Printing Money for Celebrity Endorsements
Ripple Labs recently announced former US President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker at their upcoming conference in October. Swell,...
Can Governments Hoard and Destroy Bitcoin?
The rise in the awareness and popularity of Bitcoin over the past few years has forced governments to take a...
Turkey Turns to Bitcoin During Currency Crisis
One criticism sceptics of Bitcoin often raise is the volatility of the cryptocurrency. Commentators and economists unconvinced of Bitcoin's utility...
Seriously, Is Bitcoin Dead?
“Bitcoin is useless as a payment mechanism and ridiculous as a store of value.” This is the latest negative Bitcoin...
Will Governments Buy Bitcoin?
In May last year, a crackdown on organised crime by Bulgarian law enforcement resulted in the seizure of more than...
How Large is Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption?
In June this year, a large Bitcoin transaction totalling 48,500 BTC was sent across the network for just three Satoshis per...
Bitcoin Dominance Continues to Rise
As the prices of cryptocurrencies continue to fall throughout this current bear market, it's interesting to observe the one thing...
Aussie Mining Start-up Takes On Global Bitcoin Market
The weekly ‘Talk and Trade’ at Melbourne’s Blockchain Centre is always an interesting meet-up with astute attendees. Serg Tsimidanov is...
How Scarce is Bitcoin?
In order for something to be valuable, let alone be a good form of money, it needs to be scarce....
Q&A With Bitcoin Expert Tone Vays
Wall Street veteran Tone Vays is a Bitcoin expert. Having been a trader at Bear Sterns and a VP at J.P. Morgan,...
The Big Differences Between Bitcoin and Altcoins
There are currently over 2,000 cryptocurrencies and digital tokens trading in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Most cryptocurrencies over-promise to revolutionise certain...
Bitcoin vs Gold Comparisons
The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once philosophised about money and its role in society. After much thought, he concluded that in...
Don’t Trust. Verify.
Imagine there are two armies, each led by a different general, who are both preparing to simultaneously launch an attack...
Bitcoin and Voluntary Transactions
In a recent interview with CNBC, Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, sarcastically remarked to the laughter...
Introduction to The Lightning Network
Bitcoin lightning network Scaling Bitcoin is perhaps the most debated topic in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In order for a cryptocurrency...
The Best Bitcoin Use Cases
My previous article What Gives Cryptocurrency Value touched on the usefulness and utility of Bitcoin in the marketplace. To recap,...
Whoever holds the private key owns the Bitcoin
My previous article titled Cryptocurrencies - Digital Bearer Assets explained that cryptos are bearer assets where the holder (bearer) controls...