This essay strives to explain the Cantillon Effect and how the natural unfairness of all previous monies have always created a world in which the privileged few could take advantage of the unprivileged many. We explore how bitcoin, as the…
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Discussing Bitcoin Core 0.21.0
Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed the newly released Bitcoin Core 0.21.0. Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 is the 21st and latest major…
Bitcoin 2017 Vs. 2021: How This Bull Run Is Different
2021 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Bitcoin as the price hurtles toward $40,000 — more than double its 2017 all-time high. As HODLers rejoice and naysayers are left in disbelief, it’s important to note that a…
OKCoin To Integrate Lightning Network
Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced that it will be integrating Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to enable faster and cheaper transfers for users by running a Lightning node that can route transactions to other nodes in the network. It expects the integration…
Interview: How To Store Your Bitcoin
Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast This week for the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” Christian Keroles sat down with long-time Bitcoiner and builder Douglas Bakkum. Bakkum is the CEO and cofounder of hardware wallet manufacturer Shift Crypto. He…
Interview: Making Bitcoin Accessible For Everyone With Randy McMillian
For this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I was joined by Randy McMillian (@RandyMcMillan), a fellow pleb that I met on “Bitcoin Kindergarten” who has been sharing some good knowledge and wisdom on that show lately. In…
What Does The Digital Yuan Mean For Bitcoin?
The Chinese government hasn’t been too kind to cryptocurrencies in the past years. First, initial coin offerings (ICO) were banned in China in September 2017. Then, following the crackdown on ICOs, exchange platforms that traded cryptocurrencies or provided facilitation services…
The Great Migration: As Speech Is Censored, Bitcoin Finds Mastodon
Sources: Twitter and bitcoinhackers.org Well, it finally happened. With a week or so remaining in Donald Trump’s four-year term in office as the 45th President of the United States of America, Twitter permanently suspended his account. After close review of…
Bitcoiners Run Hardware
The internet, which is the network we currently use for our Bitcoin needs, was supposed to be decentralized, verifiable and private. But after decades of choosing comfort, ease and speed, the internet today is actually quite centralized, with millions of…
Bitcoin Following Another Government Letdown
Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast Do not forget to subscribe to the new Fed Watch: Bitcoin And Macro feed. It will be separate from Bitcoin Magazine. Exclusively on the new feed, you’ll find our next interview…