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Binance's Future and Other Questions Post-Settlement

[Nov 28, 2023 10:45 PM] Binance is paying literally billions of dollars and giving the U.S. government unfettered access to its books, while its founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao is looking at maybe a year and a half in federal prison. But Binance the exchange is…

Big Tech Has Put Our Future at Risk. It’s Time to Fight Back

[Nov 28, 2023 2:57 PM] The internet was supposed to make us more liberated and healthier. Instead, it stole our data, freedom and mental health, says Project Liberty Founder Frank McCourt, who’s advancing a new digital infrastructure to support a better web and better…

Everyone Needs a Manifesto

[Nov 28, 2023 2:13 PM] Vitalik Buterin's thoughtful musings on techno-optimism contrast with VC Marc Andreessen’s recent writings.

COP28 and Bitcoin: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?

[Nov 28, 2023 11:59 AM] COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come, says Noelle Acheson.

Lightning Is Doomed

[Nov 27, 2023 11:02 AM] Lightning is doomed. High fees from Ordinals have killed all hope of scaling Bitcoin non-custodially, there is no chance at all that people will be able to cost effectively open channels or enforce hung payments on-chain when necessary. It’s all…

VESA at Cypher Capital

[Nov 25, 2023 9:36 AM]   Hi fam, Today we’re celebrating a union that took place recently when VESA travelled to Dubai for a month of meetings, partnership calls, keynotes, and conferences. A juicy sized catalogue of VESA works moved into the Cypher Capital Hub in…

Bitcoin: The Future Of Money Or The Esperanto Of Money?

[Nov 24, 2023 9:02 AM] Some fifty-odd years ago, I purchased a small pamphlet that promised to teach me the rudiments of “the international language” – Esperanto. The shirt-pocket sized booklet contained a half-dozen pages of grammar and a vocabulary of a few hundred…

Bitcoin: The World's First Decentralized Organization

[Nov 23, 2023 10:03 AM] Comparisons between the market capitalization of Bitcoin and publicly traded companies used to make me wince in frustration. Trying to contrast the world’s first successful digitally native currency to a single industry is narrow minded, let alone…

What Is A Bitcoiner?

[Nov 22, 2023 11:30 AM] When bitcoin adoption reaches a global scale, it is likely there will no longer be bitcoin podcasts, bitcoin conferences or even, sorry to say this, a need for a Bitcoin Magazine. However, until this point, people interested in bitcoin will be…

1 Way to Revive Dead NFT Wallets

[Nov 22, 2023 10:02 AM] Conceptual artist and legal scholar Brian Frye says inaccessible crypto tokens cannot be sold, but can be donated — with potentially significant tax benefits.

Binance's Busy Day, Kraken's Second SEC Fight

[Nov 21, 2023 7:30 PM] Binance is paying one of the largest fines in corporate history to the U.S. Department of Justice, while its founder and CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, stepped down from his role running the platform as part of a settlement with multiple federal…

Are Mining Pools Becoming A Problem?

[Nov 21, 2023 12:30 PM] Bitcoin miners provide a valuable service to the ecosystem. In exchange for the work they do securing the network, they are rewarded by the same network they protect. This sound and elegant design by Satoshi is surely one of the most remarkable…

Argentina’s Election: What Bitcoiners Are Getting Wrong

[Nov 20, 2023 11:51 AM] The victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s general election is good news, but not in the way many crypto enthusiasts seem to think. Noelle Acheson looks at the pros and cons to the abrupt change the South American nation is about to undergo.

Why You Should Read 1984 (Again)

[Nov 20, 2023 8:30 AM] Despite being published in 1949 at the tail end of World War II, I think George Orwell's fictional novel, 1984, is still as relevant today as it was back then. The book is set in the fictional state of Oceania, where a dystopian future has taken…