Forget Politics, Stop Asking For Permission And Lean Into Bitcoin’s Utility Instead The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1281: “Posture from a position of strength.” Sign up for the newsletter here. (Source) Monday night was the inaugural Bitcoin Jawn meetup in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of being in attendance and participating in the discussion. The topic of the first gathering was “Bitcoin […]
Ziya Sadr’s Arrest Shows Bitcoin Educators Could Be A Target This is an opinion editorial by Robert Hall, a content creator and small business owner. According to news reports, a well-known Iranian Bitcoin advocate Ziya Sadr was arrested in Tehran on September 19. There isn't much information about his arrest, but with the ongoing unrest in Iran, the government may have seen him as a […]
Another Bug Briefly Took Down Part Of The Lightning Network The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1278: “Another LND/btcd bug emerges.” Sign up for the newsletter here. via GitHub For the second time in less than a month, btcd (an alternative implementation of Bitcoin) and, by extension, LND (one of the Lightning implementations) became incompatible with the rest of the Bitcoin […]
Five Lessons I Learned At Bitcoin Amsterdam This is an opinion editorial by Federico Rivi, an independent journalist and author of the Bitcoin Train newsletter. Disclaimer: BTC Inc. is the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine, and the Bitcoin Conference. Bitcoin Amsterdam was a popular event in a symbolic city. For a long time the European Bitcoin community had hoped for an inclusive […]
Erlay Makes It Easier To Run A Bitcoin Node The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1274: "Erlay support signaling has been merged into Bitcoin Core." Sign up for the newsletter here. via GitHub It's been over three years and exactly 696 issues since we last talked about Erlay. In September 2019, we wrote about Pieter Wuille and Gleb Naumenko submitting […]
Using Bitcoin To Power Philanthropy This is an opinion editorial by Renata Rodrigues, global community and education lead at Paxful. Social Change Powered By Bitcoin: Part Two Bitcoin has true potential as a vehicle for social change. For philanthropies, bitcoin adds in a layer of accountability that fiat donations are unable to replicate. For nonprofits, this makes tracking donations easier […]
The Obscured Attribute Of Money That Bitcoin Doesn’t Need This is an opinion editorial by Mark Maraia, an entrepreneur, author of “Rainmaking Made Simple” and Bitcoiner. In the final episode of the “Speaking Of Bitcoin” podcast, embedded above, Andreas Antonopoulos put forth the idea that there are four uses for money instead of three. The first three are well known at this point in […]
Why Kanye West And Other Free Speech Advocates Need Bitcoin The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1272: "De-banking as an attack on speech." Sign up for the newsletter here. On October 12, Candace Owens made the world aware of the fact that Ye West, more commonly known as Kanye West, had his corporate bank account shut down by JPMorgan Chase. This […]
As The U.K. Questions It’s Financial Future, Britain’s Bitcoin Island Takes Satoshis This is an opinion editorial by Bitcoms, a Bitcoiner and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine. Source: Google Maps The British Backdrop Just days after the anachronistic spectacle of the Queen’s funeral — a bizarre echo of Britain’s long-lost imperial might — the pound sterling fell to an all-time dollar low. A few years before Elizabeth II […]
Is Bitcoin Decoupling From Treasurys, Equities And Bonds? The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1271: “Soaring rates, begging and bitcoin's relative strength.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Last week, we discussed the fact that credit default swap spreads for sovereign nations are becoming completely detached from their historical averages. In that piece, we highlighted that rapidly rising rates […]
How Bitcoin And Art Will Free The People “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music,” — Friedrich Nietzsche Bitcoin and art could lead us out of the mechanical stronghold that the predatory, manipulative and exploitative fiat reality imposes on us. Art is individually liberating and inherently disruptive. Bitcoin is the groundbreaking […]
Drivechain Could Ossify Bitcoin's Blockchain For Good This is an opinion editorial by Nikita Chashchinskii, a software developer working on BIP300 sidechains. Today, Bitcoin faces a challenge. There are two contradicting requirements necessary for success, and if we want to win, we have to find a way to satisfy both. First there is the requirement for security — it is paramount when […]
How A $5 Bitcoin Purchase Cascaded Into A $1.5 Million Viral Movement This is an opinion editorial by Mason Price, an emerging number cruncher, meme maker and aspiring writer. This article was originally published here. Stackheight 1762 Almost two months before he deleted his account, @ArizonanHODL tweeted an unassuming screenshot of a $5 Bitcoin purchase. Any regular person — and by “regular” I mean not a psychopathic, […]
Bitcoin Volume Spikes With Market Uncertainty In The UK The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1269: "Interesting reaction out of the U.K." Sign up for the newsletter here. via Coinshares Here's a chart that has been lingering in my mind throughout the week. It was shared by the team from Coinshares and highlights bitcoin trading volume in the U.K. earlier […]
When Companies Track Purchases, Bitcoin Privacy Is More Important Than Ever The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1260: “They're using debit and credit card purchases to make lists.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Jewish population in Europe – note prepared for the Wannsee conference. (Source) via Reuters Nothing highlights the need for bitcoin more poignantly than attacks on transactional privacy. Last […]
Bitcoin's Accumulated Momentum Is Going To Be Hard To Stop The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1259: "Bitcoin is action. The accumulated momentum is going to be hard to stop." Sign up for the newsletter here. This morning I listened to a recent Macro Voices podcast with Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital. It was a very good conversation about the state […]
Bitcoin Will Find Success Via Ultimate Utility The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1257: “Success via ultimate utility.” Sign up for the newsletter here. I'm currently on a flight from Newark to Oslo, Norway as I make my trek to Riga, Latvia for the Baltic Honey Badger conference hosted by HodlHodl. Please excuse any typos as I am […]
What Does It Mean To Orange-Pill Someone? This is an opinion editorial by Mark Maraia, an entrepreneur, author of “Rainmaking Made Simple” and Bitcoiner. If you have been in bitcoin long enough or been around someone who is a strong proponent of bitcoin you will have eventually heard this phrase: “I orange-pilled my (friend/brother/mom/dad etc.).” I’ve never been very fond of the […]
The Path To A Bitcoin Standard In Africa This is an opinion editorial by Charlene Fadirepo, a former U.S. federal regulator and Bitcoin activist. In this article, I will be discussing the current state of the rapidly growing Bitcoin ecosystem across the continent of Africa and how this progress will enable the path toward Africa’s Bitcoin standard. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines an ecosystem as […]
Bitcoin Is ESG, ESG Is Not 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. Part One A common critique of Bitcoin is that it uses too much energy, yet the ruling class wants everyone driving electric cars. In 2020, […]
