Air Guitars and Bitcoin Regulation
No one really sends or receives bitcoin. They merely transfer their ownership and specific control rights to the block chain on the giant public ledger in the cloud. It’s like an air guitar. The...
Bitcoin's Value is Decentralization
Recently I've read a lot of claims that Bitcoins don't have intrinsic value. I've come to a different conclusion. Bitcoins have intrinsic value if they enable desirable interactions that are not...
Bitcoin Attacks in Plain English
I get asked about Bitcoin a lot - mining, usage, fundamental economic principles, basic technical details etc. I spend a lot of time telling people the things they need to know about Bitcoin to...
Bitcoin & Precious Metals, The First Diversified Portfolio of the Rebel In History
For the first time in history, the rebel alliance can compile a diversified portfolio that reflects his or her inter-essences, that is interests. While not only can investments be made under the...
Butterfly Labs Offers Lifetime Warranty, ASIC Competition Surges On
About three months ago, Butterfly Labs was the first to announce a specialized Bitcoin mining device based on a technology with the potential to massively increase the computing power of the...
How technology moves society - not politics: Lasse Birk Olesen at TEDxCopenhagen 2012
Scientists argued for 150 years that politicians needed to stop population growth, but it weren't new laws that stopped its acceleration. No, it happened as the pill became widely available. ...
Bitcoin Prevents Monetary Tyranny
Bitcoin is not about making rapid global transactions with little or no fee. Bitcoin is about preventing monetary tyranny. That is its raison d’être. Monetary tyranny can take many ugly forms. It...
Wait, Why Is This Worth Anything?
A few minutes into explaining Bitcoin to the uninitiated, the discussion invariably starts leaning in a particular direction and then "the question" gets asked: "Obviously some people think...
Can Bitcoin Offer Hope to Skidding Local and National Economies?
Amir Taaki said it most appropriately in a welcoming speech at last month’s Bitcoin conference in London—an event he organized. “In 100 years, Bitcoin, or a system like it, may form the basis of a...
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