Here is the next installment in Parker Lewis’ Gradually, Then Suddenly series. Here he dives into what makes Bitcoin unique, and why the thousands of alternative cryptocurrencies cannot get anywhere near the value proposition that Bitcoin offers, despite what the creators and bag-holders of those altcoins, or other uninformed observers, might claim.… Read more
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Gradually, Then Suddenly – Parker Lewis
Here’s a fantastic new series of articles that will help take you down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. These were written by Parker Lewis, a former hedge fund employee tasked with watching the Fed, and chronicle his revelations and conclusions that led him to Bitcoin.… Read more
So you’re new to Bitcoin?
When most people begin to learn about Bitcoin they are often befuddled. With good reason. Bitcoin is cross-disciplinary. To get a good grip on Bitcoin requires knowledge in a number of disparate fields: Computer Science, Programming, Cryptography, Mathematics, Distributed Systems, Economics, Finance, Complex Systems, even a dash of Game-Theory and Psychology.… Read more
Paradigm Shifts – Ray Dalio
“There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.”… Read more
Bitcoin Independence Day
Yesterday, August 1st 2019, was the second anniversary of Bitcoin Independence Day, in commemoration of when Bitcoin network node operators initiated a User-Activated Soft Fork (UASF) to enforce SegWit activation, against the will of a consortium of large Bitcoin miners and Bitcoin business leaders, ending a years long scaling debate.… Read more