by Guy | Mar 17, 2021 | Money, Philosophy
“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...
by Guy | Mar 5, 2021 | Game theory, Philosophy
“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...
by Guy | Mar 2, 2021 | Internet, Philosophy
“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...
by Guy | Feb 9, 2021 | Guy's Take, Philosophy
“In Chapter 1 we reached millions. In Chapter 2 we’re going to reach billions and we’re going to do it quickly. And Chapter 2 starts right now.” – Ross Stevens We are entering a phase of Bitcoin where it becomes accepted as a global store...
by Guy | Feb 4, 2021 | Development, Philosophy
“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...
by Guy | Feb 3, 2021 | Energy, Philosophy
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...