Month: February 2020

Bitcoin is Not a Pyramid Scheme

“Not everyone understands what a pyramid scheme actually is, what the warning signs may be, or why such schemes always fail […] The distinctions should be glaringly obvious, but because bitcoin is complex and the very idea of money is not well understood, it can easily be confused.” – Parker Lewis

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Of Course You Can Own Bitcoins

Can you really own Bitcoins? Or do you merely have possession of keys that grant a high probability of exclusive control?

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The Rise of SIM Swapping

“For the better part of the last decade, the combination of these two practices has given rise to an increasing number of SIM swap attacks ending in the theft of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” – David Hollerith

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All 21M Bitcoin Already Exist

“We have nearly 11 years of empirical evidence that the network itself has been holding and transacting bitcoin, but instead of with private key signatures, it’s in exchange for hashed electricity.” – Phil Geiger

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