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“The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them.” - Hal FinneyThe internet was fundamentally designed to connect machines, not people. Over the eons of time, the intersection between the…

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1136: "The incentives are screwed: exhibit 21,212." Sign up for the newsletter here.The externalities of unfettered money printing are extremely overweight to the negative side of the…

“Never sell your bitcoin.”You’ve probably heard that one before. And it isn't a completely unfounded piece of advice; built into the supply-predictable, demand-elastic protocol of Bitcoin is the assumption of increased purchasing power…

Should we all go zero fiat? I’ve seen this idea gain prominence on Bitcoin Twitter recently, discussed by people like LaserHodl and Heavily Armed Clown. Personally, I’m open to the idea, and I believe that we all will eventually…

Why spend scarce and irreplaceable time toward building and bettering Bitcoin?What convinces us that Bitcoin is the exit strategy against the existing fiat scheme?Who benefits from a decentralized, immutably hard monetary system?Why…

Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:Competency in any subject can take hard work and dedication. But Bitcoin, being both technically oriented and encompassing so many disciplines, can be especially challenging. I…

Africa is leading the way for global Bitcoin adoption — pioneering the first truly peer-to-peer movement on the ground. While many parts of the developed world are fixated on the speculative activity of bitcoin, people in Africa are…

This past year was certainly a unique one for bitcoin. We saw the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) get approved in the United States, the largest-ever Bitcoin conference in Miami, the much anticipated Taproot upgrade, all-time…

A defining feature of the Digital Era has been the rise of digital entities of incredible complexity, which manage to maintain such simplicity that your grandmother can use them.Famously, the iPhone arrives in a box with no user guide.…

IntroIf you could inspire one group of people to embrace Bitcoin, which would it be? A whole country? Bond traders? Family office managers? While any of these groups would have a major impact if, say, 5% of its population invested a…