The Separation of Money & State

The Separation of Money & State

“As long as there are money printers, there can be no freedom of expression. Money is the tool we use to express value to each other. Whoever controls the money supply controls the world.” – Knut Svanholm The world became vastly more free when we...
Bitcoin is Time

Bitcoin is Time

“This problem is precisely why all previous attempts of digital cash required a central­ized registry. You always had to trust someone to correctly identify the order of things. A central­ized party was required to keep the time. Bitcoin solves this problem by...
Decentralization, Why Dumb Networks are Better

Decentralization, Why Dumb Networks are Better

“The Internet’s protocol (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol, or TCP/IP) doesn’t offer “services.” It doesn’t make decisions about content. It doesn’t distinguish between photos and text, video and audio. It doesn’t have a list of approved...
Bitcoin Astronomy – The Second Law

Bitcoin Astronomy – The Second Law

“Perhaps one of the great ironies of the future will be the Solcoin alliance between urbane Terrans and hillbilly belters.” – Dhruv Bansal Continuing our awesome walk through Dhruv’s excellent Bitcoin Astronomy series we hit Part 2 today! What...
Bitcoin Astronomy – The Second Law

Reboot – Bitcoin Astronomy #1

Preparing for the Second Part of Dhruv’s incredible series, today we have a reboot of Part 1! Equal parts entertaining & intellectually intriguing, we start with Part 1 of Dhruv Bansal’s wonderful piece, Bitcoin Astronomy !  The interplanetary center...