Cryptocurrency
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A Cautious Retrospective on Bitcoin
Bitcoin could still go to the moon. But there are plenty of reasons to believe the opposite too. The most likely immediate future is that Bitcoin will continue brilliantly to service a special type of need.
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What If You Tell the Bartender About Crypto and He Doesn’t Say a Word Back to You?
At the BrainBar festival in Budapest, Hungary, this year, it was my pleasure to stay around an extra day for the filming of a video series on crypto. Basically, they just let me talk and talk to this bartender who never said a word back to me! As a result, I kept trying to engage…
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PayPal, Pornhub, and Financial Inclusion
While PayPal’s de-risking of PornHub is unfortunate, there are many alternative payment options available to PornHub’s content providers. Competition saves the day. For now, at least.
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The Great Lesson of Vision Fund
A central plan is not a business plan. Even a private sector central plan is doomed to fail.
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The Gamification of Bitcoin
It’s possible that bitcoin-as-game will stay popular for a very long time. And if it does, that could be a good thing.
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Blockchain Adoption: Lessons From Innovations Past
The continued blockchain scrutiny and backlash highlights the need for a new approach.
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Banking Unbanked Bitcoiners
For now, volatility and lack of user-friendliness have limited the ability of cryptocurrencies to reach the populations of unbanked and debanked.
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For Practical Reasons, Blockchain Must Be Privately Innovated (Video)
Governments are the world, at least those that are not trying to suppress the latest and greatest innovations, are making the error of subsidizing blockchain projects, under the mistaken impression that this causes them to be wonderful.
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Why the Moral Panic Over the Libra? (Video)
When Facebook proposed the Libra, however, moral panic swept Washington.
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Why Your Crypto Forecast of Demise or Supremacy Will Be Wrong
Innovation does not, despite appearances, conform to narratives — fortunately for all of us.
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A Cautious Retrospective on Bitcoin
Bitcoin could still go to the moon. But there are plenty of reasons to believe the opposite too. The most likely immediate future is that Bitcoin will continue brilliantly to service a special type of need.
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What If You Tell the Bartender About Crypto and He Doesn’t Say a Word Back to You?
At the BrainBar festival in Budapest, Hungary, this year, it was my pleasure to stay around an extra day for the filming of a video series on crypto. Basically, they just let me talk and talk to this bartender who never said a word back to me! As a result, I kept trying to engage…
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PayPal, Pornhub, and Financial Inclusion
While PayPal’s de-risking of PornHub is unfortunate, there are many alternative payment options available to PornHub’s content providers. Competition saves the day. For now, at least.
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•
The Great Lesson of Vision Fund
A central plan is not a business plan. Even a private sector central plan is doomed to fail.
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•
The Gamification of Bitcoin
It’s possible that bitcoin-as-game will stay popular for a very long time. And if it does, that could be a good thing.
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•
Blockchain Adoption: Lessons From Innovations Past
The continued blockchain scrutiny and backlash highlights the need for a new approach.
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Banking Unbanked Bitcoiners
For now, volatility and lack of user-friendliness have limited the ability of cryptocurrencies to reach the populations of unbanked and debanked.
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•
For Practical Reasons, Blockchain Must Be Privately Innovated (Video)
Governments are the world, at least those that are not trying to suppress the latest and greatest innovations, are making the error of subsidizing blockchain projects, under the mistaken impression that this causes them to be wonderful.
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•
Why the Moral Panic Over the Libra? (Video)
When Facebook proposed the Libra, however, moral panic swept Washington.
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•
Why Your Crypto Forecast of Demise or Supremacy Will Be Wrong
Innovation does not, despite appearances, conform to narratives — fortunately for all of us.