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The Future of Bitcoin Mining is Distributed
[Apr 4 9:13 PM] Bitcoin Magazine The Future of Bitcoin Mining is Distributed In a recent video interview by Bitcoin Magazine, Troy Cross, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College, delves into the topic of his latest article for Bitcoin…
Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP
[Mar 14 8:09 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP A new proposal submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-established Crypto Task Force by a Maximilian Staudinger makes the case for XRP as a “strategic financial…
Conference Bitcoin Afrique: A Bitcoin-Only Revolution in French-Speaking Africa
[Feb 21 4:10 PM] In April 2025, Bitcoiners from across the world will converge in Douala, Cameroon, for the Conference Bitcoin Afrique (CBA), a groundbreaking event dedicated to Bitcoin adoption in French-speaking African countries.This is not just another crypto…
Conference Bitcoin Afrique: A Bitcoin-Only Revolution in French-Speaking Africa
[Feb 21 4:10 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Conference Bitcoin Afrique: A Bitcoin-Only Revolution in French-Speaking Africa In April 2025, Bitcoiners from across the world will converge in Douala, Cameroon, for the Conference Bitcoin Afrique (CBA), a groundbreaking event…
FPPS Is Not A Free Lunch For Bitcoin Miners
[Feb 21 3:51 PM] Bitcoin mining is a tough business. When one considers deploying economic resources to mine traditional commodities such as gold, copper or oil, prospecting for those resources in the field is always done beforehand, to ensure that any capital…
FPPS Is Not A Free Lunch For Bitcoin Miners
[Feb 21 3:51 PM] Bitcoin Magazine FPPS Is Not A Free Lunch For Bitcoin Miners Bitcoin mining is a tough business. When one considers deploying economic resources to mine traditional commodities such as gold, copper or oil, prospecting for those resources in the…
The Next Decade, Part 4: Actual Predictions
[Feb 20 3:00 PM] Bitcoin Magazine The Next Decade, Part 4: Actual Predictions Think back through Bitcoin’s history. I guarantee you a handful of events just popped into your mind first, like landmarks. If you kept thinking your mind probably started filling in from…
The Next Decade, Part 4: Actual Predictions
[Feb 20 3:00 PM] Think back through Bitcoin’s history. I guarantee you a handful of events just popped into your mind first, like landmarks. If you kept thinking your mind probably started filling in from there with those landmark events as anchors.Don’t take these…
The Next Decade, Part 3: The Road Blocks(And Roads Around?)
[Feb 19 3:00 PM] Bitcoin Magazine The Next Decade, Part 3: The Road Blocks(And Roads Around?) Bitcoin Banks (or Binks). It’s happening. Guaranteed. Done deal. In the bag. It’s just a question of when? Germany cleared banks to custody and handle Bitcoin and…
The Next Decade, Part 3: The Road Blocks(And Roads Around?)
[Feb 19 3:00 PM] Bitcoin Banks (or Binks). It’s happening. Guaranteed. Done deal. In the bag. It’s just a question of when? Germany cleared banks to custody and handle Bitcoin and Bitcoin accounts for customer starting 2020. Who will be the first?This is one thing…
The Next Decade, Part 2: The Road Ahead
[Feb 18 3:00 PM] 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 subject to some pretty big limitations, is really starting to…
The Next Decade, Part 1: The Road Behind
[Feb 17 5:13 PM] 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 that out a bit, and look at the next decade. But first, I wanted to spend a minute�
Coinbase and Base: Is crypto just becoming traditional finance 2.0?
[Feb 12 3:30 PM] The future of crypto looks more like Facebook’s abandoned Diem project than the cypherpunk ethos that Bitcoin started with 16 years ago.
Szabo’s Micropayments and Mental Transaction Costs: 25 Years Later
[Feb 11 6:21 PM] 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 could be paid for at tiny increments, rather than one big chunk at the end of the…
Nostr: The Importance of Censorship-Resistant Communication for Innovation and Human Progress
[Feb 6 5:50 PM] IntroductionIn 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 our economy and…
Bitcoin’s Core Remains Unbreakable
[Feb 6 2:09 PM] 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 doesn’t mean we should want that…
Power Play: How Bitcoin's Institutionalization is Reshaping Its Future
[Feb 3 5:28 PM] 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 reserves. As Bitcoin…
Bitcoin and Benjamin Franklin
[Jan 31 8:07 PM] The New NemesisThere 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 experiments subjecting the proletariat to new forms…
How Bitcoin Empowers Women
[Jan 30 5:01 PM] I was recently having a conversation with a friend in Kenya who described how difficult it was for women in that country to stand in local elections due to the complexity of setting up a bank account. The first challenge is to obtain identification…
The Game Theory of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
[Jan 28 3:30 PM] 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 single rule obviates the need for a central…
Making Waves in Tampa Bay: Bitcoin Bay Foundation Joins the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates
[Jan 22 6:11 PM] 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 pirate-themed fun, one float stands out— The world’s first Bitcoin Pirate�
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…