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The stock market looks like the Bitcoin economy, and that’s not a good thing

I’ll get to the Bitcoin bit soon, but first let me explain what prompted this idea. Thanks to a Twitter thread by Cory Doctorow (archived here), I’ve been listening to this great interview with Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis. In the video, Varoufakis explains the historic decoupling between stock markets and the Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 months8 months ago
Bitcoin

Who owns the Bitcoin white paper?

There is a very interesting dispute taking place in cryptocurrency circles right now that has nothing to do with price, hacking, exchanges, or any other of the usual hot topics surrounding this area. This time copyright is being used to try to answer one of the most important questions for Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 2 years8 months ago
Bitcoin

A tragic tale of kidnapping, murder, and Bitcoin

Costa Rican news outlets have been reporting a tragic story of a kidnapping that has a very interesting cryptocurrency twist. 12 people have been arrested in Costa Rica and Spain in connection with the kidnapping (and suspected murder) of American entrepreneur William Sean Creighton, who disappeared in September 2018 and Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 2 years9 months ago
Bitcoin

Confessions of a Bitcoin sceptic

I could be fabulously wealthy right now. When I first wrote about Bitcoin, the price was $14.65 USD, and as of writing, the price is hovering just above $12,500 after undergoing a few ups and downs since December. If I had bought 10 BTC that day for a $146.50 USD Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 years3 years ago
Bitcoin

US regulator makes important decision about Bitcoin derivatives

Bitcoin has been back in the news. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) handed a blow to the cryptocurrency when it denied an application by the Winklevoss twins (of Social Network fame) to create an exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on Bitcoin called the Bats BZX Exchange. An ETF is Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 years ago
Bitcoin

Blockchains and the challenges of decentralization

I haven’t written a blog post about Bitcoin and the blockchain for quite a while, mostly because I spent most of my BTC energies in this First Monday article with Chris Marsden. This blog post will act in part as an introduction to the concepts for those not familiar with Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 years5 years ago
Bitcoin

Forget Bitcoin, the blockchain is where it’s at

My scepticism towards Bitcoin is well-documented. While I really like the idea of decentralized payment systems and cryptocurrencies, the current implementation of Bitcoin has too many question marks for my liking. While the BTC exchange rate has been going up recently, in part prompted by a bit of hype arising Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years ago
Bitcoin

The Silk Road trial: lessons for Internet regulation

On May 28 2015, federal district judge Katherine Forrest sentenced Ross Ulbricht to life in prison for his role as the creator and administrator of the notable dark net website Silk Road. The site was an anonymous online marketplace that could run using encrypted connections over the Tor network. The Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years6 years ago
Bitcoin

Bitcoin regulatory developments

After some bad news for the Bitcoin world, including the demise of its former largest exchange, may be reaching a mature stage. Bitcoin’s price continues to swing wildly, in the last 60 days the price has been in the range of $420-580 USD. Such currency instability has been one of Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 years ago
Bitcoin

Will lack of regulation kill Bitcoin?

Bitcoin has continued to rise in price, if not in adoption. Other than small services here and there, commerce is justifiably sceptical about using it as a means of exchange. Where BTC has been generating news is in its price, and there it has shown that some people will invest Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 years7 years ago

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