We’re already starting to see the seeds of second layer potential develop from the base layer primitives that have been added or optimized in the first decade. Lightning, while still…

It’s a new year, and with that new year come all the normal social media circle jerking centered around predictions of “what will happen in 2020!” I wanted to extend…

Introduction In an economic landscape increasingly characterized by monopolization and the dominance of institutionalized credit, innovative technologies and protocols are emerging that have the potential to change the foundations of…

Bitcoin was forged to be unstoppable in a hostile environment, but let’s be perfectly clear: surviving and thriving are two different things. Just because Bitcoin can withstand severe political antagonism…

This election cycle saw a sharp increase in political spending from cryptocurrency companies, positioning the industry to influence U.S. politics. Already several states have begun exploring the creation of strategic…

The New Nemesis There is no doubt that the last cycles of elections worldwide, particularly in the U.S., have revealed several “elephants in the room” filled with hypocritic actions, psychological…

In the past two months, I’ve attended the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town conference in South Africa and the African Bitcoin Conference in Kenya. I’ve also visited Bitcoin circular economies in…

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…

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…

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…