Gilded Age Greed and Golden Bitcoin

Fiat is a gilded currency, centralized protocols are gilded projects and society is witnessing the proverbial paint chipping away. Bitcoin is golden.Dr. Riste Simnjanovski is a tenured professor of public administration at California Baptist University. Most recently, his published research explores digital assets in the public and private sectors.In...

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Why The Denial-Of-Service Argument Against BOLT 12 Doesn’t Hold Up

A successor proposal to BOLT 11, BOLT 12 is a proposed upgrade to Lightning, the most popular Layer 2 Bitcoin protocol.This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. BOLT 12 is a proposal from Rusty Russel of Blockstream to optimize how payments are made over Lightning and...

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How The Federal Government Showed Me The Importance Of Bitcoin

The government’s overreach in taking my website was a hands-on experience that taught me why Bitcoin was necessary.Jason Harris is a world-class American glass artist and founder of Jerome Baker Designs, a leading functional glass company founded in 2003 and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The feds seized my website JeromeBaker.com during Operation Pipe...

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The Rise Of Sovereign Computing With Personal Servers

Personal servers, like Umbrel and Start9’s Embassy, are ways for people to have more control over data and become more sovereign in the process.Pascal Hügli is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration in Zurich where he teaches students about Bitcoin.In human affairs, action is a fundamental force. It was the great...

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The Oslo Freedom Forum Asks, Is Bitcoin Compatible With Democracy?

During the Oslo Freedom Forum, four international human rights activists considered Bitcoin’s role in enabling democracy.This year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference organized by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), took place from May 23 to May 25, 2022. It's a yearly conference bringing together more than a thousand activists, civil society...

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Russia ‘Actively Discussing’ The Use Of Cryptocurrency In International Trade: Report

Russia’s Ministry of Finance is ‘actively considering’ the use of digital currencies for international payments, a government official reportedly said.Russia’s Ministry of Finance is considering allowing the use of cryptocurrencies for international trade, local news outlet Interfax reported on Friday.“The issue of using such digital currencies as barter...

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The Liquidity Tide Pulls Back: A Reversal In Rising Yields

A reversal in interest rates shows that markets are pricing in lower inflation expectations and a rising probability of a deflationary market on the horizon. The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive...

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Life After The Death Of Fiat

Four days in inflation-ravaged Lebanon with "The Bitcoin Standard" author Dr. Saifedean Ammous.This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's "Moon Issue." To get a copy, visit our store.“What should the time preference of my magazine article be?”It’s a question I first pose to author Saifedean Ammous as we walk a darkened city sidewalk, the...

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How To Set Up And Use The SeedSigner DIY Bitcoin Signing Device

This comprehensive how-to guide walks you through unboxing, setting up and signing bitcoin transactions with the air-gapped SeedSigner device.This guide demonstrates how to self-custody bitcoin using the SeedSigner. SeedSigner is a project that brings together free and open-source code, inexpensive and general-purpose hardware, and a do-it-yourself...

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The History Of Davos And The World Economic Forum

Klaus Schwab’s yearly conference in Davos, Switzerland, is a way to parade attempts to make capitalism more socialist through “shareholder capitalism.”Watch This Episode On YouTube or Rumble Listen To The Episode Here:AppleSpotify GoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of the “Fed Watch” podcast, we get interactive with the Bitcoin Magazine livestream...

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