Bitcoin Mining: A Path To Electrifying The World
In many parts of the world, access to electricity is a luxury that we often take for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), for example, faces a severe electricity deficit, with over…
Crypto Project Sues Chainalysis
The new year seems set to start tumultuous for Chainalysis. In addition to the trial for Roman Sterlingov set to begin on February 12th, which questions the reliability of Chainalysis…
A Perfect Fight: The Battle Against The Machine
In 1997, history was written when the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Humanity had sent its greatest warrior, a Russian, who had been world…
Fuck The Fed, Go Local
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Primary Issue”. Click here to get your Annual Bitcoin Magazine Subscription. Click here to download a PDF of this article. On November…
Diving Deep Into The Maximalist Mindset: Understanding Bitcoin’s Unique Appeal
Even before Michael Saylor dropped the now meme-immortalized phrase “there is no second best”, Bitcoin maximalism has been a staple of the crypto space. So much so that “crypto” itself…
Free As In Freedom Is Not Free As In Beer
Bitcoiners Need The Guillotine As Scottish economist and philosopher David Hume observed in A Treatise of Human Nature, nothing we know about what is true can tell us what ought…
Braidpool: A Second Competitor In Decentralizing Mining
Yesterday the Human Rights Foundation announced a wave of new grants for a diverse range of projects. I want to focus on one specific project and grant: Braidpool, and the…
Taproot Assets Can Turn Bitcoin Into A Multi-Asset Chain
Bitcoin Maxis are patting themselves on the back after the launch of the Taproot Assets protocol for Bitcoin and Lightning. And they’re quite right to do so. Lightning Labs mainnet…
The Witness Discount: Why Some Bytes Are Cheaper Than Others
This year has seen a massive upswing in demand for the limited space available within bitcoin blocks, leading to higher fees for on chain transactions. Much of the demand is…
21 Reasons To Be Optimistic About Bitcoin In 2024
It is hard to overstate how optimistic Bitcoin’s outlook for 2024 is. While many people may feel like they are too late (why didn’t I buy it under $100?), like…