Comparing Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact…NOTE: The methodology and underlying figures (specifically, emission rates for gold and banking) mentioned throughout are generally…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
A Cover Letter to Ray DalioIn this epic piece, by Robert Breedlove takes a massive dive into Bitcoin, and presents one of the most solid cases for Bitcoin that’s out…Feb 26, 2020Feb 26, 2020
Bitcoin As a StartupPeople hate Bitcoin analogies. But Bitcoin is so hard to understand for so many, concessions need to be made.Dec 29, 20192Dec 29, 20192
Published inThe Bitcoin TimesThe Passion of The BelieversAs always, we commence by sending thanks and good tidings to Satoshi Nakamoto — The Creator and First of the Believers, General of the…Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Bitcoin Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a New HighWednesday, January 3rd, 2029Jan 25, 20192Jan 25, 20192
Bitcoin Mining Economics 101 — The Oversimplified VersionTo understand how to quantify the cost and sustainability of Bitcoin, we must understand what makes a miner tick. The following is a…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Calculating Bitcoin’s Energy Use — Accounting for the ASIC Supply ChainIn my recent 10-part article series study on The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin, I opened it with a piece on what my personal…Jan 9, 2019Jan 9, 2019
Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin (Dec 2018) — Executive SummaryAll data used in this piece is as at Block 556,416 mined on 31 December 2018 (EoY), the 276th Difficulty Change. Network Difficulty was…Jan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
The Bitcoin Bell-Curve — A Long-Term Solution to Global Wealth & Income InequalityThe bell-curve is a beautiful thing, and usually stands up in nature. A large amount of the population gather around the mean, and smaller…Nov 22, 20182Nov 22, 20182
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate / Difficulty HistoryAccording to https://diff.cryptothis.com/, we are on track for an 11.68% drop in Network Difficulty this difficulty epoch.Nov 22, 2018Nov 22, 2018
Spending in the Sake of Satoshi — Why the True Believer tithes BitcoinTrying to demonstrate things by analogy is hard to do as is, let alone trying to do it with as dangerous a topic as religion — but here it…Nov 16, 2018Nov 16, 2018
Published inGood AudienceThe True Believer’s Handbook — Tithing The Church of BitcoinIn this edition of “The True Believer’s Handbook”, we’ll be talking about Dollar Cost Averaging, or, as I like calling it, “Tithing the…Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018
Solving the Pension Problem — Liability Matching & BitcoinCurrently, there are trillions upon trillions of dollars in custody of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds around the world…Nov 8, 2018Nov 8, 2018
Bitcoin — Is it a monetary system, way of life, or…..cult?I’ll start by saying that I love No-coiners, Buttcoiners, Altcoiners, and trolls in general — if it weren’t for them, I’d basically have…Nov 3, 2018Nov 3, 2018
Book Review: “Understanding Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency: A Beginners Guide to the Crypto Revolution”Having struggled through the pains of getting into the Bitcoin ecosystem as a non-tech person, in VERY late 2013 (i.e. not a good time!), I…Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2018
The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin — Part X — Discussion & Conclusion<<<back to Part ISep 26, 2018Sep 26, 2018
The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin — Part IX — Gold vs. Bitcoin<<<back to Part ISep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin — Part VIII — Calculating the Costs<<<back to Part ISep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin — Part VII — Environmental Inputs & Drivers<<<back to Part ISep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin — Part VI — Economic Inputs & Drivers<<<back to Part IAug 28, 2018Aug 28, 2018
