Why does this Bitcoin cycle feel… different?
In this Roundtable, I sat down with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic, and my brother Jeff Swann for a deep dive into what’s really driving the current phase…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
"A myopic focus on personal freedom — the nights out, the "me time", the money saved — is a spiritual mirage: You think you want the paradise of nothing ever being asked of you, but it turns out to b…
Published on 4 weeks ago
"You can delete your Lightning transactions.
So unlike a blockchain, a blockchain's an append-only database and every transaction that gets stored in a blockchain is stored there forever. Lightning tr…
Published on 1 month ago
"Privacy is not a bunker. It’s not cutting every wire, ghosting every friend, and hoping the grid forgets you exist. That’s fantasy. Romanticized exile for people who don’t understand surveillance ca…
Published on 1 month ago
"Either you don't have a fiat currency or you don't have a democracy. But the two things together, and this has been proven, cannot coexist happily without the complete erosion of purchasing power of…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Human innovation knows no limits, and our first assumptions regarding what is possible with the tools at our disposal, are almost invariably found to be wrong. Today we dive into Kiara Bickers’ piece…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
"In order for something to be used as ubiquitous money, the spender has to already have it, and the recipient has to want to hold it. Notably, people usually want to receive more of what they already…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
If Bitcoin is a paradigm shift, it gets to that stage, like it will be an even bigger product than AI, than chat GPT. And like, okay, now imagine the world where not everyone's fighting Bitcoin, but …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sometimes a story isn't what it seems... and that's exactly what happened in Take_100.
In this follow-up, I revisit the mysterious movement of 80,000 Bitcoin and unravel the confusion sparked by a mi…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Almost $9 Billion in Bitcoin just moved for the first time in 14 years, and it seems like the person who moved them, are not the original owners. Did quantum just break something in Bitcoin? Is there…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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