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7 Misconceptions About Bitcoin

November 12, 2020 Guy 0 Comments

“Bitcoin is more easily verifiable than gold, in terms of being a reserve asset and being used as collateral. It’s more frictionless to transfer than gold, and has a hard-capped supply. And I like gold too; I’ve been long it since 2018, and still am.” – Lyn Alden

Guy’s Take #36 – Walking Tall

November 12, 2020 Guy 0 Comments

What does having savings, & the incentives reestablished by sound money, do to a person’s *character?* How does it change who we are when we have something that we know is ours, and frees us of dependence on another human being? With a short read of a Bank Ad from many decades ago that shows an entirely different view of money and savings, we dig into how money affects us on a different level.

When Bitcoin Melts The System, Prosperity Steps In

November 10, 2020 Guy 0 Comments

“The logical construct behind the dissection of today’s evils is actually very simple: money is broken; fix the money, fix the world.” – Thibaud Marechal

The Hard Forks that Didn’t Dilute Bitcoin

November 9, 2020 Guy 0 Comments

“If any of these forks had meaningfully gained ground relative to Bitcoin, the critics would have had a point. What’s the point of a monetary network which is undergoing a constant state of fragmentation?” – Nic Carter

Call me Ishmael [BitMex]

November 6, 2020 Guy 0 Comments

“One can use a “brainwallet”. Refugees need to carry nothing with them, all they would need to do is remember a Bitcoin wallet passphrase. Funds, potentially millions of US dollars, can therefore be effectively stored inside of one’s mind.” – Bitmex research

Whats Really Driving the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon?

January 10, 2019 Guy 0 Comments

Abstract
In this paper, we introduce investors to a decades-old subculture of eccentric software-makers who resist the oppressive and ethically-fraught traditions of corporate employment. We encounter how they set out in the 1980s to make commercial software irrelevant, and how their mission expanded into a war against all forms of institutional oversight. We examine…

Shelling Out – The Origins of Money

November 12, 2018 Guy 0 Comments

“The precursors of money, along with language, enabled early modern humans to solve problems of cooperation that other animals cannot – including problems of reciprocal altruism, kin altruism, and the mitigation of aggression. These precursors shared with non-fiat currencies very specific characteristics – they were not merely symbolic or decorative objects.” – Nick Szabo