I logged back on to social media after a week offline in the countryside, only to see my timeline filled with news of an assassination attempt on Trump. My first…

I admit I’m nostalgic for Noam Chomsky. Chomsky is a controversial figure, but he’s also a hero for his writings on consent and conformity, and he was perhaps the most…

Introduction At Coinbits, we’re dedicated to improving the UX of bitcoin so that more people can benefit from it. In our ongoing commitment to transparency and community engagement, we recently…

An underlying theme of this cycle has been to challenge preconceived notions about how people use Bitcoin around the world. New behaviors are emerging and other cultures are using the…

The Loyalty Business on the Fiat Standard I worked at Mastercard for the last ten years, in the San Francisco office, building card-linked offer solutions to drive merchant loyalty. It’s…

Introduction Bitcoin will revolutionize politics, not replace it. Even if hyperbitcoinization were to become a reality with Bitcoin at the center of the monetary system that emerges from the ruins…

The debate of 2024 has been about scaling bitcoin self-custody versus ossification, with the presupposition that an ossified bitcoin protocol as it is today is imperfect – but its sound…

Introduction As it moves into the active appeal stage at the Tenth Circuit, the ongoing legal battle between Custodia Bank and the Federal Reserve has garnered significant attention, especially given…

Today is America’s Independence Day, a celebration of our freedom from the British Empire and the tyranny of a bureaucracy removed by thousands of miles of ocean ruling over our…

Imagine a scenario where you’re heading off for a 100-year vacation and you want your wealth to survive when you return. You decide to bury a safe that holds: Some…