Ever wondered how bitcoins are actually made? Over the past several years, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been quietly growing in popularity, with an ever-larger number of people buying and selling...
When you hear about bitcoin “mining,” you envisage coins being dug out of the ground. But bitcoin isn’t physical, so why do we call it mining? Because it’s similar to gold mining...
First came Bitcoin, then blockchains arrived. Cryptocurrencies and decentralized protocols followed. Now, the ICOs are coming. And the ICO funds are also arriving. And a crash will be forthcoming. To paraphrase Clay...
If we are to strictly follow Bitcoin’s first principles of decentralization, then very little to no money should be made by the centers. Bitcoin- the system, is itself the quintessential decentralized...
The Bitcoin vision is a global, yet decentralized money network with users at the edges of it. So, I’m asking the question- Since Bitcoin is global and universal, why isn’t...
The last thing Bitcoin needed was a continued frenzy into higher valuations. I’m not going to justify Bitcoin’s recent price drop with technical trading intrinsics, because that wouldn’t be an...
Transparency has its rewards, but also its pitfalls. We are entering a new world where privacy is exposed, transparency is coveted, and honesty is appreciated. In the world of corporations, Benefit Corporations are...
The more we link our bank accounts to external services and applications, the more we realize that we are living in a world of decentralized banking. The trend has started,...
The blockchain landscape is still very technical. Aside from the early enthusiasts and pioneers, it is hardly comprehensible to the masses, and it will continue to be that way, unless it...
For every day that passes, I see more and more analogies between the Internet’s early years and today’s status with the blockchain’s evolution. In 1994, when the web came along,...