Without Disobedience, Bitcoin Is No Better Than Gold

With the launch of Bakkt’s bitcoin futures market and Binance’s revamped U.S. exchange, there’s been a lot of talk in the space about institutionalization and traditional money flowing into crypto. It’s almost as if some believe that Bitcoin can’t scale as a purely peer-to-peer electronic cash system and that third parties and regulators must be … Read more

The Most Important Aspect of Bitcoin Is the Separation of Money and State

Many cryptocurrency supporters believe the technology allows for the separation of money and state in a manner that’s never been seen before. Governments inflict two forms of robbery against nonviolent citizens by forcing them to pay taxes while also stealing from them silently through inflation. Now there’s a wide array of digital currencies competing in … Read more

Anarchapulco Returns Promoting Freedom and Cryptocurrencies

On Feb. 14-17, 2019 the fifth annual Anarchapulco conference, dubbed “Life Unchained,” will be hosted in Acapulco Mexico. During previous Anarchapulco events, the pro-freedom and liberty event dedicated a whole day to blockchain innovation and cryptocurrency solutions, but this year all four days will have a devoted focus on digital currencies. Also read: Startup Launches Loaded … Read more

Deploying Censorship-Resistance to Uphold Decentralization

This piece on censorship resistance was written by Jonas Sevel Karlberg. Karlberg advises several prominent projects and is a co-founder of the Nordic Blockchain Association. He is also the founder and CEO of Amazix. *** Governments have attempted to control ideas and information for nearly as long as the internet has existed, but the old social … Read more

Wendy McElroy: Satoshi Revolution – Afterword

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Afterword by Wendy McElroy I meant to end this book by discussing the blockchain’s impact on physical violence, on crimes of violence. I can’t. I don’t think there is an impact. I don’t know how the blockchain can prevent back-alley rapes, for example. I could talk about … Read more

Bitcoin Intentions: Are We Aiming to Replace the Status Quo or Become Them?

When the idea of a working digital currency like bitcoin was introduced, many of its early adopters disliked the current bureaucratic system, with a cartel of bankers pulling the world’s monetary strings. Over time, however, something weird has happened and the idea of permissionless innovation perverted into people literally asking nation states for permission, begging … Read more

Wendy McElroy: Crypto’s Means Are Its End – as Crypto-Statists Well Know

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 6 Crypto’s Means are Its End, as Crypto-Statists Well Know The problem of the Means is, as I see it, a twofold problem: first, the problem of End and Means; second, the problem of the People and the State, … Read more

Bitcoin Journalist Pioneer: Jamie Redman Has Over 2,000 Articles Published

Journalist Jamie Redman is a pioneer. He’s one of first writers in the world to make his living by covering the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Readers count on his good judgement, perspective, careful study, and nonstop production to give them insight literally no one else can. He’s also the lead writer at news.Bitcoin.com, and is prized by … Read more

PR: Bitcoin.com’s CEO Roger Ver and COO Mate Tokay Join XinFin.io Advisory Board

Roger Ver and Mate Tokay has just joined XinFin as advisors and we can’t be more excited. Singpapore based Technology Company; XinFin today announced the joining of Bitcoin.com CEO, Roger Ver to its Advisory Board, effective immediately. Furthermore, Ver’s colleague and Bitcoin.com COO Mate Tokay has been welcomed to advisory team of XinFin as well. … Read more