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Trump Likes Crypto: Just As Long As It's For Grifting

[Jan 19 5:27 PM] 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 he can make money on, in self-promoting fashion, that often end in…

Wyoming Introduces Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill

[Jan 17 5:25 PM] 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 a Bitcoin…

How Should Bitcoiners View Quantum Computing?

[Jan 15 5:57 PM] 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 predicated on computational power.If there…

Syria Exploring The Embrace of Bitcoin

[Jan 14 5:01 PM] Syria’s economy is in a bad state, to put it very mildly. Not only has the Middle Eastern nation been battered by over a decade of war, the Assad regime, which has been in power since 1971, has now been overthrown by a jihadist group. The conflict…

ARKA NOEGO / NOAH’S ARK: On Solidarity and Bitcoin

[Jan 13 5:20 PM] A Peaceful RevolutionDuring 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 and being read in Poland at the time, the…

Using Mining To Create More Fully Validating Bitcoin Users

[Jan 8 5:09 PM] Bitcoin’s value proposition relies on its ability to resist any type of censorship. Without that feature, Bitcoin loses its power to challenge and resist any authority that wants to subjugate Bitcoin to the same rules that apply in the traditional…

Owning 1 Bitcoin Is Better Than Being a Millionaire

[Jan 2 9:39 PM] Let me be honest—becoming a wholecoiner is one of the smartest moves you can make, but it’s also becoming ridiculously hard. I remember when I first got into bitcoin back in 2016. The price was around $400-$500, and owning one full bitcoin felt…

Recounting Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Developments In 2024

[Jan 1 5:29 PM] 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 past year EEP has generated USD 55 million in revenues…

Why I Capitulated And Started Buying MSTR

[Dec 30, 2025 7:41 PM] Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Look, I know I am late to the party. I remember covering the news of MicroStrategy’s first bitcoin purchase, and I’ve watched the stock rise from $14 to $400 per share. All that time, I didn’t buy.Yet

No, BlackRock Can't Change Bitcoin

[Dec 21, 2024 7:38 PM] Recently, BlackRock released an educational video explaining Bitcoin, which I thought was great—it's amazing to see Bitcoin being discussed on such a massive platform. But, of course, Bitcoin X (Twitter) had a meltdown over one specific line in the…

We Need In-Kind Redemptions For The Spot Bitcoin ETFs

[Dec 20, 2024 11:22 PM] Follow Frank on X. On a recent episode of the Coinage podcast, guest SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said that she is open to reconsidering in-kind redemptions for spot bitcoin ETFs.(For those who aren’t familiar with the term “in-kind redemption,”

Bought Bitcoin at $108,000? Don't Panic

[Dec 20, 2024 8:31 PM] Bitcoin’s price is down over 10% from its all-time high and its critics are taking victory laps this week as bitcoin has plummeted all the way back to… $97,000. It is still practically almost $100,000 for a single bitcoin. It is crazy to me to…

Don't Fall for the Bitcoin Crash – It's Just a Breather

[Dec 19, 2024 2:24 PM] If you've been watching bitcoin, you probably noticed the pullback yesterday. It dropped from $108,000 to $99,000 after the FOMC meeting, where the Fed cut rates, and Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, when asked about the Strategic Bitcoin…

BlackRock’s New Bitcoin Ad Is A Monumental Paradigm Shift

[Dec 18, 2024 4:43 PM] Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Yesterday, BlackRock released a new video aimed at educating people interested in Bitcoin on the asset class.The video is quite good, honestly. I think they took inspiration from Saifedean Ammous’ book…

Nic Carter Is Wrong About the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

[Dec 18, 2024 2:03 PM] When I saw Nic Carter's recent Bloomberg interview, I couldn't help but shake my head. Nic, who's been a long-time Bitcoiner and someone I respect, said that the US shouldn't—and won't—buy Bitcoin for its strategic reserves because it would…

China May Be On the Verge of Ending Its Bitcoin Ban

[Dec 17, 2024 10:15 PM] Look, I think it's only a matter of time before China pulls a complete 180 on its Bitcoin ban. Yes, they outlawed trading and mining back in 2021, but honestly, a lot has changed since then — especially this year. Bitcoin's momentum globally has…

The Unit Denomination of Bitcoin Does Not Need To Change

[Dec 17, 2024 8:00 PM] Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Last week, long-time Bitcoiner John Carvalho introduced a new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) aimed at addressing the unit bias issue many people face when first finding bitcoin.“This BIP proposes…

Buying Bitcoin Is Easy, HODLing Is the Hard Part

[Dec 17, 2024 4:49 PM] Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts HODLing bitcoin is so simple, yet it’s one of the most difficult and challenging things to do.HODLing bitcoin is a choice. You have to wake up every day and choose to continue HODLing BTC. When you…

A Last Resort: Un'FE'd Covenants For Bitcoin

[Dec 16, 2024 6:46 PM] Jeremy Rubin released a proposal two weeks ago titled Un’FE’d Covenants (FE = Functional Encryption). Given the ongoing debate over covenant proposals for Bitcoin the last year or two, his proposal marks a new practical option. All covenant…

Tando Was All The Rage At This Year’s Africa Bitcoin Conference

[Dec 13, 2024 6:05 PM] Follow Frank on X. Before I even arrived at this year’s Africa Bitcoin Conference, I saw attendees posting about Tando, a new Kenya-based payments app that allows users to spend their sats with merchants who don’t accept bitcoin.Just arrived…

Why and How to Backup Your Bitcoin

[Dec 11, 2024 5:22 PM] If you’ve bought bitcoin, chances are that you want to self-custody. Without self-custody, you don’t really have bitcoin, so why wouldn’t you? Using a hardware device to set up an offline bitcoin wallet is generally recommended. But backing up your

Why Bitcoin is the Most Islamic Money

[Dec 10, 2024 5:30 PM] 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 uphold justice, transparency, and shared…

$100,000 Bitcoin Price Is Just The Beginning

[Dec 5, 2024 5:27 PM] Wow, we finally hit $100,000 bitcoin. What a time to be alive! A cypherpunk experiment started as magic internet money is now the 7th largest asset globally, surpassing a $2 trillion market cap. But make no mistake — we're just getting started…