Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht: ‘Why Defend A Murderer?’
Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for creating the darknet market Silk Road, is free. Ulbricht is a freedom fighter to some, and a…
ARKA NOEGO / NOAH’S ARK: On Solidarity and Bitcoin
A Peaceful Revolution During the 1980’s, a genuine popular movement arose in Poland that ended up toppling the communist regime in that country. Although there were many anticommunist intellectuals writing…
From Laser Eyes to Upside-Down Pics: The New Bitcoin Campaign to Flip Gold
Well, my dear Bitcoiners, it seems we’ve done it. The unthinkable has been thought, the improbable achieved, and the utterly ridiculous made reality: Bitcoin has surpassed $100,000! But now, as…
Recounting Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Developments In 2024
Ethiopia’s state-owned power producer, and a population of 126 million Ethiopians, welcomed the bitcoin mining industry in 2024 with an attractive electricity rate of USD 3.2 cents KWh. In this…
A Very Bitcoin Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, and all on the chain, Bitcoin was soaring, with no hodler in pain. The bulls had returned, sleighing bears left and right, now six figure…
Why Bitcoin is the Most Islamic Money
The Islamic conceptualisation of finance is built around a set of core principles which give primacy to honesty, fairness and accountability in trade and transactions. As such, Islamic finance seeks…
Bitcoin is Neither Racist, Xenophobic, nor Misogynistic: A Response to Ideological Stereotyping
Just hours after the U.S. election results were announced, I received messages from friends filled with striking assumptions. Some congratulated me, mockingly saying, “Congrats, your side won for Bitcoin.” Others…
JIPPI IS POKÉMON GO FOR BITCOIN
Today’s modern Bitcoin exchanges have drastically improved access to Bitcoin ownership in 2024. Gone are the days of janky peer-to-peer (P2P) trade forums and questionably secure early exchanges like Mt…
How To Paint a Sandwich: A Solo Presentation On Memes And Digital Culture By Nardo At Bitcoin MENA
In anticipation of a solo exhibition by artist Nardo at Bitcoin Mena, in collaboration with AOTM Gallery, I sat down with him to explore the intersections of memes, mythologies, and…
The Consensus Conundrum
A lot of consensus-change proposals for bitcoin are on the table at the moment. All of them have good motivations, whether it’s scaling UTXO ownership or making self-custody more tractable.…