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Bitcoin Maximalists take on the scams, ponzis, & bad ideas in the world of crypto. Doing the dirty work so that you don't have to.

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Read_533 – Why Bitcoin, The Series – Part 1 [Tomer Strolight]

“For those with the curiosity to look, Bitcoin has emerged as a vast and mysterious space to explore with treasures, dangers, and untold potential.” – Tomer Strolight Going through...

Bitcoin Law – The El Salvador Legal Tender Bill

I may have gotten ahead of myself but the vote is happening right now in El Salvador’s Congress. It’s being discussed and read on the floor & in order...

Guy’s Take #47 – Legal Tender… And So It Begins

If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss out on this moment in history. Jack Mallers’ announcement and speech at Bitcoin2021 on the massive moves they are making with Strike,...

Read_532 – The Humanitarian & Environmental Case for Bitcoin [Alex Gladstein]

“If there is ever competition for the energy that the Bitcoin miners are buying, the miners turn off their machines, perhaps to turn them back on later in a...

Read_532 – The Humanitarian & Environmental Case for Bitcoin [Alex Gladstein]

“If there is ever competition for the energy that the Bitcoin miners are buying, the miners turn off their machines, perhaps to turn them back on later in a real-time response to grid loads. This relationship is poorly understood by many, leading to a popular but incorrect assumption that Bitcoin is “wasting” energy that could be used for other projects.” – Alex Gladstein

Another amazing piece from Gladstein, this time breaking down the incentives and elements of Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining that has the potential to transform the developing world’s capacity for capital accumulation, sustainable economic activity, & bootstrapping of renewable energy production and expansion of the much needed electrification. Don’t miss this piece!

Check out the original and Gladstein’s other incredible work below:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-humanitarian-and-environmental

A big thanks to BitcoinMagazine and the LTBNetwork for the invaluable & dedicated resource they have been to the Bitcoin community for so many years.

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Read_531 – Why Anthropologists are More Interested in Bitcoin than Economists [Mick Morucci]

“At the core of economists’ fallacy is the belief that money is money by decree (because the state and its expert economists say so), which means they don’t fully...

Read_530 – Privacy, Fungibility, Anonymity [nopara73]

“Technologies of anonymous communication, anonymous currency, and reputation systems have been invented. They cannot be un-invented. These are all the ingredients needed to build a circular economy with strong privacy in cyber-space” – NoPara73 Today...

Read_529 – PART 2: The Inflation/Deflation Debate [Lyn Alden]

“deflation is the natural order of a productive economy. If we were using a hard money standard like gold, for example, we would expect products to get cheaper over...

Read_529 – QE, MMT, Inflation & Deflation – Part 1 [Lyn Alden]

“Quantitative easing (QE) occurs when central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, create new money to buy government bonds or other securities. Some people fear that it will...