Cryptocurrency
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Why President Trump’s Banning the Petro Matters for Real Cryptocurrencies
With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump may have just accomplished what most observers thought impossible: he’s made the Petro relevant.
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The Beatings of Crypto Will Continue Until Morale Improves
In the ideal world, you invent something wonderful, the world celebrates and starts using it. You get rich. We can dream, can’t we?
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Gold Mining vs. Bitcoin Mining
The contrasting supply and demand mechanisms of Bitcoin and gold mining pose real challenges to the cryptocurrency’s future.
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Wyoming Becomes the Most Crypto-Friendly State
Wyoming has a thin population base, astonishing natural beauty, and a wonderful crew of politicians and regulators who believe in independence, innovation, and technological progress. Thanks to some wise activism from knowledgeable people in the space, the legislature just passed a series of bills that will make Wyoming something of a safe space for crypto.
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Yes, Dr. Roubini, Blockchain Is Overhyped — and That’s a Good Thing
In an article in The Guardian this week, economists Nouriel Roubini and Preston Byrne call blockchain “one of the most overhyped technologies ever.” In an earlier piece, Roubini predicts that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies collectively are “the mother of all bubbles.”
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How Cryptomining Could Change Internet Economics
By having users volunteer the CPU power to mining, websites could find that they will earn more from mining than from subscriptions or ads. This could change everything.
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“Decentralized” and “Good” Are Not Synonyms
The crypto community often forgets that there are costs to decentralization in addition to benefits.
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Bitcoin Is Not a Product
It is absolutely essential to understand the distributed model even to have a first-level conception of what cryptocurrency really is. It is not a proprietary product. It is not a company. It is not even a brand. It is a technology. It is a technology that, by design and structure, doesn’t have an owner –…
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If Governments Regulate ICOs, They Should Do It Like the Swiss
Many people disagree with government regulation of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs), but one could do a lot worse than Switzerland’s financial regulator, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
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Anonymous Digital Cash
Central bank digital currencies will be used by criminals. But central banks should still provide them.
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Why President Trump’s Banning the Petro Matters for Real Cryptocurrencies
With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump may have just accomplished what most observers thought impossible: he’s made the Petro relevant.
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The Beatings of Crypto Will Continue Until Morale Improves
In the ideal world, you invent something wonderful, the world celebrates and starts using it. You get rich. We can dream, can’t we?
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Gold Mining vs. Bitcoin Mining
The contrasting supply and demand mechanisms of Bitcoin and gold mining pose real challenges to the cryptocurrency’s future.
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Wyoming Becomes the Most Crypto-Friendly State
Wyoming has a thin population base, astonishing natural beauty, and a wonderful crew of politicians and regulators who believe in independence, innovation, and technological progress. Thanks to some wise activism from knowledgeable people in the space, the legislature just passed a series of bills that will make Wyoming something of a safe space for crypto.
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Yes, Dr. Roubini, Blockchain Is Overhyped — and That’s a Good Thing
In an article in The Guardian this week, economists Nouriel Roubini and Preston Byrne call blockchain “one of the most overhyped technologies ever.” In an earlier piece, Roubini predicts that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies collectively are “the mother of all bubbles.”
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How Cryptomining Could Change Internet Economics
By having users volunteer the CPU power to mining, websites could find that they will earn more from mining than from subscriptions or ads. This could change everything.
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•
“Decentralized” and “Good” Are Not Synonyms
The crypto community often forgets that there are costs to decentralization in addition to benefits.
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•
Bitcoin Is Not a Product
It is absolutely essential to understand the distributed model even to have a first-level conception of what cryptocurrency really is. It is not a proprietary product. It is not a company. It is not even a brand. It is a technology. It is a technology that, by design and structure, doesn’t have an owner –…
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If Governments Regulate ICOs, They Should Do It Like the Swiss
Many people disagree with government regulation of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs), but one could do a lot worse than Switzerland’s financial regulator, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
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Anonymous Digital Cash
Central bank digital currencies will be used by criminals. But central banks should still provide them.