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Pick Your Horse: Gift or Trojan
- You are undoubtedly familiar with the idea of a “Trojan Horse,” an idiom derived from the Trojan War of Homer's Iliad. A large, hollow, wooden horse is left behind by the Greeks after their supposed failure to take the city of Troy. The Trojans take the horse back inside their city’s walls, and that night, ...more
Three problems with the science of The Tomorrow War
- Here are three problems I have with the science of The Tomorrow War: 1: On the proper use of time travel Time travel requires the creation of a closed timelike curve (CTC): a closed loop in which spacetime returns to the starting point. Let's assume that a CTC is possible (an open question in physics), and it ...more
Correction vs Crash
- Even casual crypto observers are aware of the dramatic downward price action across the crypto space over the past few weeks. This price action has market participants weighing in with opinions regarding where the crypto market stands: on the cusp of a short consolidation and follow-on breakout, or has the next cyclical crypto winter made ...more
Top ten ways you can appear rich even when you’re poor
- 1: Be fit and slim: there is a strong negative correlation between wealth and obesity. Why? Contrary to popular belief, the rich are not slimmer because a healthy diet is more expensive or they can afford personal trainers. They are slimmer because they invest more thought into what they eat. This is because the wealthy have a ...more
How Many Horses are in the Crypto Asset Race?
- While Bitcoin is undoubtedly the most recognized crypto currency in the world, there are literally thousands of other cryptos in existence. While we tend to call everything in the crypto space “cryptocurrencies”, this is misleading because the only thing these digital assets have in common is that they have issued tokens that power their own ...more
Bitcoin has already advanced global privacy and financial autonomy
- If Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were to disappear tomorrow, what legacy would they leave behind? I can think of three main impacts: First, Bitcoin raised awareness of the flaws in fiat money, the superiority of sound money, and the potential of people to trade with each other without third-party intermediaries. Second, Bitcoin has provided a life raft to ...more
Bitcoin has already advanced global privacy and financial autonomy
- If Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were to disappear tomorrow, what legacy would they leave behind? I can think of three main impacts: First, Bitcoin raised awareness of the flaws in fiat money, the superiority of sound money, and the potential of people to trade with each other without third-party intermediaries. Second, Bitcoin has provided a life raft to ...more
Vellum's new Whitepaper: "Bitcoin's Rise and the Coming Crypto Economy"
- Bitcoin can seem like the merger of the Wild West and the Jetsons. If you aren't already an expert, keeping away might seem safer. Fortunately, Vellum Capital prepared a whitepaper that makes sense of the cryptocurrency space without being technical or sensational. Get the complete whitepaper: "Speculation Becomes Consensus Bitcoins Rise And The Coming Crypto ...more
Why GameStop is not the new Bitcoin
- When Robinhood disabled customers from buying GameStop, some people in the WallStreetBets subreddit suggested a need for a "decentralized brokerage." Others said that "GameStop is the new Bitcoin." Yet others decided to target the Dogecoin cryptocurrency, which spiked over 500% before it failed to process transactions due to overload. The premise behind these ideas is hilariously ...more
Don't panic: why Tether won't destroy crypto
- This article by "Crypto Anonymous" claims that Tether will bring a crypto "doomsday." The author makes many good points in building his case, yet the overall conclusion is less than the sum of its parts. Here's the short version of why he's wrong: Yes, Tether creates systemic risk for Bitcoin. But the key claim that new ...more