What Happens To My Bitcoin When I Die? This is an opinion editorial by Prasad Prabhakaran, COO and cofounder of HexaWallet. Over time, an estimated 4 million bitcoin have been lost and are now in inaccessible wallets. It is unknown how many of those coins belonged to HODLers who died without sharing access to their wallets with anyone else. If you manage your […]
An Argument Against KYC Bitcoin That Everyone Can Understand This is an opinion editorial by Heady Wook, privacy advocate and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine. Introduction In the Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi Nakamoto cited the need for a cash system over the internet without the need for a trusted third-party. A few months later, Nakamoto introduced the Bitcoin network to the world. In block zero […]
Celebrating Bitcoin Independence Day With ‘The UnCommunist Manifesto’ This is an opinion editorial by Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,” founder of The Bitcoin Times and Host of the “Wake Up Podcast with Svetski.” Almost 175 years have passed since “The Communist Manifesto” was published and circulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Some statistics point to it being one of the […]
Bitcoin Helps Us Overcome Probability-Based Energy Systems This is an opinion editorial by Mickey Koss, a West Point graduate with a degree in economics. He spent four years in the infantry before transitioning to the Finance Corps. Imagine if you will, a seller of items that only worked under certain weather conditions. A car that only drives when it’s sunny. A heater […]
Bitcoin Independence Day: Luke Dashjr On The Lessons From SegWit That We’re Forgetting In a year that has been marked by pontification on what it means to be a “Bitcoin maximalist,” the implosion of numerous centralized “crypto” projects and the excommunication of self-interested Bitcoin influencers, Bitcoin Independence Day is worth celebrating more than ever. The first Bitcoin Independence Day was slated for August 1, 2017, when Bitcoin users […]
How Bitcoin Can Help Muslims Follow The Teachings Of The Quran This is an opinion editorial by Muslim Bitcoiner, the host of the “Muslim Bitcoiner Podcast” and a contributor for Bitcoin Magazine. Before diving into the topic of Bitcoin, it’s important to explore what the sin of “riba” actually is, and how it’s entrenched in the current global monetary system. Riba is an Arabic word which […]
Bitcoin: Opening The Door To Financial Inclusion This is an opinion editorial by Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful and cofounder of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation. Global wealth inequality is growing around the world. With inflation, conflict and the pandemic forcing many into extreme poverty, the top 1% are accumulating more power than ever before – capturing nearly 20 times more global […]
Bitcoin Is The Lifeboat When Hurricanes Make Landfall This is an opinion editorial by Gabriel Vazquez, a contributor for Bitcoin Magazine. Bitcoin Maximalism is perceived by many as a “toxic” trait, a brand of culture war waged by veteran holders, OGs and whales who will do anything to pump their bags. In this brief piece, I explain how this couldn’t be further from […]
The Price Of Principles This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's "Censorship Resistant Issue." To get a copy, visit our store. Look Ma, No Hands I’ve wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. When I was seven years old, my father bought me a bicycle for my birthday. He wheeled it into the living […]
How A Bitcoin Standard Makes The World A Better Place This is a transcribed version of a special edition “Bitcoin Magazine” podcast with Aleks Svetski and Michael Saylor having a long-form conversation about the implications of Bitcoin and its effects on the world. Watch This Episode On YouTube Or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here: Transcript [00:00:05] Aleks Svetski: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the […]
What Psychedelics And Bitcoin Have In Common This is an opinion editorial by Maxx Mannheimer, a former sales account manager with a background in training and industrial-organizational psychology. I’ll begin by stating that I do not suggest that anyone take psychedelics. Each individual knows what is best for them and it is not my intent to challenge your free will in any […]
Can Fedimints Help Bitcoin Scale To The World? I. E-Cash Strikes Back Thirty three years ago, the computer scientist David Chaum launched e-cash, a new way for people to spend digital dollars without revealing their personal information. Users plugged their bank card into a terminal to deposit traditional digital dollars into Chaum’s bank — called DigiCash — which issued in return e-cash IOU […]
A Newcomer’s Perspective On Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism This is an opinion editorial by Boomer, a long-time and active member of the financial independence/retire early (FIRE) movement and a contributor for Bitcoin Magazine. I was recently inspired after reading Tomer Strolight’s piece, “Bitcoiners Are Not Toxic — They Have Integrity.” For context, I read it a few days after Nic Carter’s “situation” really […]
Bitcoin Maximalism Is The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior This is an opinion editorial by Nozomi Hayase, a contributor at Bitcoin Magazine. Recently, prominent venture capitalist, Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures, came under scrutiny on Bitcoin Twitter. He was piled on by Bitcoiners over controversy involving his firm’s investment in a company called Dynamic that uses a Web3 wallet platform. In response to […]
For Bitcoin To Win, We Must Burn The Ships This is an opinion editorial by Interstellar Bitcoin, a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine. Whether we like it or not, Bitcoiners still live in a world built on fiat currency. Fiat rules everything around us, from the food we eat to the houses we live in. Until we “burn the ships,” we are not prepared to […]
Bitcoiners Are Not Utopians This is an opinion editorial by Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,” founder of The Bitcoin Times and Host of the “Wake Up Podcast with Svetski.” It’s not just about freedom. It’s about Responsibility. Bitcoin is RgU Tech, or in other words, “Responsibility go Up” technology. To be a Bitcoiner is to be an […]
How Bitcoin Helps Survivors Of The Prison Industrial Complex Ubaydah Baa’ith is one of thousands of formerly incarcerated Americans who found greater financial security thanks to bitcoin, since employment, banking and housing discrimination against returning citizens is widespread across the United States. “I come from generational incarceration. My grandmother and uncle did time, here I am years later with armed robbery,” Baa’ith said. “I […]
What I Discovered About Bitcoin Culture On The Bitcoin Tour Over the last 10 weeks, I traveled over 8,000 miles of the United States by motorcycle, visiting 25 Bitcoin meetups in Texas, the South and the Midwest. I am not done yet, but I wanted to share a few of my thoughts while the memories are still fresh, so you and your friends and family […]
The Russian Black Bag This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's "Censorship Resistant Issue." To get a copy, visit our store. If the world around you collapsed overnight, it’s easy to imagine you would have a plan. Many people would pack their bags and get on the next flight out to start a new life somewhere better. But when […]
What American Independence Looks Like When Secured By Bitcoin This is an opinion editorial by Bruce Fenton, candidate for U.S. Senate and the founder and CEO of Chainstone labs. It’s the money. The money is broken. Politicians broke it. This truth pretty much summarizes much of what is wrong in our world today: inflation, war, the failed drug war and violence — all a […]
