The Ford Model T has been invented, the automobile has arrived and nothing else must be done! A hand crank start motor, rear wheel drive only, wooden wheels, and transmission based braking system with no wheel brakes. Why would anyone…
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Can Bitcoin Now Make A New All-Time High
Bitcoin has been steadily climbing since crossing the $60,000 mark and is currently hovering closer to the $70,000 level, a price it hasn’t reached in months. With the market sentiment heating up, investors are wondering whether Bitcoin has the strength…
El Salvador Survey Shows Bitcoin’s Lindy Effect in Action
Follow Nikolaus On X Here El Salvador’s misguided critics got some new ammunition this week. A recent survey revealed just 7.5% of Salvadorans use Bitcoin for transactions, and that 92% of Salvadorans do not. But while some (cue: Steve Hanke)…
The Bitcoin Mempool Drama Was All Too Predictable
So mempool.space recently added features to spot Runes and Ordinals transactions, and Bitcoin monetary maximalists totally lost it. As a Bitcoiner and observer of Bitcoin culture, this whole drama felt completely normal and predictable. Over time, an ideological split has…
To Succeed Bitcoin Needs Something New, Not More of the Same
Too much of this space, and things being built around it, is centered around essentially mimicking the legacy financial system. There is not much being built trying to blaze new grounds. Micropayments, while admittedly something I’ve been very critical of…
Live Election Day Coverage for Bitcoiners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Bitcoin Magazine Announces Election Day Livestream, Supported by Stand with Crypto October 17, 2024 – Las Vegas, NV — Bitcoin Magazine, in collaboration with Stand with Crypto (https://standwithcrypto.org), is excited to announce The Road to Election…
SHINOBI: Gaza is the most powerful demonstration of bitcoin since Wikileaks
BTC For Palestine is the perfect example of an endeavor powered by Bitcoin that strikes right to the heart of what Bitcoin is supposed to be all about. Money functioning without trusted intermediaries. The entire point of Bitcoin was to…
Elizabeth Warren Proves Democrats Are Still Against Bitcoin
Follow Nikolaus On X Here If you were tuned into the Massachusetts Senate debate last night, you would have noticed a key exchange between pro-Bitcoin candidate John Deaton and his rival Elizabeth Warren, leader of Washington D.C.’s “anti-crypto army.” When…
Bitcoin’s False Dichotomy between SoV and MoE
This post is long overdue. I talk about Bitcoin a lot. In any given week, I’ll have dozens of conversations about bitcoin with various people across different sectors. And like a pendulum oscillating every other year, the narrative of bitcoin…
Art Under Surveillance: Ripcache’s Radical Take at Bitcoin Amsterdam
Ripcache, a pseudonymous artist, explores themes of surveillance and privacy through a 1-bit pixelated aesthetic. By examining the impact of modern surveillance in centralized and decentralized systems, Ripcache’s work examines trade-offs of the advancing digital age. Their recent series, “Hyperscalers,”…