoin Recapitulation

6 minute read

Mircea Popescu tells us about Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the satoshi. Posted July 15, 2019.

Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

The Many Faces of Bitcoin

27 minute read

Adam Taché and Murad Mahmudov discuss four schools of thought related to Bitcoin. Posted April 10, 2018.

Maduro’s Mint of King Cnut

6 minute read

Beautyon makes the case that Maduro’s attempt to create a new money will fail and any distraction to Bitcoin is a good thing because it gets stronger over ti...

The Lightning Paradox

8 minute read

Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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CY19 Q2

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Money, Banking, Bitcoin, and Libra

30 minute read

Allen Farrington paints a dystopian future and makes the case for money that is open, permissionless, neutral, private, and sound. Posted June 22, 2019.

Bitcoin Average Dormancy

5 minute read

David Puell and Reginald Smith explore dormancy as a metric of Bitcoin’s long-term economic health. Posted June 20, 2019.

Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

There Can Be Only One

4 minute read

Tamas Blummer makes his case for Bitcoin’s strongest argument, the definition of time with computation. Posted June 18, 2019.

The Golden Ratio Multiplier

7 minute read

Philip Swift shares the Golden Ratio Multiplier which he believes will be a useful investment tool in this coming market cycle for identifying areas of profi...

Tweetstorm: Touchpoints

2 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a strategy for engaging people with Bitcoin. Posted June 4, 2019.

Five Fundamental Effects in Bitcoin

10 minute read

Bitcoin’s value comes from supply and demand and this article supports this thesis by looking at 5 fundamentals. By Prateek Goorha. Posted May 19, 2019.

Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

24 minute read

Dan Held examines the growing Bitcoin network and explains how it’s security is growing and how it will be sustained over time via fees rather than block sub...

Why Blockchain is Not the Answer

8 minute read

A reexamination at a failed narrative. Jimmy Song makes the case that blockchain is nothing without Bitcoin. Posted May 7, 2019.

Bitcoin’s Gravity

19 minute read

Gigi explains ideas and Bitcoin and lays out the challenges of changing Bitcoin. One does not simply change Bitcoin. Posted May 1, 2019.

Bitcoin is a Weapon

8 minute read

Hector Rosenkrans looks at his own life experiences and tells us why Bitcoin is a weapon to take the power back. Posted April 11, 2019.

The Puell Multiple

4 minute read

Cryptopoiesis looks at several charts from David Puell that help illustrate his ideas on the coming bull market. Posted April 4, 2019.

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CY19 Q3

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A Note On Variance in Bitcoin Mining

7 minute read

Christopher Bendiksen explains variance in Bitcoin mining and what it means in relation to the recent VERY temporary drop in hashrate. Posted September 25, 2...

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

Mainstream Media of Exchange

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm discusses how Bitcoin is a grassroots movement and is indeed a currency.Posted September 6, 2019

A most peaceful revolution

20 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is the revolution we have been waiting for. Posted September 7, 2019.

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

Bitcoin for safety

21 minute read

James O’Beirne shares his opinion on where we are headed financially. Posted August 24, 2019.

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

Projection and Throwness

9 minute read

The Bitcoin Observer describes an overlooked advantage that Bitcoin has over traditional forms of commodity money. Posted August 11, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

Bitcoin Layers

2 minute read

Joe Rodgers makes the case for defining Bitcoin scaling layers. Posted 8-8-2019.

Proof of Life

11 minute read

Gigi makes the case for Bitcoin being a living organism. Posted August 7, 2019.

Bitcoin Can’t Be Copied

9 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin can never be copied and how a minority is forcing its will upon the masses. Posted August 2, 2019.

Gradually, Then Suddenly

7 minute read

Parker Lewis introduces a new series and explains why he believes Bitcoin is money. Posted August 2, 2019.

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

Bitcoin Recapitulation

6 minute read

Mircea Popescu tells us about Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the satoshi. Posted July 15, 2019.

Why God Loves Bitcoin

3 minute read

Adam Paul Moore makes the case for Bitcoin’s morality. Posted July 12, 2019.

Tweetsorm: SIDECHAINS ARE NOT LAYER 2

5 minute read

Georgios Konstantopoulos shares a much needed tweetstorm where he describes the difference between sidechains and L2. Posted July 4, 2019.

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CY19 Q4

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The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

The cat is out of the bag

15 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is here to stay and it’s free to use. Posted December 29, 2019.

Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

Bitcoin and the Tyranny of Time Scarcity

28 minute read

Robert Breedlove makes the case for harnessing time scarcity as a means to break free of the monetary shackles put upon us by the state. Posted December 19, ...

Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

Bitcoin Operating System

4 minute read

Aleksander Svetski makes the case for Bitcoin as a new monetary network, not a payments technology.

Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

The Last Mortal Man

5 minute read

Part 2 from Hased Entropy’s series of short stories. Posted November 13, 2019.

Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

What Hath Satoshi Wrought

5 minute read

Hashed Entropy shares the first in a future series of short stories. Posted November 2, 2019.

Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

Money and time

6 minute read

Acrual shares a quick perspective on why Bitcoin is the best way to value time. Posted October 17, 2019.

Bitcoin is for Stackers

2 minute read

Elaine shares why Bitcoin is growing slowly, namely Gresham’s Law. Posted October 17, 2019.

The Startup Government

10 minute read

Tim Draper looks at how Bitcoin and other technologies will shape our future. Posted October 10, 2019.

Crypto without Criticisms

5 minute read

Erik Cason explains how semantics matter and how we can build a better future with crypto. Posted October 7, 2019.

Bitcoin Equals Freedom

3 minute read

Ross Ulbricht makes the case for Bitcoin as the ultimate form of freedom. Posted September 25, 2019

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Politics

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Bitcoin at 12

10 minute read

Nic Carter reflects on 12 years of the white paper. Posted October 31, 2020.

Home On The Range

15 minute read

Sovereign.615 outlines a framework for a Bitcoin citadel charter. Posted October 21,2020

Why we may fail Lightning

15 minute read

Antoine Riard explains why Lightning might be doomed or what we can do to push the stack forward. Posted September 28, 2020.

Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

Bitcoin mythbusting

20 minute read

David shares a thoughtful piece on Bitcoin FUD. Posted April 14, 2020.

The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

The cat is out of the bag

15 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is here to stay and it’s free to use. Posted December 29, 2019.

The Startup Government

10 minute read

Tim Draper looks at how Bitcoin and other technologies will shape our future. Posted October 10, 2019.

Bitcoin Equals Freedom

3 minute read

Ross Ulbricht makes the case for Bitcoin as the ultimate form of freedom. Posted September 25, 2019

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

5 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Cryptosovereignty

6 minute read

Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

Politics vs Technology

2 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

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Money

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

The Nature of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Zane Pocock shares an overview of Bitcoin as he sees it. Posted February 13, 2020.

Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

Projection and Throwness

9 minute read

The Bitcoin Observer describes an overlooked advantage that Bitcoin has over traditional forms of commodity money. Posted August 11, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

Bitcoin Can’t Be Copied

9 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin can never be copied and how a minority is forcing its will upon the masses. Posted August 2, 2019.

Gradually, Then Suddenly

7 minute read

Parker Lewis introduces a new series and explains why he believes Bitcoin is money. Posted August 2, 2019.

Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

5 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

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CY19 Q1

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The Ethics of Money and Bitcoin

19 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

On Bitcoin’s Academic Lineage

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Bitcoin’s True Market Dominance

4 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

5 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Why Bitcoin Matters

26 minute read

Posted March 15, 2019 by Aleks Svetski, this article explains why Bitcoin matters.

Bitcoin Mining Explained in 15 Tweets

3 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

Bitcoin Timestamp Security

11 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Tweetstorm: Power and Money

2 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

5 minute read

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Cryptosovereignty

6 minute read

Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

A Conflict of Crypto Visions

28 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Money, Bitcoin and Time: 3 of 3

43 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Money, Bitcoin and Time: 2 of 3

67 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Money, Bitcoin and Time: 1 of 3

62 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto

3 minute read

JW Weatherman lsays out the framework for his interprutation of a Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto. Posted January 18, 2019.

Tweetstorm: Bitcoin as SoV

9 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Unpacking Bitcoin’s Assurances

11 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Economic Teachings of Bitcoin

36 minute read

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The Bitcoin Light Bulb Moment

12 minute read

Beautyon shares thightbulb moment for Bitcoin compared to the evolution of lightbulbs. Posted January 8th 2019.

Planting Bitcoin — Species

18 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Soil

6 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Season

8 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Gardening

11 minute read

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2020 Q2

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

The Bitcoin Journey

7 minute read

Gigi shares his idea of the Bitcoin journey and the steps along the way. Posted June 15, 2020.

Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

4 minute read

mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

Bitcoin mythbusting

20 minute read

David shares a thoughtful piece on Bitcoin FUD. Posted April 14, 2020.

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CY20 Q1

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

Dear Bitcoiners

6 minute read

Gigi pens an optimistic letter to Bitcoiners around the world. Posted March31, 2020.

The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Habitats

12 minute read

Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

The Nature of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Zane Pocock shares an overview of Bitcoin as he sees it. Posted February 13, 2020.

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Technology

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

Meditations on Fraud Proofs

60 minute read

Paul Sztorc explains the ins and outs of Fraud proofs. Fraud Proofs address the problem of learning that a Bitcoin header is invalid (despite it being PoW va...

Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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Game Theory

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Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Habitats

12 minute read

Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

Mainstream Media of Exchange

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm discusses how Bitcoin is a grassroots movement and is indeed a currency.Posted September 6, 2019

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

Bitcoin Can’t Be Copied

9 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin can never be copied and how a minority is forcing its will upon the masses. Posted August 2, 2019.

Gradually, Then Suddenly

7 minute read

Parker Lewis introduces a new series and explains why he believes Bitcoin is money. Posted August 2, 2019.

Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

Bitcoin Post-Maximalism

23 minute read

Paul Sztorc lays out what happens after everyone is a Bitcoin maximalist, when the disagreements inevitably creep back in and offers a solution to scale. Pos...

Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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CY18 Q4

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Liveliness of Bitcoin

1 minute read

Tamas Blummer explains Bitcoin Liveliness and what it means as an indicator. Posted December 29, 2018.

The Ultimate Bitcoin Argument

74 minute read

One of the best arguments for Bitcoin. Pomp is an eternal bull and Murad is a stoic wise man. Together they tell a beautiful story. Read this or click throug...

Bitcoin Network Momentum

7 minute read

Philip Swift Bitcoin Network Momentum is a valuable tool in helping us understand why Bitcoin price is at a particular point in the market cycle and also whe...

Blockchain Is a Semantic Wasteland

12 minute read

Nic Carter looks at the mythical word that has everyone scratching their head… “blockchain”. He proposes what we should do with this word. Posted October 5, ...

Money Crypto vs. Tech Crypto

11 minute read

An examination at the changing narrative around “crypto”. Erik Torenberg defines two camps in the space that are here to stay. Posted October 1, 2018

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Tweetstorm

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Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

Tweetstorm: Touchpoints

2 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a strategy for engaging people with Bitcoin. Posted June 4, 2019.

Bitcoin Mining Explained in 15 Tweets

3 minute read

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Tweetstorm: Power and Money

2 minute read

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CY18 Q3

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A Modest Privacy Protection Proposal

39 minute read

Jameson Lopp has been doxxed and wants to help you stay safe. In this post, he lays out a framework to protect your privacy. Posted September 29, 2018.

Electric Money

5 minute read

LaurentMT explains the value in PoW and proposes this piece as an entry piece for further discussion. Posted September 17, 2018.

Statistical Fallacy behind the Lindy Effect

3 minute read

Qiao Wang lays out the case for further examination of the Lindy Effect, maybe we should pump the brakes on referencing it all the time. Posted September 15,...

Bitcoin as a store of energy

5 minute read

JP Thor looks at Bitcoin and makes the case that it is a store of energy. Posted SEptember 15, 2018.

PoW is Efficient

12 minute read

Dan Held makes the case for PoW being an efficient use of energy. Posted September 14, 2019.

Cliffhangers

7 minute read

Part 3 in a 3 part series, LaurentMT looks at the idea of an optimal age of the UTXOs to measure how far the system is running from its optimum. Posted Septe...

The Yin and Yang of Bitcoin

10 minute read

Part 2 in a 3 part series, LaurentMT examines new metrics regarding mining effects and hodling over the efficiency of PoW. Posted September 3, 2018.

Gravity

11 minute read

Part 1 of a 3 part series, LaurentMT examines why average cost per transaction isn’t a good way to measure PoW efficiency. Posted August 27, 2018.

The Store of Value Thesis

6 minute read

Qiao Wang and Dan McArdle explore their cryptoasset Store of Value Thesis. Posted August 19, 2018.

Bitcoin, Stock & Flow

2 minute read

Hugo Nguyen lays out one of the core fundamentals of Bitcoin’s value proposition, stock to flow. Posted August 15, 2018.

The Bitcoin Second Layer

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia lays out a the baseline for a 4 part series on Lightning Network. In this post, he draws similarities between LN and paper gold, with differences....

Visions of Bitcoin

10 minute read

Hasu and Nic Carter’s fantastic review of how narrative around Bitcoin usage has changed over time. Posted July 29, 2018.

Cryptocurrencies are money, not equity

19 minute read

Brendan Berstein makes the case for cryptocurrencies being money and explains how investors are helping determine value. Posted July 22, 2018.

The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum

7 minute read

Part 3 of Nik Bhatia’s 4 part Lightning Network thesis. This post looks at the bitcoin risk spectrum. Posted July 9, 2018.

Bitcoin Governance

8 minute read

Pierre Rochard lays out how Bitcoin governance works in a decentralized manner. Posted July 8, 2018.

Coin Days Destroyed

1 minute read

Jaoquin Roibal takes to stackexchange to answer. Posted June 20, 2019.

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Financial

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

3 minute read

Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Finance

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

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Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

5 minute read

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

3 minute read

Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Mining

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There will be bitcoin.

8 minute read

Steve Barbour makes the case that the future of oil and gas is Bitcoin. Posted June 23, 2020.

Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

Bitcoin Mining Fees and Storage Costs

9 minute read

Tamas makes the case for miners requiring certain fee threshold in order to include transactions in their blocks. Posted October 14, 2019.

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

Bitcoin Mining Explained in 15 Tweets

3 minute read

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Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

The Lightning Paradox

8 minute read

Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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2020 Q3

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Why we may fail Lightning

15 minute read

Antoine Riard explains why Lightning might be doomed or what we can do to push the stack forward. Posted September 28, 2020.

Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

Misjudging Bitcoin

12 minute read

Beautyon explore how a court ruling on Bitcoin mischaracterizes it. Posted July 27, 2020.

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2020 Q4

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Bitcoin Astronomy: Part II

40 minute read

In this part, we continue to follow the energy and speculate about how money and society coevolve as humanity expands through space.

Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

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Bitcoin at 12

10 minute read

Nic Carter reflects on 12 years of the white paper. Posted October 31, 2020.

Home On The Range

15 minute read

Sovereign.615 outlines a framework for a Bitcoin citadel charter. Posted October 21,2020

The intrinsic value of Bitcoin (II)

2 minute read

Manuel examines the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, which has been debated many times but lays out a clear framework. Posted October 5, 2020.

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Freedom

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Masters and Slaves of Money

45 minute read

Robert Breedlove explains how masters of money are the real problem and how Bitcoin is the path to freedom. Posted July 5, 2020.

Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

The cat is out of the bag

15 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is here to stay and it’s free to use. Posted December 29, 2019.

Tweetstorm: The Matrix

4 minute read

Meltem gets us questioning if we’ve actually taken the “red pill”. Posted October 25, 2019.

Bitcoin Equals Freedom

3 minute read

Ross Ulbricht makes the case for Bitcoin as the ultimate form of freedom. Posted September 25, 2019

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

Why Bitcoin Matters

26 minute read

Posted March 15, 2019 by Aleks Svetski, this article explains why Bitcoin matters.

Politics vs Technology

2 minute read

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Privacy

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

Tweetstorm: The Matrix

4 minute read

Meltem gets us questioning if we’ve actually taken the “red pill”. Posted October 25, 2019.

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

Politics vs Technology

2 minute read

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Maduro’s Mint of King Cnut

6 minute read

Beautyon makes the case that Maduro’s attempt to create a new money will fail and any distraction to Bitcoin is a good thing because it gets stronger over ti...

Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

3 minute read

Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Nic Carter

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Bitcoin at 12

10 minute read

Nic Carter reflects on 12 years of the white paper. Posted October 31, 2020.

The cat is out of the bag

15 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is here to stay and it’s free to use. Posted December 29, 2019.

A most peaceful revolution

20 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is the revolution we have been waiting for. Posted September 7, 2019.

Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

Unpacking Bitcoin’s Assurances

11 minute read

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Blockchain Is a Semantic Wasteland

12 minute read

Nic Carter looks at the mythical word that has everyone scratching their head… “blockchain”. He proposes what we should do with this word. Posted October 5, ...

Visions of Bitcoin

10 minute read

Hasu and Nic Carter’s fantastic review of how narrative around Bitcoin usage has changed over time. Posted July 29, 2018.

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2020 Q1

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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Monetary Policy

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Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

Bitcoin is for Stackers

2 minute read

Elaine shares why Bitcoin is growing slowly, namely Gresham’s Law. Posted October 17, 2019.

Bitcoin Recapitulation

6 minute read

Mircea Popescu tells us about Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the satoshi. Posted July 15, 2019.

Maduro’s Mint of King Cnut

6 minute read

Beautyon makes the case that Maduro’s attempt to create a new money will fail and any distraction to Bitcoin is a good thing because it gets stronger over ti...

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The Time Value of Bitcoin

5 minute read

Part 2 of a 4 part series, Nik Bhatia’s thesis on the Lightning Network. In this post he explains the time-value of bitcoin. Posted June 8, 2019.

Bitcoin: Past and Future

24 minute read

Posted May 30, 2018 by Adam Tache and Murad Mahmudov, this article will analyze these perspectives by discussing trade-offs, philosophical divides within the...

Meditations on Fraud Proofs

60 minute read

Paul Sztorc explains the ins and outs of Fraud proofs. Fraud Proofs address the problem of learning that a Bitcoin header is invalid (despite it being PoW va...

The Many Faces of Bitcoin

27 minute read

Adam Taché and Murad Mahmudov discuss four schools of thought related to Bitcoin. Posted April 10, 2018.

Bitcoin Post-Maximalism

23 minute read

Paul Sztorc lays out what happens after everyone is a Bitcoin maximalist, when the disagreements inevitably creep back in and offers a solution to scale. Pos...

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Philosophy

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Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

Masters and Slaves of Money

45 minute read

Robert Breedlove explains how masters of money are the real problem and how Bitcoin is the path to freedom. Posted July 5, 2020.

The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

The Theological Conquest of Money

16 minute read

Erik Cason explores the messianic creation of Bitcoin as our hope to end the tyranny of central banking. Posted August 26, 2019.

Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto

3 minute read

JW Weatherman lsays out the framework for his interprutation of a Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto. Posted January 18, 2019.

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Sovereignty

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

Cryptosovereignty

6 minute read

Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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History

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Bitcoin at 12

10 minute read

Nic Carter reflects on 12 years of the white paper. Posted October 31, 2020.

Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

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Value

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

The intrinsic value of Bitcoin (II)

2 minute read

Manuel examines the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, which has been debated many times but lays out a clear framework. Posted October 5, 2020.

Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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2011 Q2

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Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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Gigi

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

The Bitcoin Journey

7 minute read

Gigi shares his idea of the Bitcoin journey and the steps along the way. Posted June 15, 2020.

Dear Bitcoiners

6 minute read

Gigi pens an optimistic letter to Bitcoiners around the world. Posted March31, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Habitats

12 minute read

Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

Proof of Life

11 minute read

Gigi makes the case for Bitcoin being a living organism. Posted August 7, 2019.

Bitcoin’s Gravity

19 minute read

Gigi explains ideas and Bitcoin and lays out the challenges of changing Bitcoin. One does not simply change Bitcoin. Posted May 1, 2019.

Economic Teachings of Bitcoin

36 minute read

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Hasu

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

Visions of Bitcoin

10 minute read

Hasu and Nic Carter’s fantastic review of how narrative around Bitcoin usage has changed over time. Posted July 29, 2018.

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Parker Lewis

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Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

Bitcoin Can’t Be Copied

9 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin can never be copied and how a minority is forcing its will upon the masses. Posted August 2, 2019.

Gradually, Then Suddenly

7 minute read

Parker Lewis introduces a new series and explains why he believes Bitcoin is money. Posted August 2, 2019.

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2020 M7

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

Masters and Slaves of Money

45 minute read

Robert Breedlove explains how masters of money are the real problem and how Bitcoin is the path to freedom. Posted July 5, 2020.

There will be bitcoin.

8 minute read

Steve Barbour makes the case that the future of oil and gas is Bitcoin. Posted June 23, 2020.

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Security

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

Bitcoin Timestamp Security

11 minute read

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Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

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FUD

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

Bitcoin mythbusting

20 minute read

David shares a thoughtful piece on Bitcoin FUD. Posted April 14, 2020.

Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

5 minute read

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Scaling

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

2 minute read

Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

Bitcoin is Not Too Slow

18 minute read

Parker Lewis explains why Bitcoin is not too slow, why it operates at the speed it does, and how it will scale. Posted August 23, 2019.

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Erik Cason

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

Crypto without Criticisms

5 minute read

Erik Cason explains how semantics matter and how we can build a better future with crypto. Posted October 7, 2019.

The Theological Conquest of Money

16 minute read

Erik Cason explores the messianic creation of Bitcoin as our hope to end the tyranny of central banking. Posted August 26, 2019.

Cryptosovereignty

6 minute read

Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

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Dan Held

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Bitcoin’s Security is Fine

24 minute read

Dan Held examines the growing Bitcoin network and explains how it’s security is growing and how it will be sustained over time via fees rather than block sub...

Tweetstorm: Bitcoin as SoV

9 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Species

18 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Soil

6 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Season

8 minute read

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Planting Bitcoin — Gardening

11 minute read

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PoW is Efficient

12 minute read

Dan Held makes the case for PoW being an efficient use of energy. Posted September 14, 2019.

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Beautyon

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Misjudging Bitcoin

12 minute read

Beautyon explore how a court ruling on Bitcoin mischaracterizes it. Posted July 27, 2020.

The Bitcoin Light Bulb Moment

12 minute read

Beautyon shares thightbulb moment for Bitcoin compared to the evolution of lightbulbs. Posted January 8th 2019.

Maduro’s Mint of King Cnut

6 minute read

Beautyon makes the case that Maduro’s attempt to create a new money will fail and any distraction to Bitcoin is a good thing because it gets stronger over ti...

The Bitcoin Future: Super Cell London

12 minute read

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Blockchain

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Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

5 minute read

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Blockchain Is a Semantic Wasteland

12 minute read

Nic Carter looks at the mythical word that has everyone scratching their head… “blockchain”. He proposes what we should do with this word. Posted October 5, ...

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Tamas Blummer

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Bitcoin Mining Fees and Storage Costs

9 minute read

Tamas makes the case for miners requiring certain fee threshold in order to include transactions in their blocks. Posted October 14, 2019.

There Can Be Only One

4 minute read

Tamas Blummer makes his case for Bitcoin’s strongest argument, the definition of time with computation. Posted June 18, 2019.

Liveliness of Bitcoin

1 minute read

Tamas Blummer explains Bitcoin Liveliness and what it means as an indicator. Posted December 29, 2018.

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Michael Suede

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Lightning

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

The Lightning Paradox

8 minute read

Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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Robert Breedlove

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Masters and Slaves of Money

45 minute read

Robert Breedlove explains how masters of money are the real problem and how Bitcoin is the path to freedom. Posted July 5, 2020.

The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

Bitcoin and the Tyranny of Time Scarcity

28 minute read

Robert Breedlove makes the case for harnessing time scarcity as a means to break free of the monetary shackles put upon us by the state. Posted December 19, ...

Money, Bitcoin and Time: 3 of 3

43 minute read

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Money, Bitcoin and Time: 2 of 3

67 minute read

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Money, Bitcoin and Time: 1 of 3

62 minute read

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Fiat

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

Tweetstorm: Power and Money

2 minute read

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CY20 Q2

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A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

THE HONEY BADGER

7 minute read

A Man in Black shares a short story about Bitcoin. Posted April, 2020.

Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

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Markets

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Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

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Network Effects

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Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

Bitcoin Post-Maximalism

23 minute read

Paul Sztorc lays out what happens after everyone is a Bitcoin maximalist, when the disagreements inevitably creep back in and offers a solution to scale. Pos...

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Price

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

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Consensus

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Cryptography

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Monetary Properties

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The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Austrian Economics

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

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Scarcity

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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Dhruv Bansal

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Bitcoin Astronomy: Part II

40 minute read

In this part, we continue to follow the energy and speculate about how money and society coevolve as humanity expands through space.

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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Revolution

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A most peaceful revolution

20 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is the revolution we have been waiting for. Posted September 7, 2019.

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Hugo Nguyen

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Bitcoin, Stock & Flow

2 minute read

Hugo Nguyen lays out one of the core fundamentals of Bitcoin’s value proposition, stock to flow. Posted August 15, 2018.

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Banking

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Religion

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Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

5 minute read

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Conner Brown

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Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

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Libertarian

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

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Deflation

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Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

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Government

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The Startup Government

10 minute read

Tim Draper looks at how Bitcoin and other technologies will shape our future. Posted October 10, 2019.

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Technical Analysis

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Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

3 minute read

Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Inflation

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Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

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Pierre Rochard

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Bitcoin Governance

8 minute read

Pierre Rochard lays out how Bitcoin governance works in a decentralized manner. Posted July 8, 2018.

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Brandon Quittem

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Gold

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The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

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Time

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Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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Fiction

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Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

THE HONEY BADGER

7 minute read

A Man in Black shares a short story about Bitcoin. Posted April, 2020.

The Last Mortal Man

5 minute read

Part 2 from Hased Entropy’s series of short stories. Posted November 13, 2019.

What Hath Satoshi Wrought

5 minute read

Hashed Entropy shares the first in a future series of short stories. Posted November 2, 2019.

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Hyperbitcoinization

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Bitcoin Astronomy: Part II

40 minute read

In this part, we continue to follow the energy and speculate about how money and society coevolve as humanity expands through space.

Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

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Fees

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Bitcoin Mining Fees and Storage Costs

9 minute read

Tamas makes the case for miners requiring certain fee threshold in order to include transactions in their blocks. Posted October 14, 2019.

The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

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The Lightning Paradox

8 minute read

Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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Charts

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Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

3 minute read

Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Human Rights

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TA

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Nik Bhatia

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The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

The Bitcoin Second Layer

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia lays out a the baseline for a 4 part series on Lightning Network. In this post, he draws similarities between LN and paper gold, with differences....

The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum

7 minute read

Part 3 of Nik Bhatia’s 4 part Lightning Network thesis. This post looks at the bitcoin risk spectrum. Posted July 9, 2018.

The Time Value of Bitcoin

5 minute read

Part 2 of a 4 part series, Nik Bhatia’s thesis on the Lightning Network. In this post he explains the time-value of bitcoin. Posted June 8, 2019.

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David Puell

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Bitcoin Average Dormancy

5 minute read

David Puell and Reginald Smith explore dormancy as a metric of Bitcoin’s long-term economic health. Posted June 20, 2019.

Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

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Anthony Pompliano

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The Ultimate Bitcoin Argument

74 minute read

One of the best arguments for Bitcoin. Pomp is an eternal bull and Murad is a stoic wise man. Together they tell a beautiful story. Read this or click throug...

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Su Zhu

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Metrics

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Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

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Antifragile

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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Investing

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Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

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S2F

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acrual

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Money and time

6 minute read

Acrual shares a quick perspective on why Bitcoin is the best way to value time. Posted October 17, 2019.

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PoW

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Competition

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Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

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Design

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Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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Fed

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

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Spencer Bogart

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Vijay Boyapati

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Tweet Thread - What Bitcoin is

3 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a tweet thread on the great debate about what Bitcoin is and why only one of the two major visions makes sense. Posted June 22, 2020.

Tweetstorm: Touchpoints

2 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a strategy for engaging people with Bitcoin. Posted June 4, 2019.

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Jimmy Song

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Why Blockchain is Not the Answer

8 minute read

A reexamination at a failed narrative. Jimmy Song makes the case that blockchain is nothing without Bitcoin. Posted May 7, 2019.

Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

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2018 Q2

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Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Network

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

Bitcoin Operating System

4 minute read

Aleksander Svetski makes the case for Bitcoin as a new monetary network, not a payments technology.

Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Murad Mahmudov

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The Ultimate Bitcoin Argument

74 minute read

One of the best arguments for Bitcoin. Pomp is an eternal bull and Murad is a stoic wise man. Together they tell a beautiful story. Read this or click throug...

Bitcoin: Past and Future

24 minute read

Posted May 30, 2018 by Adam Tache and Murad Mahmudov, this article will analyze these perspectives by discussing trade-offs, philosophical divides within the...

The Many Faces of Bitcoin

27 minute read

Adam Taché and Murad Mahmudov discuss four schools of thought related to Bitcoin. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Rules

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

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JP Thor

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Bitcoin’s True Market Dominance

4 minute read

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Bitcoin as a store of energy

5 minute read

JP Thor looks at Bitcoin and makes the case that it is a store of energy. Posted SEptember 15, 2018.

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Space

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Bitcoin Astronomy: Part II

40 minute read

In this part, we continue to follow the energy and speculate about how money and society coevolve as humanity expands through space.

The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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L2

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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Yassine Elmandjra

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

A Conflict of Crypto Visions

28 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

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Taproot

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Indicator

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Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

5 minute read

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Alex Gladstein

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Stock to Flow

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Roy Sheinfeld

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Bitcoin Times

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The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

Bitcoin Operating System

4 minute read

Aleksander Svetski makes the case for Bitcoin as a new monetary network, not a payments technology.

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Sylvain Saurel

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Halving

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

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Tweet Thread

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

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Manifesto

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Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto

3 minute read

JW Weatherman lsays out the framework for his interprutation of a Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto. Posted January 18, 2019.

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Anarchy

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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Canon

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

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Proof of Work

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Liberty

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

Why Bitcoin Matters

26 minute read

Posted March 15, 2019 by Aleks Svetski, this article explains why Bitcoin matters.

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Gold Standard

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Elaine Ou

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Bitcoin is for Stackers

2 minute read

Elaine shares why Bitcoin is growing slowly, namely Gresham’s Law. Posted October 17, 2019.

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Schnorr Signatures

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Financial Journal

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Network Effect

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Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

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Paul Sztorc

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Security Budget in the Long Run

12 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

Meditations on Fraud Proofs

60 minute read

Paul Sztorc explains the ins and outs of Fraud proofs. Fraud Proofs address the problem of learning that a Bitcoin header is invalid (despite it being PoW va...

Bitcoin Post-Maximalism

23 minute read

Paul Sztorc lays out what happens after everyone is a Bitcoin maximalist, when the disagreements inevitably creep back in and offers a solution to scale. Pos...

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Lucas Nuzzi

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Incentives

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Hass McCook

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

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LaurentMT

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Electric Money

5 minute read

LaurentMT explains the value in PoW and proposes this piece as an entry piece for further discussion. Posted September 17, 2018.

Cliffhangers

7 minute read

Part 3 in a 3 part series, LaurentMT looks at the idea of an optimal age of the UTXOs to measure how far the system is running from its optimum. Posted Septe...

The Yin and Yang of Bitcoin

10 minute read

Part 2 in a 3 part series, LaurentMT examines new metrics regarding mining effects and hodling over the efficiency of PoW. Posted September 3, 2018.

Gravity

11 minute read

Part 1 of a 3 part series, LaurentMT examines why average cost per transaction isn’t a good way to measure PoW efficiency. Posted August 27, 2018.

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Jameson Lopp

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Bitcoin Timestamp Security

11 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

A Modest Privacy Protection Proposal

39 minute read

Jameson Lopp has been doxxed and wants to help you stay safe. In this post, he lays out a framework to protect your privacy. Posted September 29, 2018.

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Layer 2

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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2019 Q1

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Governance

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Home On The Range

15 minute read

Sovereign.615 outlines a framework for a Bitcoin citadel charter. Posted October 21,2020

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

22 minute read

Parker Lewis makes a strong case on why it’s all about Bitcoin, not blockchain. Posted September 6, 2019.

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Attack

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Bitcoin Timestamp Security

11 minute read

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Lightning Network

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Why we may fail Lightning

15 minute read

Antoine Riard explains why Lightning might be doomed or what we can do to push the stack forward. Posted September 28, 2020.

The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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Willy Woo

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Meltem Demirors

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Tweetstorm: The Matrix

4 minute read

Meltem gets us questioning if we’ve actually taken the “red pill”. Posted October 25, 2019.

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Tweet

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Energy

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Transactions

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Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

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Volatility

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Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile

13 minute read

Parker Lewis explains volatility and why it’s important to understanding Bitcoin. Posted August 9, 2019.

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Rollo McFloogle

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Bitcoin History

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Aleksander Svetski

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The rise of the individual.

25 minute read

Aleksander Svetski shares his thoughts on the rise of self sovereignty as a revolutionary idea, all made possible by Bitcoin. Posted December 31, 2019

Bitcoin Operating System

4 minute read

Aleksander Svetski makes the case for Bitcoin as a new monetary network, not a payments technology.

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Censorship

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

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Trust

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Yuri de Gaia

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Leo Zhang

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Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

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Technical

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Nick Szabo

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Intrinsic Value

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The intrinsic value of Bitcoin (II)

2 minute read

Manuel examines the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, which has been debated many times but lays out a clear framework. Posted October 5, 2020.

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Austrian Theory

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Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Sound Money

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Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

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Interest Rates

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Mises

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Tribes

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Why we may fail Lightning

15 minute read

Antoine Riard explains why Lightning might be doomed or what we can do to push the stack forward. Posted September 28, 2020.

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Stop and Decrypt

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That’s not Bitcoin, that’s BCash

29 minute read

Stop and Decrypt takes a critical look at the Bitcoin Cash community and how the branding is misleading on purpose. Posted December 21, 2017.

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Surveillance

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Tweetstorm: The Matrix

4 minute read

Meltem gets us questioning if we’ve actually taken the “red pill”. Posted October 25, 2019.

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Bitcoin Canon

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

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Modeling

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Decentralization

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Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Positive Feedback Loop

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Mining Centralization Scenarios

13 minute read

Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Hard Money

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Why Bitcoin Works

8 minute read

Jimmy song makes the case for Bitcoin versus soft money. Posted April 17, 2018.

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Bitcoin Mining

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There will be bitcoin.

8 minute read

Steve Barbour makes the case that the future of oil and gas is Bitcoin. Posted June 23, 2020.

A Note On Variance in Bitcoin Mining

7 minute read

Christopher Bendiksen explains variance in Bitcoin mining and what it means in relation to the recent VERY temporary drop in hashrate. Posted September 25, 2...

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Hashrate

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A Note On Variance in Bitcoin Mining

7 minute read

Christopher Bendiksen explains variance in Bitcoin mining and what it means in relation to the recent VERY temporary drop in hashrate. Posted September 25, 2...

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Joe Kendzicky

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Qiao Wang

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Statistical Fallacy behind the Lindy Effect

3 minute read

Qiao Wang lays out the case for further examination of the Lindy Effect, maybe we should pump the brakes on referencing it all the time. Posted September 15,...

The Store of Value Thesis

6 minute read

Qiao Wang and Dan McArdle explore their cryptoasset Store of Value Thesis. Posted August 19, 2018.

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cryptopoiesis

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The Puell Multiple

4 minute read

Cryptopoiesis looks at several charts from David Puell that help illustrate his ideas on the coming bull market. Posted April 4, 2019.

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Misir Mahmudov

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Development

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

4 minute read

mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

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Christopher Bendiksen

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A Note On Variance in Bitcoin Mining

7 minute read

Christopher Bendiksen explains variance in Bitcoin mining and what it means in relation to the recent VERY temporary drop in hashrate. Posted September 25, 2...

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Jill Carlson

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Censorship Resistance

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

Unpacking Bitcoin’s Assurances

11 minute read

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JW Weatherman

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Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto

3 minute read

JW Weatherman lsays out the framework for his interprutation of a Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto. Posted January 18, 2019.

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Maximalism

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Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto

3 minute read

JW Weatherman lsays out the framework for his interprutation of a Bitcoin Maximalist Manifesto. Posted January 18, 2019.

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Money Production

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Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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Loans

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The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

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Power

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Tweetstorm: Power and Money

2 minute read

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Savings

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51% Attack

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Bitcoin Timestamp Security

11 minute read

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Investments

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David Parkinson

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Bitcoin mythbusting

20 minute read

David shares a thoughtful piece on Bitcoin FUD. Posted April 14, 2020.

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Investment

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2019 Q2

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Hans Hauge

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Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

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Political Theology

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

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Allen Farrington

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The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

Money, Banking, Bitcoin, and Libra

30 minute read

Allen Farrington paints a dystopian future and makes the case for money that is open, permissionless, neutral, private, and sound. Posted June 22, 2019.

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Financial Models

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Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

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almkglor

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Harold Christopher Burger

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Growth

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

4 minute read

mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

Bitcoin’s Habitats

12 minute read

Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

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Physics

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Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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Giacomo Zucco

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Fundamentals

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Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Phil Bonello

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Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

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Meme

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Marcel Burger

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Charles Edwards

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Bitcoin’s Production Cost

8 minute read

Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

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Acrual

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Entropy

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Thermodynamics

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SixOneZeroTwo

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Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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EMH

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The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

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Pricing

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The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

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Marty Bent

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The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Zane Pocock

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

The Nature of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Zane Pocock shares an overview of Bitcoin as he sees it. Posted February 13, 2020.

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Steve Barbour

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There will be bitcoin.

8 minute read

Steve Barbour makes the case that the future of oil and gas is Bitcoin. Posted June 23, 2020.

The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

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Sven Schnieders

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The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

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Morality

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Consequences of Money

10 minute read

Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

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Epoch

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

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Citadels

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Citadel

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Home On The Range

15 minute read

Sovereign.615 outlines a framework for a Bitcoin citadel charter. Posted October 21,2020

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The State

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The State vs. Bitcoin

28 minute read

Steve Barbour shares an essay that examines Bitcoin’s resistance to the State. Posted March 15, 2020.

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Change

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

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Tim May

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Crypto Anarchy

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Anonymous

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Encryption

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Identity

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Hal Finney

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Politics vs Technology

2 minute read

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Satoshi Nakamoto

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Ryan Dickherber

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Early Days

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Time Preference

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

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Free Market

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Goldbugs

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Libertarians

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Federal Reserve

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Open Source

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Keynesian

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Tweetstorm: Power and Money

2 minute read

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Fiat Money

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Rothbard

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Time Travel

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Declaration

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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CY17 Q1

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The Lightning Paradox

8 minute read

Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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Psychology

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Bitcoin Core

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Bitcoin Standard

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Fixed Supply

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Murch

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Dmitry Kalichkin

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Analysis

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Open Letter

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Opinion

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Regulation

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The Nature of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Zane Pocock shares an overview of Bitcoin as he sees it. Posted February 13, 2020.

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Money Creation

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Maduro’s Mint of King Cnut

6 minute read

Beautyon makes the case that Maduro’s attempt to create a new money will fail and any distraction to Bitcoin is a good thing because it gets stronger over ti...

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Alex Svetski

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Properties

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Adam Taché

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Bitcoin: Past and Future

24 minute read

Posted May 30, 2018 by Adam Tache and Murad Mahmudov, this article will analyze these perspectives by discussing trade-offs, philosophical divides within the...

The Many Faces of Bitcoin

27 minute read

Adam Taché and Murad Mahmudov discuss four schools of thought related to Bitcoin. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Aaron van Wirdum

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Tokens

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Miners

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Schelling Point

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Lindy Effect

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Tony Sheng

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Brendan Bernstein

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Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

Cryptocurrencies are money, not equity

19 minute read

Brendan Berstein makes the case for cryptocurrencies being money and explains how investors are helping determine value. Posted July 22, 2018.

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Media

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Information

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Clark Moody

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Ferdous Bhai

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Philip Swift

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The Golden Ratio Multiplier

7 minute read

Philip Swift shares the Golden Ratio Multiplier which he believes will be a useful investment tool in this coming market cycle for identifying areas of profi...

Bitcoin Network Momentum

7 minute read

Philip Swift Bitcoin Network Momentum is a valuable tool in helping us understand why Bitcoin price is at a particular point in the market cycle and also whe...

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Arjun Balaji

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A Conflict of Crypto Visions

28 minute read

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Taylor Pearson

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Features

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Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

Unpacking Bitcoin’s Assurances

11 minute read

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Central Banking

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Smart Contracts

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Law

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Cryptosovereignty

6 minute read

Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

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Sentiment

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Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

5 minute read

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Digital Money

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Digital Money

5 minute read

Phil Bonello reviews the importance of Bitcoin I’m a world of digital money. Posted November 26, 2019.

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Collateral

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Risk

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Tuur Demeester

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Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

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Michiel Lescrauwaet

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Behavior

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Jack Purdy

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Marketing

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LN

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The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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Difficulty Adjustment

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PlanB

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Financial Model

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Financial Analysis

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Thib

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Portfolio

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Rayne Steinberg

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Hector Rosenkrans

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Bitcoin is a Weapon

8 minute read

Hector Rosenkrans looks at his own life experiences and tells us why Bitcoin is a weapon to take the power back. Posted April 11, 2019.

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Credit

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Sergio Demian Lerner

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Pieter Wuille

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Greg Maxwell

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Prateek Goorha

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Five Fundamental Effects in Bitcoin

10 minute read

Bitcoin’s value comes from supply and demand and this article supports this thesis by looking at 5 fundamentals. By Prateek Goorha. Posted May 19, 2019.

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SoV

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Digital Gold

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The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

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Ruben Somsen

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Supply

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Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

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Brady Swenson

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tweetstorm

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Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

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On-Chain Analysis

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Mohamed Fouda

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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Wiz

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Why Bitcoin?

13 minute read

Wiz shares an excellent piece that recaps Bitcoin security, privacy, and freedom. Posted July 16, 2019.

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Oleg Andreev

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Joe Rodgers

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Bitcoin Layers

2 minute read

Joe Rodgers makes the case for defining Bitcoin scaling layers. Posted 8-8-2019.

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James O'Beirne

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Bitcoin for safety

21 minute read

James O’Beirne shares his opinion on where we are headed financially. Posted August 24, 2019.

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Bitcoin Philosophy

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A most peaceful revolution

20 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is the revolution we have been waiting for. Posted September 7, 2019.

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Knut Svanholm

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The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

Mainstream Media of Exchange

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm discusses how Bitcoin is a grassroots movement and is indeed a currency.Posted September 6, 2019

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Medium of Exchange

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

Mainstream Media of Exchange

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm discusses how Bitcoin is a grassroots movement and is indeed a currency.Posted September 6, 2019

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Economy

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Gabor Gurbacs

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2019 Q4

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Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

Bitcoin Mining Fees and Storage Costs

9 minute read

Tamas makes the case for miners requiring certain fee threshold in order to include transactions in their blocks. Posted October 14, 2019.

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Financials

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Phil Geiger

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Bitcoin Fiction

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The Last Mortal Man

5 minute read

Part 2 from Hased Entropy’s series of short stories. Posted November 13, 2019.

What Hath Satoshi Wrought

5 minute read

Hashed Entropy shares the first in a future series of short stories. Posted November 2, 2019.

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Ray Dalio

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

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Rafael Schultze-Kraft

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Rhythm

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Sidechains

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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Correlation

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Stability

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BIP

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Startup

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Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

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Ben Kaufman

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Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Simple

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Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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Supply and Demand

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Bitcoin Backups

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

Slice the Pie

2 minute read

6102 on money production. Posted January 1, 2020?

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Digital

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Future

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Community

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Store of Value

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Ethos

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Education

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Centralization

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

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Cooperation

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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Per Bylund

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Tweetstorm on Deflation

1 minute read

Per Bylund explains why a deflationy money will not destroy commerce. Posted February 26, 2020.

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Taleb

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

2 minute read

Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

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Daniel Frumkin

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Stock-to-Flow

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Virtue

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Morals

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Fungibility

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Magic

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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Nationalism

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Vlad Costea

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Cypherpunks

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The Fed

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The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

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Austrian

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Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Letter

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Dear Bitcoiners

6 minute read

Gigi pens an optimistic letter to Bitcoiners around the world. Posted March31, 2020.

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Anarchism

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

12 minute read

Erik Cason knocks it out of the park with my favorite article of 2020. This is a piece of Bitcoin Canon. Posted March 31, 2020.

Політична теологія біткойна

10 minute read

Ерік Кейсон вибиває його з парку зі своєю улюбленою статтею 2020 року. Це шматок Bitcoin Canon. Опубліковано 31 березня 2020 року.

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Money Supply

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

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Progress

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UASF

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Speed

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

4 minute read

mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

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Evolution

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Nik

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Payments

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Pedro Febrero

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QE

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Currency

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The End Of Gold

9 minute read

Sven Schnieders explains why Bitcoin is much better than gold at money. Posted June 17, 2020.

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Thesis

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

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Software

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Journey

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The Bitcoin Journey

7 minute read

Gigi shares his idea of the Bitcoin journey and the steps along the way. Posted June 15, 2020.

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Lyn Alden

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Laws

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Misjudging Bitcoin

12 minute read

Beautyon explore how a court ruling on Bitcoin mischaracterizes it. Posted July 27, 2020.

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Gael Sanchez Smith

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Shinobi

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Sustainability

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1988 Q2

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Cypherpunk

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Pseudonyms

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1994 Q1

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Politics vs Technology

2 minute read

If you find WORDS helpful, Bitcoin donations are unnecessary but appreciated. Our goal is to spread and preserve Bitcoin writings for future g...

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1994 Q3

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Chypherpunks

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Digital Signatures

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THE CYPHERNOMICON

769 minute read

Tim May’s cypherpunk book and faq. Posted September 10, 1994.

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Jon Matonis

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1995 Q2

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Digital Cash

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Electronic Money

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Wei Dai

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b-money

6 minute read

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1998 Q4

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b-money

6 minute read

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2008 Q4

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Whitepaper

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Timestamping

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Fedcoin

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Protocol

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Gwern

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Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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Improvements

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Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better

50 minute read

Gwern’s 2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly complex...

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How to

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The Bitcoin Future: Super Cell London

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The Lightning Paradox

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Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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The Lightning Paradox

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Alex Berge makes the case that Lightning Network will eventually lead to MORE mining revenue. Posted March 21, 2017.

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That’s not Bitcoin, that’s BCash

29 minute read

Stop and Decrypt takes a critical look at the Bitcoin Cash community and how the branding is misleading on purpose. Posted December 21, 2017.

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

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Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Mayer Multiple

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

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Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

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Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Bitcoin Mayer Multiple

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Trace Mayer describes the Mayer Multiple, a way to look at Bitcoin price multiples. Unsure on post date.

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Mining Centralization Scenarios

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Jimmy Song shares his thoughts on mining centralization and how game theory plays into the many scenarios. Posted April 10, 2018.

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Meditations on Fraud Proofs

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Paul Sztorc explains the ins and outs of Fraud proofs. Fraud Proofs address the problem of learning that a Bitcoin header is invalid (despite it being PoW va...

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Coin Days Destroyed

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Jaoquin Roibal takes to stackexchange to answer. Posted June 20, 2019.

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The Store of Value Thesis

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Qiao Wang and Dan McArdle explore their cryptoasset Store of Value Thesis. Posted August 19, 2018.

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Money Crypto vs. Tech Crypto

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An examination at the changing narrative around “crypto”. Erik Torenberg defines two camps in the space that are here to stay. Posted October 1, 2018

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Unpacking Bitcoin’s Assurances

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Cryptosovereignty

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Erik lay’s out the framework for a future based on crypto rather than man’s subjective views. Posted February 3, 2019.

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Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

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Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

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Demystifying Blockchain Not Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

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Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

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Bitcoin Delta Capitalization

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Security Budget in the Long Run

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51 percent attack

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Security Budget in the Long Run

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Block Subsify

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Security Budget in the Long Run

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Securtity Budget

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Security Budget in the Long Run

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Tweetstorm: Power and Money

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Tweetstorm: Power and Money

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Bitcoin Timestamp Security

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Timestamp Security

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Bitcoin Timestamp Security

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The Lightning Network Reference Rate

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Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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The Lightning Network Reference Rate

9 minute read

Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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The Lightning Network Reference Rate

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Part 4 of 4 in Nik Bhatia’s piece defining and laying out proposed guidelines for measuring Lightning Network fees. Posted March 11, 2019.

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Bitcoin Mining Explained in 15 Tweets

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Why Bitcoin Matters

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Posted March 15, 2019 by Aleks Svetski, this article explains why Bitcoin matters.

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Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

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Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

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Bitcoin Is a Cult, Fiat Is a Religion

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On Bitcoin’s Academic Lineage

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The Ethics of Money and Bitcoin

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Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

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Monetary Police

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Bitcoin bites the bullet

18 minute read

Nic Carter reviews some tradeoffs and how Bitcoin doesn’t take the easy road. Posted June 19, 2019.

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Reginald Smith

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Bitcoin Average Dormancy

5 minute read

David Puell and Reginald Smith explore dormancy as a metric of Bitcoin’s long-term economic health. Posted June 20, 2019.

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Tweetsorm: SIDECHAINS ARE NOT LAYER 2

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Georgios Konstantopoulos shares a much needed tweetstorm where he describes the difference between sidechains and L2. Posted July 4, 2019.

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Jake Chervinsky

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Why God Loves Bitcoin

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Adam Paul Moore makes the case for Bitcoin’s morality. Posted July 12, 2019.

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Mircea Popescu

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Bitcoin Recapitulation

6 minute read

Mircea Popescu tells us about Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the satoshi. Posted July 15, 2019.

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Recapitulation

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Bitcoin Recapitulation

6 minute read

Mircea Popescu tells us about Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the satoshi. Posted July 15, 2019.

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Proof of Life

11 minute read

Gigi makes the case for Bitcoin being a living organism. Posted August 7, 2019.

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The Bitcoin Observer

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Projection and Throwness

9 minute read

The Bitcoin Observer describes an overlooked advantage that Bitcoin has over traditional forms of commodity money. Posted August 11, 2019.

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2019 Q3

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The Theological Conquest of Money

16 minute read

Erik Cason explores the messianic creation of Bitcoin as our hope to end the tyranny of central banking. Posted August 26, 2019.

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The Theological Conquest of Money

16 minute read

Erik Cason explores the messianic creation of Bitcoin as our hope to end the tyranny of central banking. Posted August 26, 2019.

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Ben Davenport

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Values

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A most peaceful revolution

20 minute read

Nic Carter explains why Bitcoin is the revolution we have been waiting for. Posted September 7, 2019.

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Tweetstorm: 21 Charts

4 minute read

Hans Hauge shares 21 charts that paint a wonderful picture on the state of Bitcoin. Posted September 10, 2019.

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Cy19 Q3

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Bitcoin in Space

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Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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Hash Horizon

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Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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Hash War

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Bitcoin Astronomy

30 minute read

Dhruv Bansal explores the idea of Bitcoin in a future where humans are multiplanetary. Posted September 13, 2019.

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indicator

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Bitcoin's Power Oscillator

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A Note On Variance in Bitcoin Mining

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Christopher Bendiksen explains variance in Bitcoin mining and what it means in relation to the recent VERY temporary drop in hashrate. Posted September 25, 2...

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Bitcoin Equals Freedom

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Ross Ulbricht makes the case for Bitcoin as the ultimate form of freedom. Posted September 25, 2019

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Crypto without Criticisms

5 minute read

Erik Cason explains how semantics matter and how we can build a better future with crypto. Posted October 7, 2019.

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Tim Draper

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The Startup Government

10 minute read

Tim Draper looks at how Bitcoin and other technologies will shape our future. Posted October 10, 2019.

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Security Budget

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Bitcoin Mining Fees and Storage Costs

9 minute read

Tamas makes the case for miners requiring certain fee threshold in order to include transactions in their blocks. Posted October 14, 2019.

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Gresham's Law

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Bitcoin is for Stackers

2 minute read

Elaine shares why Bitcoin is growing slowly, namely Gresham’s Law. Posted October 17, 2019.

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CY19 M10

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Tweetstorm: The Matrix

4 minute read

Meltem gets us questioning if we’ve actually taken the “red pill”. Posted October 25, 2019.

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Deflationary Spirals

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Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

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The Bitcoin Times

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Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary.

14 minute read

Conner Brown makes the case for Bitcoins monetary policy as being programmed rather than deflationary. Posted October 29, 2019.

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Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

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Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

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Rabbit Hole

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Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

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Reflection

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Tweetstorm: Circularity

2 minute read

Gigi goes cosmic in this epic tweetstorm about Bitcoin and the self. Posted October 30, 2019.

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Andrew Chow

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Quantum Resistance

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HasedEntropy

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What Hath Satoshi Wrought

5 minute read

Hashed Entropy shares the first in a future series of short stories. Posted November 2, 2019.

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The Triumvirate of Liquidity

8 minute read

Nik Bhatia explains how Bitcoin is both digital gold and digital Treasuries, and has all the makings of the world’s next risk-free asset. Posted November 6, ...

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Reformation

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Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

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Bitcoin Thesis

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Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

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Protestant Reformation

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Tweetstorm: The Bitcoin Reformation

4 minute read

Tuur Demeester summarizes his thesis about the parallels betweet the Protestant Reformation and the current Bitcoin environment. Posted November 7, 2019.

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Hashed Entropy

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The Last Mortal Man

5 minute read

Part 2 from Hased Entropy’s series of short stories. Posted November 13, 2019.

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willywoo

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Bitcoin Operating System

4 minute read

Aleksander Svetski makes the case for Bitcoin as a new monetary network, not a payments technology.

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Bitcoin’s Production Cost

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Charles Edwards shares his model for Bitcoin valuation based on production cost. Posted December 13, 2019.

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Belief

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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter

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Fundraising

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Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

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VC

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Bitcoin As a Startup

12 minute read

Hass McCook lays out his thesis on how Bitcoin is evolving in stages much like a startup raises capital. Posted December 29, 2019

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Bitcoin Fixes This

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Open

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Introducing txCast

3 minute read

6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

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txCast

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Introducing txCast

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6102 introduces a novel approach to broadcasting Bitcoin transactions in a private manner. Posted January 20, 2020.

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Stephan Livera

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Token Velocity

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Move Slow

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Slow

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Aaron Fiat Minimalist

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Token

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The Tortoise and The Hare

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Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Allegory

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The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Fable

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The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Moral

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The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Teachings

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The Tortoise and The Hare

3 minute read

Marty expertly compares Bitcoin and Fiat to Aesop’s fable the Tortoise and the Hare. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Elisabeth Préfontaine

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Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Securities

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Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Monetary Capital

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Why Bitcoin is Not a Security

9 minute read

Elisabeth shares an excerpt from a larger paper that explains why Bitcoin is not a security. Posted February 10, 2020.

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Usability

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Minimum ID

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Price Action

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Tweetstorm The Pump

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Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

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Pump

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Tweetstorm The Pump

3 minute read

Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

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Deflationary Crisis

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Tweetstorm The Pump

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Brendan makes the case for a pump in price due to Bitcoin’s deflationary monetary policy. Posted February 11, 2020.

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On-Chain Metrics

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The Nature of Bitcoin

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Zane Pocock shares an overview of Bitcoin as he sees it. Posted February 13, 2020.

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Marc van der Chijs

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The Complex Market Hypothesis

71 minute read

In which I hypothesise that markets are subjective, uncertain, complex, stochastic, adaptive, fractal, reflexive… — really any clever sounding adjective you ...

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plasticman2011

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Anon

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Bitcoin’s Habitats

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Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

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Survivial

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Bitcoin’s Habitats

12 minute read

Gigi lays out the three realms where Bitcoin exists. Posted March 1, 2020.

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Cover Letter

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

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Investment Advice

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

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Consideration

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

4 minute read

Hass McCook sends a cover letter to Ray Dalio regarding Robert Breedlove’s epic piece on Bitcoin. Posted February 26, 2020.

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True Believers

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Cory Klippsten

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

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Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

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cY20 Q1

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

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Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

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Social

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

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Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

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Recruitment

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Ten Million Bitcoiners

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Cory Klippsten makes the case for on-boarding the next 10million Bitcoiners. Posted February 21, 2020/

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ADoption

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Prisoner's Delemma

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Ragnar Lifthrasir

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Coeli Astrology

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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Astrology

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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Tarot

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The Astrology of Bitcoin

37 minute read

Coeli AStrology shares a fun read on the Bitcoin and astrology. Posted March 18, 2020.

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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Texas

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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Alamo

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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Beliefs

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Bitcoin is a Rally Cry

14 minute read

Parker Lewis channels his inner Alamo battle cry for Bitcoin! Posted March 26, 2020.

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CIA

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Nick

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Accounting

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The Number Zero and Bitcoin

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Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

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Judgement

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The Number Zero and Bitcoin

49 minute read

Robert Breedlove goes galactic on the importance of the number zero and Bitcoin. Posted March 28, 2020.

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Dear Bitcoiners

6 minute read

Gigi pens an optimistic letter to Bitcoiners around the world. Posted March31, 2020.

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Outlook

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Van Eck

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Francis Pouliot

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Consequences of Money

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Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

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Thought Experiment

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Consequences of Money

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Zach of Earth shares a couple thought experiments on the morals and nature of money. Posted April 8, 2020.

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Arthur Hayes

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Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

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Post Covid

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Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

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Collapse

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Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

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End of an Era

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Choose your Fiction

13 minute read

Arthur Hayes writes an epic opinion piece on the current markets and whats to come. Posted April 9, 2020.

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21 Million

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Experiment

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Onion

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Bitcoin mythbusting

20 minute read

David shares a thoughtful piece on Bitcoin FUD. Posted April 14, 2020.

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Business Cycle

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Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Civil Liberties

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Bitcoin and The Business Cycle

29 minute read

Ben Kaufman explains the relationship between Bitcoin and business cycle from the perspective of an Austrian Economist. Posted April 16, 2020.

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Soft Fork

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Liquid

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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RSK

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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FinTech

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The State of L2 Investments

11 minute read

Mohamed Fouda takes a look at the current state of Bitcoin scaling technologies. Posted April 17, 2020

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Confirmations

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A Man in Black

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THE HONEY BADGER

7 minute read

A Man in Black shares a short story about Bitcoin. Posted April, 2020.

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Katia Dolzhenko

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Stefen Reid

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A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

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Renaissance

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A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

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Printing Press

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A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

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Double Entry Bookkeeping

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A Rebels Renaissance

17 minute read

Stefen Reid shares a great article about the Bitcoin revolution. Posted April 23, 2020

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Fractional Reserve Banking

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mtcbtc

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

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mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

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Milestones

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

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mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

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Epochs

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Hey Bitcoin, Slow Down!

4 minute read

mtcbtc posts a short article explaining how quickly Bitcoin is developing. Posted April 25, 2020.

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

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Thomas Paine

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

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Monetary police

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

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M2

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Bitcoin is Common Sense

21 minute read

Parker Lewis channels Thomas Paine in this no BS take on why Bitcoin matters. Posted May 1, 2020.

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Frank Braun

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

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Cryptocurrencies as Cyberstatism

6 minute read

Frank Braun takes a critical look at Bitcoin poinitng out centralization of money always leads down the wrong path. Posted January 6, 2020.

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Wasabi

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JoinMarket

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John Vallis

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

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John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

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4th Epoch

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The 4th Bitcoin Epoch

4 minute read

John Vallis walks us through the momentous halving and into the 4th Epoch. Posted May 7, 2020.

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Fabian Jahr

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Coins

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Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

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Conspiracy

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Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

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Mars

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Tweetstorm - Elon is Satoshi

3 minute read

Chris Espley shares a fun tweet storm that lays out a conspiracy that Elon is Satoshi! Posted May 20, 2020.

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Exchanges

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Scam

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Casino

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Coinbase

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Binance

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57 Varieties of Pyrite

3 minute read

Rusty Russell shares why exchanges are casinos and a terrible place to send noobs. Posted May 27, 2020.

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Karo Zagorus

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Bitcoin Adoption

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Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

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Financialization

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Bitcoin Mining’s Three Body Problem

14 minute read

Leo Zhang shares a very thoughtful piece on the landscape of Bitcoin mining and how competition and industrialization will shape the future. Posted June 1, 2...

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Monarcy

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Intolerant Minority

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Bitcoin and the intolerant minority

2 minute read

Hasu explains his position on the intolerant minority in Bitcoin and why that plays into less radical changes to the protocol. Posted June 5, 2020.

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Adam Pokornicky

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Opt Out

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Sovereign Money

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Diverter "No ID" BTC

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Home brew

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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DIY

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Mining Calculator

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Mining Profitability

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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KYC

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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No KYC

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Fungible

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Antminer

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Whatsminer

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Mining for the Streets

31 minute read

Diverter “No ID” BTC shares a really fantastic report about the realities of mining in 2020. Posted June 8, 2020.

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Solairis

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Code

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Brian Harrington

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Sovereignty.

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Stronger

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Tatiana Koffman

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Protests

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The Bitcoin Journey

7 minute read

Gigi shares his idea of the Bitcoin journey and the steps along the way. Posted June 15, 2020.

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Public Relations

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Mempool

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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Order

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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Block space

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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Price Discovery

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Bitcoin’s Town Square

12 minute read

Zane Pocock explores the importance of the pure market developed around mempools. Posted June 18, 2020.

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John Cantrell

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Mnemonics

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Brute Force

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Seed Words

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BIP39

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GPU

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Azure

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Oil and Gas

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There will be bitcoin.

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Steve Barbour makes the case that the future of oil and gas is Bitcoin. Posted June 23, 2020.

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Paul Knight

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2020 M2

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Slavery

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Masters and Slaves of Money

45 minute read

Robert Breedlove explains how masters of money are the real problem and how Bitcoin is the path to freedom. Posted July 5, 2020.

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American Hodl

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Paradigm

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Movement

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Woke

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Marxist

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JP Koning

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Hobby

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Reed Womack

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Meditation

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Infinity

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Position

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Karthik Venkatesh

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Hashpower

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Reflexivity

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Defend

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

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Logic

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

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Arguments

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Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

10 minute read

Yassine goes FUD-buster in this easy read dismissing several common FUD tactics thrown at Bitcoin. Posted June 26, 2020.

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State

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Michael Nov

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Harry Sudock

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Courts

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Misjudging Bitcoin

12 minute read

Beautyon explore how a court ruling on Bitcoin mischaracterizes it. Posted July 27, 2020.

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Characteristics

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Misjudging Bitcoin

12 minute read

Beautyon explore how a court ruling on Bitcoin mischaracterizes it. Posted July 27, 2020.

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Alien

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The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

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Galaxy

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The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

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Attack Vector

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The AlienCoin Attack Vector

6 minute read

Knut Svanholm explores the idea of a better alien money that could disrupt Bitcoin. Posted July 29, 2020.

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2020 M6

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Tweet Thread - What Bitcoin is

3 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a tweet thread on the great debate about what Bitcoin is and why only one of the two major visions makes sense. Posted June 22, 2020.

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Theory

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Tweet Thread - What Bitcoin is

3 minute read

Vijay Boyapati shares a tweet thread on the great debate about what Bitcoin is and why only one of the two major visions makes sense. Posted June 22, 2020.

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Database

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Developer Funding

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Funding

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Bill MacDonald

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A real talk-blocker

5 minute read

Bill MacDonald makes the case for a more civil approach to Twitter, for the benefit of Bitcoin. Posted August 10, 2020.

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2020 M8

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A real talk-blocker

5 minute read

Bill MacDonald makes the case for a more civil approach to Twitter, for the benefit of Bitcoin. Posted August 10, 2020.

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Thibaud Marechal

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Reserves

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Reserve Asset

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Mick Morucci

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Bill Buchanan

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Tribute

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2020 September

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Secession

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JP Konig

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Danny Diekroeger

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xpub

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Explainer

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Gradually Then Suddenly

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Bitcoin is One for All

42 minute read

Parker Lewis makes the case for Bitcoin for everyone. Posted August 27, 2020.

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Satoshi

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Gloria Zhao

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Map

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Bitcoin Network

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Topography

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Wumbo

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MPP

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UX

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Institutional Investor

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Chad

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

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Circular Economy

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

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Balance Sheet

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

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MoE

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Tweet Thread: Chad money

4 minute read

Gigi digs into what happens to balance sheets as Bitcoin makes it’s way. Posted September 19, 2020.

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Antoine Riard

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Why we may fail Lightning

15 minute read

Antoine Riard explains why Lightning might be doomed or what we can do to push the stack forward. Posted September 28, 2020.

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Bitmex

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DLC

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Virtual World

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SNARKs

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Manuel Polavieja

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The intrinsic value of Bitcoin (II)

2 minute read

Manuel examines the intrinsic value of Bitcoin, which has been debated many times but lays out a clear framework. Posted October 5, 2020.

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Tyler Bain

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CPBI

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Index

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Electricity Consumption

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Aaron Clendenin

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Psychotherapy

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Sovereign.615

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Home On The Range

15 minute read

Sovereign.615 outlines a framework for a Bitcoin citadel charter. Posted October 21,2020

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Croesus

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White paper

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Bitcoin at 12

10 minute read

Nic Carter reflects on 12 years of the white paper. Posted October 31, 2020.

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Climate Change

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Emil Sandstedt

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Valuation

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Jason Deane

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Environment

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MMT

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Ben Carman

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lynalden

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Jeffrey Tucker

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Why does Bitcoin have value?

15 minute read

Think of a world without essential third parties, including the most dangerous third party ever conceived of by man- the state and the central bank. Imagine ...

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Exploration

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Bitcoin Astronomy: Part II

40 minute read

In this part, we continue to follow the energy and speculate about how money and society coevolve as humanity expands through space.

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