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Bitcoin Cannot be Banned

“By design, Bitcoin exists beyond governments. […] The architecture of bitcoin is practically purpose-built to resist and immunize any attempts by governments to ban it.” – @parkeralewis

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CryptoQuikRead_355 – How Decentralization Dies [Brandon Arvanaghi]

“Decentralization has […] been a vessel for achieving a concession from a centralized body it is protesting. Every decentralization play has followed a simple pattern: protest a market inefficiency, win that protest via a major concession, and then disappear back to fringes of society.” – Brandon Arvanaghi What can we learn from the history of…

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How Decentralization Dies

“Decentralization has […] been a vessel for achieving a concession from a centralized body it is protesting. Every decentralization play has followed a simple pattern: protest a market inefficiency, win that protest via a major concession, and then disappear back to fringes of society.” – Brandon Arvanaghi

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CryptoQuikRead_354 – Why Proof of Reserves is Important to Bitcoin [Mauricio Di Bartolomeo]

“Bitcoin is a movement founded on individual monetary sovereignty, transparency and peer-to-peer auditability enabled by a breakthrough in technology. […] The technology to provide auditability and transparency for bitcoin held in custody has been inherent to the protocol from its inception. However, the industry has been slow to incorporate”  –Mauricio Di Bartolomeo Bitcoin, as a…

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Why Proof of Reserves is Important to Bitcoin

“The technology to provide auditability and transparency for bitcoin held in custody has been inherent to the protocol from its inception. However, the industry has been slow to incorporate”

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CryptoChat_30 – Once BITten, down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole with Daniel Prince

I had an awesome time the other day with Daniel Prince on the new Once BITten Podcast. Diving into some of my own personal history with Bitcoin, what led me here, and the major changes I think we will see in the world over the next couple of decades. This was a really fun conversation…

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Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole with Daniel Prince

Diving into some of my own personal history with Bitcoin, what led me here, and the major changes I think we will see in the world over the next couple of decades. This was a really fun conversation and I think you guys will enjoy it. I was Once BITten, & here’s my story…

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CryptoQuikRead_353 – We’re All Default Keynesians Now [Brady Swenson]

“Unless you began your Austrian economic education at birth in some unknown Austrian paradise, on this planet at this particular time in human history, I think we can safely say we’re all Keynesians by default.” – Brady Swenson @citizenbitcoin Today we read a great little piece on how our economic understandings have become so skewed,…

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We’re All Default Keynesians Now

“Unless you began your Austrian economic education at birth in some unknown Austrian paradise, on this planet at this particular time in human history, I think we can safely say we’re all Keynesians by default.” – Brady Swenson

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CryptoQuikRead_352 – Paying Yourself for Privacy on Lightning? [Aaron Van Wirdum]

“The Lightning Network is best known for its fast and cheap payments. But the Layer 2 protocol could also offer more privacy than on-chain payments […] the developer thinks that “self-payments” could be an important part of the privacy puzzle.”  – Aaron Van Wirdum Despite its focus on payments and scaling the Bitcoin system, Lightning…

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