“authority, not truth makes legitimacy… it is truth, not authority that makes legitimacy with Bitcoin.” – Erik Cason Today we dive into a fascinating piece at cryptosovereignty.org by Erik Cason diving into the very concept of sovereignty, and how Bitcoin, in comparison to the legacy system, is not merely revolutionary, but messianic. Truth, not authority,…

“It’s going to be really interesting to replicate some of the token-based authentication schemes that we already have with centralized providers but do it with self-sovereign identity, which is pseudonymous and which is persistent across the network.” – Chris Dannen An article by Peter Chawaga at BitcoinMagazine.com that touches on the many topics discussed during…

We had a fascinating panel discussion hosted by John Vallis with an amazing group at the Value of Bitcoin Conference. All about the Global Renaissance that Bitcoin could ignite. What incentives will most change our world, what is the future of debt in a sound money economy, what will governments look like, what happens when…

“Early alchemy was concerned with purifying and perfecting certain materials, such as transmuting base metals like lead into noble metals like gold, creating an elixir of immortality, or creating panaceas to cure any disease.” – Meltem Demirors How should we observe the “crypto” industry as a whole, and what, if anything, can we learn from…

“The world’s national currencies will offer Bitcoin only a sputtering resistance — more in word than deed — and they’ll dwindle into irrelevance as their defenders fail to defend, their battlements go unmanned, and the central banks’ centers will not hold.” – Jesse Lawler Are we doomed for a massive battle between the monetary giants….

Statechains, the Atomic Swap Halving, Perpetual One Way Swaps, and more with co-host of the Unhashed Podcast! Ruben Somsen joins us to dive into a ton of awesome technical exploration & how they can be directed toward a scalable and efficient future for Bitcoin.  Check out Ruben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomsenRuben Explore his various proposals further:…

Full nodes without even needing the internet? That’s right. A massive improvement to the decentralization & alternatives for securing Bitcoin validation infrastructure just dropped from the team at Blockstream. Announcing Blockstream Satellite 2.0! Check out the original with links to pre-order the kits if interested: https://blockstream.com/2020/05/04/en-announcing-blockstream-satellite-2/ Follow Adam Back, Chris Cook, & the team on…

“Encryption reduces the cost of protection and decreases the leverage of violence at scale. This leads to the rise of dissident technology.” – Phil Bonello With the foundations of the our societal structures shifting, and the core dynamics of violent organization under flux, how do we anticipate the changes in the future? Looking at the investment thesis…

“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” – Satoshi Nakamoto To kick off the Third epoch in Bitcoin we are officially rebranding to Bitcoin Audible, and beginning with the historic Whitepaper by Satoshi himself, revealing this…