The Pandora Papers Reveal What Bitcoiners Already Know
The revelations are simply confirmation for a group that has studied the economic injustices of today intently.The shocking, or not shocking, revelations given by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, known as the Pandora Papers, has revealed the truth in what Bitcoiners have been saying for years: The current system is broken. Over 600 journalists, from 100 countries and an equal number of news outlets, came together for two years to deliver information on the financial sec...
Could Advanced Quantum Computing Pose A Risk To Bitcoin Security?
Rapid progress in quantum computing could pose a risk to certain types of bitcoin transactions. So how can we combat this risk?Rapid progress in quantum computing is predicted by some to have crucial ramifications in domains using public-key cryptography, such as the Bitcoin ecosystem.Bitcoin’s “asymmetric cryptography” is based on the principle of “one-way function,” implying that a public key can be easily derived from its corresponding private key but not vice versa. This is because...
A Grayscale Bitcoin Spot ETF Could Be Right Around The Corner
We may see a physically-settled, spot Bitcoin ETF on the market sooner than later, as Grayscale announces intention to file early next week.We could have the first spot Bitcoin ETF on the market near the end of this year, as Grayscale intends to file for SEC approval for its product by “early next week,” according to CNBC.The official Grayscale filing will kick off a 75-day review period for the SEC to either approve or deny the proposed spot Bitcoin ETF, a first of its kind, physically...
Bitcoin: The Stateless Emergence
Bitcoin offers the ability to decouple oneself from the state, offering financial access to everyone equally.Bitcoin transcends the nation-state and all expectations that come along with being associated with a fiat standard. Let’s talk about what it means to be a state currency so that we can understand Bitcoin’s transcendence. How Fiat Is The StateFiat currency, by definition, is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a commodity, such as gold. Governments manage nation-states ...
The Bitcoin Rorschach Test
Bitcoin as an idea can be thought of, like a Rorschach test, as the interpretation of the particular context it presents. TXID: cdd8014a379a8731fc9e9ba1fef8954ccda9e8300356c6f198144dee11bcdd36Image source We would like to think of ourselves as masters of technology. We are the craftsmen, practitioners and creators. This assumption underpins many of our accepted models for understanding history. It’s a comforting way to view the world, with humanity and it...
The American Dream Is Dead And Bitcoin Has Replaced It
The American dream of owning a home and financial freedom has been killed by the inequality in our legacy system. But Bitcoin offers a new dream.For decades, home ownership has been the vehicle through which the middle class prospered. Unfortunately, with institutional and foreign investors bidding up home prices and the money printer going brrr, the “American dream” is now out of reach for many. In fact, as of 2017, there were more U.S. households renting than at any point in the previous f...
Bitcoin Education For Indonesia
The Indonesia Bitcoin Conference is a chance to educate Indonesians about a better savings technology.Bitcoin represents a new and open internet standard for hard money. Nowadays, with the increasing awareness about bitcoin’s superior properties, it is increasingly being adopted by global financial institutions as pristine collateral, a longer-term store of value, and unstoppable money. We believe that bitcoin was not formed in a vacuum. Like any other technology, bitcoin was invented to fix p...
Quantifying The Bitcoin Supply Shortage
Bitcoin is at the lowest level of float supply in the last four years, since the price increased 21 times in just 12 months.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.When looking at the bitcoin supply, it’s important to consider the state of the float supply, an estimation of the available bitcoin on the marke...
Senator Cynthia Lummis On US Debt Limit Raise: "Thank God For Bitcoin"
The Wyoming Senator delivered a speech saying we're lucky to have Bitcoin amid governmental irresponsibilities."Thank God for Bitcoin...that transcends the irresponsibility of governments," Senator Cynthia Lummis said.Sen. Lummis' remarks came in response to the Senate's approval of a bill to increase the U.S. debt limit by $480 billion."Time and again…presidents of both parties have run up the debt irresponsibly with no plan to address it."Bitcoin is a blessing of God amid irresponsible polic...
MassMutual Bitcoin Investment Has Tripled In Dollar Value
The Massachusetts-based insurance company’s $100 million bitcoin purchase in December 2020 is now worth more than $300 million.MassMutual has more than tripled the dollar value of its bitcoin investment in under one year.The insurance company bought an undisclosed amount of BTC for $100,000,000 on December 10, 2020, when the bitcoin price was hovering around $18,500.The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has more than tripled its bitcoin investment in under one year. The previous BTC/...
SEC Set To Allow Bitcoin Futures ETF Trading Next Week
Sources told CNBC that the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to allow the first Bitcoin futures ETF to go live in the U.S.Next week, the SEC is set to allow the trading of Invesco and or ProShares Bitcoin futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) go live in what would be a first in the United States, according to CNBC.A source close to the matter, who wished to remain anonymous, told CNBC that the SEC is unlikely to block the two ETFs, which are not settled in actual BTC but based on futures ...
Bitcoin And The Lightning Network: The Most Efficient Payment System In The World
The Lightning Network makes Bitcoin the most efficient payment system in the world. But, in basic terms, how does it work?Watch this guide on YouTube.We’re going to go over the Lightning Network: how it works, how it makes Bitcoin scalable and how it fits in with the larger Bitcoin network.But before we talk about the Lightning Network, we need to talk about Layer 1: Bitcoin’s blockchain. The blockchain is a public ledger that keeps a record of all of the transactions that people make with t...
Bitcoin, Bitcoiners And Citadels
So-called “toxic Bitcoin maximalism” is inspired by a desire for Bitcoiners to hold themselves accountable to the ideals of the network itself.“12 Rules For Life” Series, Essay Three The series continues. You can find part one here and part two here.ForewordThe third chapter in Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules For Life” is entitled, “Make Friends With People Who Want The Best For You.”This instantly reminded me of the Bitcoin community and the...
Jack Dorsey’s Square Doubles Its Money On Bitcoin Investment
Jack Dorsey’s Square has officially doubled its money on its Bitcoin Investment. The company’s $220,000,000 invested in Bitcoin is now worth over $470,000,000.Jack Dorsey’s Square has officially doubled its money on its Bitcoin investment. The company’s $220,000,000 invested in Bitcoin is now worth over $470,000,000. To date, Square holds approximately 8,027 bitcoin, acquired at an aggregate purchase price of $220,000,000 and an average price per bitcoin of $27,407, inclusive of fees and...
Bitcoin Price Hit $60,000! New All Time High Inbound
Bitcoin surpasses $60,000 and looks poised to retake a new all-time high soon and pump to prices never seen before.Bitcoin is back at $60,000 and looks poised to retake a new all-time high of $65,000 in the near future.Starting off the year in the low $30,000s, we watched bitcoin put doubters in disbelief as it ran all the way up to $64,000 later on in April. Since then we’ve seen a pretty decent decline that really put the class of 2020/21 Bitcoiners' resilience to the test. Many of them were...
90% Of Lightning Nodes Launched In The Last Year Run On Umbrel
Today Umbrel presented new research that showed 90% of the lightning nodes brought online in the last year run on the company’s software.Today Umbrel presented new research that showed 90% of the lightning nodes brought online in the last year run on the company’s software, which allows users to run a Bitcoin Lightning node and other software from their own personal server.Just days before a new Umbrel and Bitcoin Machines hardware collaboration is shipped out, which allow users to plug-and-...
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Up Over $3 Billion On Bitcoin Investment
MicroStrategy has officially doubled its money on its Bitcoin investment. The company’s $3.16 billion in Bitcoin is now worth $6.7 billion.MicroStrategy has officially doubled its money on its Bitcoin investment. The company’s $3.16 billion in Bitcoin is now worth $6.7 billion.To date, MicroStrategy holds approximately 114,042 bitcoin, acquired at an aggregate purchase price of $3.16 billion and an average price per bitcoin of $27,713, inclusive of fees and expenses. The firm owns more Bitco...
The U.S. Government Does Not Respect Autonomy. Bitcoin Does.
The U.S. government wants to neglect the free will of the markets and Bitcoin is the only way to opt out.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1094: "The kleptocrats have no respect for you, your privacy, or your 'autonomy.'" Sign up for the newsletter here.The government that brought you $28 TRILLION in debt that they are unable to pay back without a perpetual raising of the debt "ceiling" and forced confiscation of wealth via taxation and other means is here to tell you that "Ye...
As The Bitcoin Price Approaches All-Time Highs, How Much Supply Is In Profit?
As we approach bitcoin price all-time highs, we start to see the percentage of circulating supply in profit reach 100%.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.Supply In ProfitAs we approach bitcoin price all-time highs, we will start to see the percentage of circulating supply in profit climb up to 100%. More ...
Making Bitcoin Mining Accessible
Discussing Bitcoin mining accessibility for the masses with Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of "The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast," host Christian Keroles was joined by Whit Gibbs, the cofounder and CEO of Compass Mining. Compass Mining's mission is to support hash rate growth and network security by making Bitcoin mining accessible for more people. Keroles and Gibbs explored Gibbs' journey into Bitcoin, ...
Framing Bitcoin For Progressives
Despite being consistently framed as right-wing, Bitcoin is all-inclusive and benefits all ideologies.What Is Bitcoin?At its core, Bitcoin is a digital store of value that enables everyone in the world to coalesce around a singular monetary system. For the first time, anyone in the world can send money to anyone else in the world, instantaneously, regardless of nationality, credit score or even access to a bank. No government owns it or sets its policies. This levels the playing field amid a glo...
Okcoin Awards Latest Developer Grant To Marco Falke
The cryptocurrency exchange has extended Bitcoin Core maintainer Marco Falke’s no strings attached grant for another year.Bitcoin Core’s most prolific developer Marco Falke has received Okcoin’s latest Open Source Developer Grant.This marks the second year he has been awarded a grant from Okcoin, allowing him to work on Bitcoin Core remotely full time.Falke will focus on testing, modularization, and outreach.Cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin announced today the latest recipient of its Open So...
Morgan Stanley CEO: Bitcoin Is Not Going Away
James Gorman shared his thoughts on Bitcoin today in a call, saying that the digital currency is not going away.Bitcoin is not a fad and is not going away, said Morgan Stanley chief executive officer James Gorman.Gorman hence refutes JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's recent remarks that, in his opinion, "Bitcoin is worthless."But the Morgan Stanley head fails to realize that Bitcoin is the true innovation, not blockchain.Morgan Stanley chief executive officer James Gorman has a neutral-to-positive view...
Strike Launches Pay Me In Bitcoin Feature To Allow Income Conversion Into Bitcoin
“Today, anyone with a Strike account, no matter their employer, can get paid in bitcoin,” founder Jack Mallers said.Strike users can now enable direct deposit to their account and configure any amount of the incoming money to be instantly converted into bitcoin with no fees.“Pay Me In Bitcoin” allows users to seamlessly convert a portion of their income into BTC using their account and routing numbers.The feature enables easy access to sound money for all those eligible for a Strike acco...
Bitwise Files For Physically Backed Bitcoin ETF
The firm's CIO explained their filing's rationale, sharing that the SEC can now approve an actual bitcoin ETF.Bitwise Asset Management has filed for a physically-backed bitcoin ETF with NYSE Arca, according to a new filing with the SEC.The exchange-traded fund would trade spot bitcoin instead of BTC futures, as most filings have recently sought to do."The market has matured," Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan said on a Twitter thread, explaining the company's rationale for the filing....
Bitcoin Is The Best Form Of Money, Says Morgan Creek Capital CEO
Mark Yusko said in an interview that Bitcoin will power the internet of value by being its “base layer.”Bitcoin is the best form of money and will be the base layer of the internet of value, said Mark Yusko, CEO of Morgan Creek Capital, in an interview with Cointelegraph. Yusko shared his thoughts on Bitcoin, gold, cryptocurrencies, and the barriers to worldwide adoption.Bitcoin will eat all of gold’s market cap, in Yusko’s opinion, driving the BTC price north of $500,000. But in the sho...
North Vancouver To Be World’s First City Heated By Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining company MintGreen to deliver innovative low-carbon mining waste solution to heat City of North Vancouver, BC.As the price of bitcoin rises, bitcoin's hashrate is also rising. Mining computers around the world are humming away and at the same time are producing amounts of waste in the form of excess heat that is unprecedented.Enterprising miners like Burnaby-based MintGreen, a Canadian cleantech bitcoin miner, is already leading the waste reuse space with their heat sales to a loca...
Elon Musk’s Tesla Up Over $1 Billion On Bitcoin Investment
Elon Musk’s Tesla is now over $1 billion in the green on its Bitcoin investment as the price nears $58,000 for the first time since early May.Elon Musk’s Tesla is now over $1 billion in the green on its Bitcoin investment as the price nears $58,000 for the first time since early May. Tesla holds about 42,902 BTC, worth nearly $2.5 billion at the time of writing. The company bought roughly $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin back in February when it first added Bitcoin to its balance sheet. In Q2, ...
Discussing Bitcoin Freedom Vs. Government Servitude
In a recent Twitter Spaces, convicted Bitcoiners discussed the freedom this network gives them over government servitude.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynIn this episode of Twitter Spaces hosted by Bitcoin Magazine, P (@phjlljp) was joined by Jay Gould, Jimmy Song, Bitcoin TINA, and others to discuss the ludicrous government proposal of taxing unrealized capital gains, and how Bitcoin can help free humanity from government overreach. Episode 19[EPISODE]...
Russian President Vladimir Putin: Bitcoin Has ‘Right to Exist’
Russian President Vladimir Putin made new comments suggesting a growing tolerance for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies during an interview with CNBC that was posted on the Kremlin’s website Thursday, Bloomberg reports.“I believe that it has value,” Putin told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the Russian Energy Week event in Moscow Wednesday. “But I don’t believe it can be used in the oil trade.”The questions arose out of concern for how Russia would exit dollar-denominated oil contracts due to ...
Bitcoin Vs. Digital Fool's Gold
While alternative cryptocurrencies may on the outside be shiny and attractive, they lack the fundamental aspects that give bitcoin value.“There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is goldAnd she's buying a stairway to heaven” Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven"Fool's gold" is a common nickname for pyrite. It got this nickname because it's practically worthless, but it has a look that deceives people into believing it's real gold. With a little practice, th...
Following The Decade-Long IMF Playbook
Alarmingly, G7 governments appear to be following a playbook designed to cap interest rates and let inflation run hot.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.The subject of today's Daily Dive will be the playbook that is seemingly being followed by G7 governments and global central banks. While some may be ske...
The Reconciliation Bill May Accelerate Bitcoin Adoption In The U.S.
The proposed bill includes intrusive tax collection measures which would inhibit the productivity of the nation.There’s a strong reason behind the recent wave of bitcoin adoption among the world’s least stable and poorest countries. Bitcoin disproportionately benefits the underbanked and underprivileged because it gives them access to an open global monetary network with predictable policy and low barriers to entry. Although the U.S. has attracted substantial amounts of bitcoin interest and ...
Fidelity Director: $100,000 BTC By 2023, Fails To See Bitcoin Power
Jurrien Timmer showcased a profound misunderstanding of Bitcoin and its true potential on CNBC.Fidelity Investments director of global macro Jurrien Timmer appeared on CNBC today to discuss his bitcoin price prediction models, market outlook, and opinion on the current rally. Timmer shared a bearish prediction for BTC, bullish inclinations towards the dollar as the world's reserve currency, and a profound misunderstanding of the relationship between Bitcoin and gold.Timmer said the over 30 perce...
Evergrande, Credit Spreads And Bitcoin
Greg Foss discusses, Evergrande, China's high-yield market and his valuation model for bitcoin.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastIn this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch'' podcast, Christian Keroles and I welcomed back Greg Foss to the show to discuss the new articles he’s written on Bitcoin Magazine about Evergrande from a professional in the high-yield credit space. We get to know Foss a little better in this one and discuss, not ...
How Decentralized Identifiers And Bitcoin Fix The Web
Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) built on the immutable ledger of Bitcoin can empower users to secure their own personal data on the web.On October 4, 2021, Facebook, along with WhatsApp and Instagram, disappeared from the internet. Their DNS names stopped resolving, and their infrastructure IPs were offline. They were completely disconnected from the internet. At the same time, it was reported that 1.5 billion people allegedly had their personal data stolen from Facebook and posted for sale. To...
Discussing Bitcoin FOMO: "Take The Time You Can"
In a fireside chat with podcaster Dennis Porter, he covered discussing Bitcoin with those who don't get it yet.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:SpotifyGoogleThe tenth episode of “Bitcoin Bottom Line” consisted of a fireside chat between host C.J. WIlson and Bitcoiner and podcaster Dennis Porter. The episode kicked off with Porter’s story of how he discovered mining, which led him to be so obsessed with mining bitcoin that his girlfriend had to pull him away and force him...
Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Launches Nasdaq IPO
The company will list over 5 million shares of common stock on the Nasdaq at an IPO price of between $16 and $18.Bitcoin miner Stronghold announced today the launch of its initial public offering (IPO) of 5,882,352 Class A common stock shares.The anticipated IPO price will be between $16 and $18 per share under an S-1 Form filed with the U.S. SEC, which has not yet become effective.The company plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker “SDIG.”Stronghold Digital Ass...
Miami Mayor Says Plan Advancing To Pay City Employees In Bitcoin
Miami will issue a request for proposal this month to help create the BTC payment mechanism.Miami Mayor Francis Suarez told Bloomberg that paying government employees in bitcoin is a “major priority” for the city.“I want us to differentiate ourselves as a crypto capital of the United States or of the world,” Suarez said in an interview.A similar proposal was first pushed in February but has since stalled.Miami’s top priority at the moment is enabling bitcoin as a payment option for gov...
The Quest For Digital Cash
How Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin project married the concepts of digital cash and digital gold and how pioneering cryptographer Adam Back continues the work of making it a better tool for freedom.One summer day in August 2008, Adam Back got an email from Satoshi Nakamoto.It was the first time Nakamoto had reached out to anyone about a new project that the pseudonymous programmer or group of programmers called Bitcoin. The email described a blueprint for what a group of privacy advocates known as...
Largest Canadian Bitcoin ETF Opens to Mutual Fund Investors
Purpose Investments, an institutional firm with more than $12 billion under management, on Wednesday announced the launch of mutual fund units for the world’s first ETF backed and settled by Bitcoin.Purpose Investments, an institutional firm with more than $12 billion under management, on Wednesday announced the launch of mutual fund units for the world’s first ETF backed and settled by Bitcoin. “We’re happy to provide another easy and secure way for Canadian investors to gain exposure t...
U.S. Becomes World’s Biggest Bitcoin Miner, Beating China
The United States is now the epicenter for Bitcoin Mining, accounting for 35.4% of the global hash rate at the end of July 2021.The United States is now the epicenter for Bitcoin Mining, accounting for 35.4% of the global hash rate at the end of July 2021, according to a Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance study published on Wednesday. The increase is more than double the U.S. global hash rate since April 2021. In April of 2021, the U.S. controlled 17.77% global hash rate, while China still...
It Is Our God-Given Right To Alter Or Abolish Our Government
I think it's high time many societies around the world work to abolish the so-called democracies that are restricting the rights of individuals.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1093: "It is our God given right to alter or abolish our current government." Sign up for the newsletter here. Above is but one tweet in a long thread of sanity from our good friend Miles Suter. The thread starts with this tweet:When the Founding Fathers declared...
Market-Value-to-Realized-Value (MVRV) Bands
Modeling the bitcoin price based on the value of all coins when they last moved on-chain.October 12th, 2021Realized ValueOn September 23, 2018, at the Baltic Honeybadger conference in Riga, Latvia, Nic Carter presented the concept of realized value (originally “realized cap,” but both terms are since then used interchangeably) that he had developed in collaboration with Antoine Le Calvez. By leveraging the Bitcoin timechain, which holds a public record of all Bitcoin transactions that were e...
Public Bitcoin Miners Are Ramping Up
Public bitcoin mining firms based in North America are holding more than 20,000 bitcoin, worth more than $1.1 billion.The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now.China’s mining exodus this year has become the biggest opportunity for bitcoin miners to capitalize around the world. Not only have we seen the network...
TAB Conference: Supporting Bitcoin Development In Person
Discussing the Atlanta Bitcoin Conference, TabConf 2021, and in-person Bitcoin development events with its organizers.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen To This Episode:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastThe 2021 TabConf, aka the Atlanta Bitcoin Conference, is fast approaching and the entire team at Bitcoin Magazine is rife with anticipation for this exciting annual event. Running from November 4 to 6, 2021, we’re feeling the hype and feeding the excitement by having a conversation with Michael ...
Taking The Orange Pill: A Theory Or Reality?
Bitcoin is the opportunity to free yourself from monetary bondage through knowledge.The goal of orange pilling someone has nothing to do with drugs. It is the notion that bitcoin will inevitably become the global reserve asset, while converting people to believe in the bitcoin standard. But, how do Bitcoiners expect this to occur if the vast majority of people still fail to understand what Bitcoin is and truly stands for. Thus, the Bitcoin orange pill theory was formed.Escaping the monetary Matr...
Payments Giant Stripe Is Building A Bitcoin And Crypto Team
Payments company Stripe is building a Bitcoin and crypto team to help their platform “support crypto use cases.”In a job listing posted recently on Stripe’s website, the company is adding four new positions with the title “Staff Engineer, Crypto.” Guillaume Poncin, Head of Engineering Crypto at Stripe, announced he is building a team of engineers and designers to integrate “crypto” into their platform.“We hear a growing need from developers and users in that space for better buil...
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Sold Over 98,000 Coinbase Shares
On Monday, famous investor Cathie Wood’s eye-catching fund sold over 98,000 shares of Coinbase.Yesterday as Bitcoin was approaching $58,000, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest completed the sale of 98,427 shares of Coinbase worth over $25 million, Business Insider reported.Coinbase’s stock rose to a high of $262.91 yesterday but closed at $256.50 when the stock market closed for trading at the end of the day. But even with the stock’s recent gains, it has not been performing well since its launch....
Bitstamp and ZEBEDEE Bridge Major Gap Between Bitcoin And Gaming
Today Bitstamp and ZEBEDEE announced a partnership that allows customers to instantly top up their in-game ZBD wallet and use it as a lightning wallet.Today Bitstamp and ZEBEDEE announced a partnership that allows customers to instantly top up their in-game ZBD wallet and use it as a lightning wallet. Bitstamp’s lightning integration will allow customers to seamlessly move Bitcoin to the ZEBEDEE gaming ecosystem. Users will now be able to use bitcoin across virtual gaming environments. “This...
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