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Apr 22, 2021

Comparing Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact…

NOTE: The methodology and underlying figures (specifically, emission rates for gold and banking) mentioned throughout are generally derived from my 2014 & 2018 works. The 2018 works is available as an easier to digest 10-part medium series, here) Bitcoin’s energy consumption and environmental impact is something that is commented on…

Bitcoin

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Comparing Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact…
Comparing Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact…
Bitcoin

5 min read


Feb 26, 2020

A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio

In this epic piece, Robert Breedlove takes a massive dive into Bitcoin, and presents one of the most solid cases for Bitcoin that’s out there. That said, it’s not always easy to get the very busy (and skeptical) Ray Dalio’s of the world to sit down for a few hours…

Bitcoin

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A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio
A Cover Letter to Ray Dalio
Bitcoin

4 min read


Dec 29, 2019

Bitcoin As a Startup

People hate Bitcoin analogies. But Bitcoin is so hard to understand for so many, concessions need to be made. VCs are a group of people demonized in the Bitcoin industry for not understanding Bitcoin’s value proposition. …

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin As a Startup
Bitcoin As a Startup
Bitcoin

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The Bitcoin Times

·Dec 19, 2019

The Passion of The Believers

As always, we commence by sending thanks and good tidings to Satoshi Nakamoto — The Creator and First of the Believers, General of the Byzantines, Breaker of Banks and Fighter of Fiat — and to Hal Finney and The Apostles and The Disciples thereafter, and to The Stoic and Patient…

Bitcoin

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The Passion of The Believers
The Passion of The Believers
Bitcoin

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Jan 25, 2019

Bitcoin Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a New High

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2029 It is the year 2029, and Bitcoin is finally no longer a teenager. The price has reached another new high of $420,000, climbing in a surprisingly stable fashion since the 2020 halving. Bitcoin’s market cap exceeds that of gold, and almost 10% of the World’s 6…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a New High
Bitcoin Celebrates its 20th Birthday with a New High
Bitcoin

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Jan 15, 2019

Bitcoin Mining Competitive Economics 101 — The Oversimplified Version

To understand how to quantify the cost and sustainability of Bitcoin, we must understand what makes a miner tick. The following is a 4-layers deep, overly-simplified, intro to Bitcoin Mining Economics and miner decision-making. …

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Mining Economics 101 — The Oversimplified Version
Bitcoin Mining Economics 101 — The Oversimplified Version
Bitcoin

5 min read


Jan 9, 2019

Calculating Bitcoin’s Energy Use — Accounting for the ASIC Supply Chain

In my recent 10-part article series study on The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin, I opened with a piece on what my personal interpretation of “Energy” was so that I could set a context for my study. You could also take it as assumed reading (or watching on YouTube on…

Bitcoin

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Calculating Bitcoin’s Energy Use — Accounting for the ASIC Supply Chain
Calculating Bitcoin’s Energy Use — Accounting for the ASIC Supply Chain
Bitcoin

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Jan 8, 2019

Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin (Dec 2018) — Executive Summary

All data used in this piece is as at Block 556,416 mined on 31 December 2018 (EoY), the 276th Difficulty Change. Network Difficulty was roughly 5.6 trillion. Hash Rate was roughly 40.22 EH/s. Price on the Bitfinex exchange was roughly USD$3,900. …

Bitcoin

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Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin (Dec 2018) — Executive Summary
Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin (Dec 2018) — Executive Summary
Bitcoin

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Nov 22, 2018

The Bitcoin Bell-Curve — A Long-Term Solution to Global Wealth & Income Inequality

The bell-curve is a beautiful thing and generally reflects “the natural order of things” in Life and Nature. Most of the population gather around the mean, with fewer on either side. Individuals move closer to, or further away from the mean due to natural factors. …

Inequality

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The Bitcoin Bell-Curve — A Long-Term Solution to Global Wealth & Income Inequality
The Bitcoin Bell-Curve — A Long-Term Solution to Global Wealth & Income Inequality
Inequality

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Nov 22, 2018

Bitcoin’s Hash Rate / Difficulty History

Updated 4/12/2018 According to https://diff.cryptothis.com/, we are on track for a 14%+ drop in Network Difficulty this difficulty epoch. This will the biggest drop in difficulty since November 1, 2011–7 years ago. That particular drop was 18%, the largest in history. The preceding difficulty epoch saw what was the largest…

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin’s Hash Rate / Difficulty History
Bitcoin’s Hash Rate / Difficulty History
Bitcoin

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