In a crazy conversation from last night’s meet-up, I learned of discussion of a purposeful re-org, a 51% attack, on the #BCH chain by 2 miners. After a few hours scrambling to pull details together this morning, this is what I’ve discovered so far. Don’t miss this Guy’s Take episode all about the #Bcash 51%…
Read MoreIs Bitcoin’s security going to be unreliable, volatile, or could it even fail entirely when we lose the block subsidy? Or is #Bitcoin set to operate smoothly with a natural transition from newly minted bitcoin, to transaction fees? Exploring the security of Bitcoin in the next economic era, with Dan Held‘s amazing piece, “Bitcoin’s Security…
Read MoreThe brilliance of the price system is in coordinating the values, deeply limited knowledge and scarce resources precisely to their highest value need without having to understand or be aware of every single change in supply, alternatives, and uses of those resources among the economic participants. It is specifically because we only receive the most…
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The brilliance of the price system is in coordinating the values, deeply limited knowledge and scarce resources precisely to their highest value need without having to understand or be aware of every single change in supply, alternatives, and uses of those resources among the economic participants. It is specifically because we only receive the most important piece of information, its new value in relation to other things (the price), that we can so quickly align ourselves with the new state of the world. Don’t miss the conclusion of Hayek‘s work, “The Use of Knowledge in Society.”
Read MoreIs the idea of a central decision maker for the economy just a problem of gathering all the right information and having the most intelligent in control? Or is there a far more fundamental problem with the entire notion? Continuing our #Bitcoin economics week, today we dive into a piece on a concept we haven’t…
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Even with #Bitcoin, are we destined for a future with intermediated payments? Will that give us a different color of the same system we’re stuck with today, or will Bitcoin still prove to be a revolution in financial trust? Lets dig deeper into the objections to Bitcoin Banks in Part 2 of @nic__carter’s “How to Scale Bitcoin (without changing a thing).”
Read MoreDiving into a great piece by Conner Brown exploring the subjectivity of value, and why Bitcoin’s lack of “intrinsic value” is a benefit, not a hinderance. Does this aspect of Bitcoin, and the nature of money align with history? Does it challenge great economic thinkers & their theories? Or is it a natural next step…
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Diving into a great piece by Conner Brown exploring the subjectivity of value, and why Bitcoin’s lack of “intrinsic value” is a benefit, not a hinderance. Does this aspect of Bitcoin, and the nature of money align with history? Does it challenge great economic thinkers & their theories? Or is it a natural next step in the growing possibilities of the digital world? Don’t miss a fun episode starting off another week on Bitcoin economics!
Dont forget to follow Conner Brown on Twitter and explore his other work on Medium. Drop some major applause for this excellent piece at the link below:
https://medium.com/@connerjbrown1/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-value-and-thats-great-e6994adbfe0f
And a reminder to donate if you would like to contribute to the “Bitcoin Attackers Wiki” bounty being organized by JW Weatherman here:
https://twitter.com/JWWeatherman_/status/1130146806132822016
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Diving into a great piece by Conner Brown exploring the subjectivity of value, and why Bitcoin’s lack of “intrinsic value” is a benefit, not a hinderance.
Read MoreToday we cover all the incredible new developments coming to Lightning and what they will mean for the future the protocol! First we tackle the blog post from @Bitrefill introducing the entire list, from AMPs & submarine swaps to trampoline payments & rendezvous routing. Then I discuss at length further details about each and how…
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