Szabo’s Micropayments and Mental Transaction Costs: 25 Years Later
What if every click you made online cost just a fraction of a penny? What if your favorite news site, your go-to streaming service, or even your daily email usage…
Nostr: The Importance of Censorship-Resistant Communication for Innovation and Human Progress
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’s Core Remains Unbreakable
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…
Power Play: How Bitcoin’s Institutionalization is Reshaping Its Future
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…
Bitcoin and Benjamin Franklin
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…
The Game Theory of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Bitcoin’s decentralized consensus mechanism works based on some cleverly crafted incentive structures. The first and fundamental rule is that the chain with the most work is the correct one. This…
Making Waves in Tampa Bay: Bitcoin Bay Foundation Joins the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates
The sounds of cannons and cheers fill the air as Tampa Bay’s famous Gasparilla Parade of Pirates begins, drawing a crowd of over 600,000 people. Among the colorful floats and…
Trump Likes Crypto: Just As Long As It’s For Grifting
When the $TRUMP meme coin dropped Friday evening, no one was surprised. Or at least, they shouldn’t have been. He has a knack for jumping headfirst into endeavors he thinks…
Wyoming Introduces Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill
Looking to cement Wyoming’s position at the forefront of Bitcoin innovation, freshman Representative Jacob Wasserburger (@jacob4wyoming) has introduced the “State Funds-Investment in Bitcoin Act” (HB0201), a bill aimed at creating…
How Should Bitcoiners View Quantum Computing?
In the early 2020s, quantum computing hit the public spotlight as a potential threat to Bitcoin. Relying on SHA-256 cryptographic hash function for its proof-of-work network consensus, Bitcoin’s value is…