"Forget currencies and commodities… perhaps the right analogy for Bitcoin is LAND!" Flashback from 2014 with @gendal in an analogy that presents a unique and interesting perspective of what it means to own a Bitcoin. Today's QuikRead, "Welcome to Bitcoin Island!"Check out @gendal's blog for other great work and see the original article:https://gendal.me/2014/03/29/welcome-to-bitcoin-island/ Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate Link Or Donate To:3Nn...
Aug 20, 2018•18 min
"...The age of controlled money had arrived — and with it, world wars, depression and inflation, enormous government indebtedness, and the rise of leviathan states that learned to print their way to power and riches." -Jeffrey Tucker Check out the article plus other great work at the American Institue for Economic Research:https://www.aier.org/article/governments-and-central-banks-should-look-gold-not-crypto#.W2mLSFKB_D8.twitter Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Tr...
Aug 17, 2018•25 min
“This makes Lightning Network an absolute game changer for the entire concept of capital markets: income without explicit counterparty default risk.” @timevalueofbtc Don't miss Nik Bhatia's other excellent work on his Medium page, and give a round of applause for today's article:https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-bitcoin-second-layer-d503949d0a06 Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate Link Or Donate To:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send ...
Aug 16, 2018•37 min
“It is impossible for Bitmain to divest their BCH holdings onmarket. Full stop. The BCH markets are not liquid enough to absorb the amount of coins Bitmain is still holding” -@CryptoHerpesCat Follow Crypto Herpes Cat on Twitter:https://twitter.com/CryptoHerpesCat Check out the full article and @CryptoHerpesCat Medium page for more excellent work:https://medium.com/@btcWolves/a-bch-update-bitmain-bch-the-ipo-what-it-all-actually-means-354220b86ac3 Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin w...
Aug 15, 2018•33 min
“I’m going to expose the Washington Post/Wonkblog piece for the nonsensical ramble that it is… in short, it relies on mistaken assumptions to paint a misleading picture of the world.” -Nic Carter Read the full article and explore the many great links and resources:https://medium.com/@nic__carter/media-coverage-of-bitcoin-is-still-a-total-disaster-7d0d34d98971 Check out Nic's full medium page of other work:https://medium.com/@nic__carter Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR...
Aug 14, 2018•36 min
“On April 25, 2018, I anonymously and privately disclosed a critical vulnerability in Bitcoin Cash, one of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies…” - Cory Fields Hear the full story in today’s read of Core dev Cory Fields' recount of the events. Check out the full article here:https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/http-coryfields-com-cash-48a99b85aad4 Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate Link Or Donate To:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherV...
Aug 13, 2018•32 min
Will hundreds of coins flourish? Will economic thought change completely? Will it be a force for good or evil? And will Bitcoin even survive? All this and more in the second half of Daniel Jeffries great piece on the Future of Bitcoin! Don't miss his other great article on Hacker Noon, plus the many links and further reading in today's article:https://hackernoon.com/what-will-bitcoin-look-like-in-twenty-years-7e75481a798c Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io...
Aug 10, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Will the price increase forever? Will government currencies be a thing of the past? Will there be a singular, global economy? And how do we make interesting predictions in the first place? All this and more in the first half of Daniel Jeffries great piece on the Future of Bitcoin. Don't miss his other great article on Hacker Noon, plus the many links and further reading in today's article:https://hackernoon.com/what-will-bitcoin-look-like-in-twenty-years-7e75481a798c Support the show:Looking to ...
Aug 09, 2018•38 min
Price prediction is a tricky game, but there is some fundamental analysis that may tell us more about the broad trends. Tuur Demeester looks at retail interest, institutional hesitancy, and Metcalf's law for a current perspective in: "Bitcoin: We Don't Expect New Highs in 2018." Don't forget to applaud+follow+check out the charts and data with the full article:https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/bitcoin-we-dont-expect-new-highs-in-2018-97e6a7a385f7 Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin w...
Aug 08, 2018•36 min
Mises' and Menger’s theories of money provide deep insight, but invariably never attempted to rank the functions of money during its period of establishment. To fill the gap, Fernando Ulrich explains why he believes a Store of Value must arise before a money becomes a Medium of Exchange.Don't forget to clap for the article on Medium and check out the rest of this series:https://medium.com/@Ulrich_98986/why-money-has-value-and-spending-bitcoin-is-senseless-d2390127dc34 Support the show:Looking to...
Aug 07, 2018•30 min
Is ASIC resistance really the panacea that some claim it is? Will it solve the never ending challenges of a decentralized network? Or is it just a buzzword used to sell Bitcoin alternatives? Find out in @StopAndDecrypt's thorough piece on ASIC resistance. Check out the medium page for the links and graphics, plus drop some applause for the excellent work:https://medium.com/@StopAndDecrypt/asic-resistance-is-nothing-but-a-blockchain-buzzword-b91d3d770366 If you would like to hear the referenced a...
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 12 min
In closing out the week we have one last piece on the economics behind Bitcoin and the natural market economy. We read the classic piece “I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read posted on Fee.org. Check out the post itself to read the Foreward & Afterward, plus don't miss the excellent collection of work at Fee.org: https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil/ Support the show: Donate To: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/mess...
Aug 03, 2018•29 min
What if “hoarding” money is both realizing its most important utility, and stabilizing in an uncertain economy? If true, how could the exact opposite belief be so widespread? Don’t miss our read from Hans Hermann Hoppe on Mises.org to find out more! Check out the full article plus an exhaustive collection of economic theory at Mises.org:https://mises.org/library/yield-money-held-reconsidered Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate Link Or Donate To:3N...
Aug 02, 2018•30 min
Taking a break from Bitcoin maximalism to have a chat with John Wolpert (@Consensys, @IBMblockchain, @Hyperledger) for what consensus protocols and blockchain can do for the future of decentralization, trust, and privacy! Don’t miss today’s episode! Don't forget to check him out on Twitter and Medium:https://twitter.com/jwolperthttps://medium.com/@jwolpert Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.Trezor.io Affiliate Link Or Donate To:3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 ---...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 2 min
“This game, underlying FOMO3D (F3D), is called “The War of Attrition” and it can produce some insanely irrational outcomes… Human beings tend to play terribly and lose.” Don't miss Matt Stephenson's great piece on how FOMO3D exploits "dangerous game theory." Dont forget to applaud the article on medium and dig a little deeper with part 2:https://hackernoon.com/fomo3d-and-dangerous-game-theory-97bd5f47ab3b Part 2:https://blog.coinfund.io/can-a-good-smart-contract-beat-blockchains-new-12m-ponzi-ye...
Jul 31, 2018•26 min
Many different and often conflicting ideas of what Bitcoin is, and what it's future should be, have emerged throughout the years. Here @nic_carter's and @hasufl's exploration of past, present, and future narratives that molded Bitcoin into what it is today. Don't forget to clap for the article on Medium and check out the graphs and timeline visualizing the Bitcoin narrative history:https://medium.com/@nic__carter/visions-of-bitcoin-4b7b7cbcd24c Check out both of their Medium pages for more great...
Jul 30, 2018•29 min
The SEC has disapproved the Winklevoss twin's second attempt at a Bitcoin ETP for traditional markets. Rife with contradictions & misunderstandings, a thorough rebuttal comes in a "Letter of Dissent" from none other than the SEC Commissioner herself! Don't miss today's episode! Links to content referenced and sourced to bring together the information for today’s episode: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-bitcoin-etf-proposal-denied-us-sec/ https://www.coindesk.com/winklevoss-br...
Jul 27, 2018•42 min
Bitcoin is the first truly decentralized registry for property ownership. The first application of which is value in its most abstract form, money. But how can we extend this to physical property and titles outside of political institutions? Who better to explore the topic with than Nick Szabo (@nickszabo4)? “Securing Property Titles with Owner Authority.” Check out other detailed work on this concept and more with the excellent collection of literature at the Nakamoto Institute:https://nakamoto...
Jul 26, 2018•39 min
With the huge number of conversations and claims of income inequality, the central banking monetary policy, which directly benefits the wealthy and financial sector, is almost entirely ignored. What if it's the largest piece of the inequality puzzle? Listen to Louis Rouanet’s piece from Mises.org. Check out the full article and other amazing content from Mises.org:https://mises.org/library/how-central-banking-increased-inequality Support the show:Looking to Secure your Bitcoin with TREZOR?Shop.T...
Jul 25, 2018•37 min
Today we have a dual QuikRead with Nikhilesh De's Coindesk article regarding the Direxion ETF and the SEC's decision to postpone until September. Plus Jake Chervinsky's comments and clarification on SEC processes in his informative Twitter thread. Listen for more details! Check out the full @Coindesk article by @nikhileshde:https://www.coindesk.com/sec-delays-decision-on-direxions-bitcoin-etfs-until-september/ Link to @jchervinsky's Twitter thread:https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/102179522...
Jul 24, 2018•19 min
The Lightning Reference Rate, Changes in Lightning Tech #eltoo, Returns without Counterparty Risk, CFA Institute Enters Crypto, ETFs on the horizon, Futures, and a revolution in Financial Markets. Listen to this CryptoChat with Nik Bhatia for all this and more! Previous episode covering @timevalueofbtc's article "The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum": https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/e/cryptoquikread_109-the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum/ Links to the full article and Bhatia's (@timevalueofbtc) Medium page. Don't ...
Jul 23, 2018•1 hr 4 min
“We’re as excited about Lightning, Schnorr signatures, Taproot/Graftroot and scriptless scripts as any other Bitcoin engineers, but the project’s focus is on technology that can be deployed by companies today.” - @bitcoinoptech Those mentioned in the commentary: @jfnewbery @starkness @Melt_Dem @BtcpayServer Check out the official announcement from @ bitcoinoptech and check out their newsletter below: https://bitcoinops.org/en/announcing-bitcoin-optech --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...
Jul 20, 2018•26 min
Thanks to the incredible work by Pieter Wuille ( @pwuille ) and others, #Schnorr signature scheme has an official proposal. Despite still much work and testing to be done, schnorr is poised to grant #Bitcoin a plethora of amazing improvements. Listen to @AlyssaHertig ’s article from @coindesk to learn more! Check out the article and other news and developments throughout the Cryptoconomy at: https://www.coindesk.com/schnorr-is-looking-poised-to-become-bitcoins-biggest-change-since-segwit/ --- Se...
Jul 19, 2018•16 min
The future of #Crypto, Bitcoin, New Developments, Shitcoins?, and really really Bad Movies! Don't miss a great time with the FAGcast crew! Follow them on Twitter! @CarCampIt @birdarchist Check out their Awesome Podcast! https://friendsagainstgovernment.podbean.com/ Support the show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 22 min
“It's actually the protocol (Nakamoto consensus, which is highly distributed) combined with strong cryptography, rather than just decentralization per se, that is the source of the far higher reliability and and much lower vulnerability of block chains.” - @NickSzabo4 Check out Szabo’s incredible blog, Unenumerated, at: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-dawn-of-trustworthy-computing.html Support the show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...
Jul 17, 2018•29 min
“We are soon going to be able to use Bitcoin in an end-to-end, fully anonymous way.” - @nopara73 Check out the article and other links at: https://medium.com/@nopara73/wasabi-privacy-focused-bitcoin-wallet-for-desktop-3962d567045a Check out his talk from Building on Bitcoin starting at 17min: https://youtu.be/XORDEX-RrAI?t=17m Support the show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message...
Jul 16, 2018•17 min
The 4th in the excellent Genesis Files Series from Aaron Van Wirdum ( @AaronvanW ) and Bitcoin Magazine ( @BitcoinMagazine ). Today we read about BitGold and How Nick Szabo ( @NickSzabo4 ) was "Inches From Inventing Bitcoin." Check out the full article, the previous of the Genesis Files series, and other excellent work from Aaron Van Wirdum and the crew at Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/genesis-files-bit-gold-szabo-was-inches-away-inventing-bitcoin/ Support the show: 3Nn8...
Jul 13, 2018•26 min
“Given an adversarial environment I don’t believe you can maintain secure decentralized consensus AND have timely confirmation between arbitrary parties AND scale up to a large number of nodes/transactions." - @SarahJamieLewis Check out her article and other work at: https://fieldnotes.resistant.tech/dags-and-decentralization/ And don’t forget to follow her on Twitter @SarahJamieLewis Support the show: 3Nn8jJSfK2oFherVWQUGXgesvHpzbMckz5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com...
Jul 12, 2018•25 min
"Bitcoin staked to Lightning is the most unique income producing asset in all of monetary history: income with zero counterparty risk. The historical implications of this on capital markets are tremendous." - Nik Bhatia Check out the article and follow @timevalueofbtc for other great stuff: https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum-949f6abec290 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message...
Jul 11, 2018•26 min
"Compromising on trustlessness could help the Bitcoin price find a local maximum, at the expense of finding a much higher global maximum." - Pierre Rochard Don't forget to drop some applause on the great article and explore other works by Pierre Rochard: https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/bitcoin-governance-37e86299470f Mentioned in the Episode: The Noded Podcast with Pierre Rochard & Micheal Goldstein The Long Road to SegWit @BitcoinMagazine by Aaron Van Wirdum Support the show & donate...
Jul 10, 2018•29 min
