Materialism has taken its toll on the human spirit and Americans are unhappier than ever. Thanks to Bitcoin, people are prioritizing what truly matters. Dr. Riste Simnjanovski is a tenured professor of public administration at California Baptist University. Most recently, his published research explores digital assets in the public and private sectors. Part One: Introduction … Read more
Modern educational institutions are mere shells of the learning centers they once were as a result of fiat incentives. This is an opinion editorial by Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin developer, educator and entrepreneur and programmer with over 20 years of experience. College is a scam. Colleges don’t sell education, but an upper class lifestyle for … Read more
Warren Buffet’s most recent critique about Bitcoin is its lack of “producing” anything, which actually proves its monetary properties and usefulness as money. Before I exited academia, I trained as a financial historian. I looked at balance sheets in dusty, old archives and I investigated what banks were doing in Victorian Britain; I ran fancy … Read more
Why do we celebrate this joyous holiday, and how does it resemble the quirky holiday of Festivus? Bitcoin Pizza Day. The fabulous event that takes place once each year on May 22. I won’t bore you with all the details. Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas in what’s widely believed to … Read more
One meetup group will gather to purchase pizzas using bitcoin and celebrate the day that Bitcoin achieved its first real-world moment of adoption. Knoxville Bitcoin Network will be hosting a Bitcoin Pizza Day Meetup on March 22, 2022. This idea was brought up in our group chat and the event will serve as a way … Read more
Bitcoin Pizza Day is a time to get together with friends and family to remember the day that marked the first time bitcoin had a market value. “Pizza For Bitcoins?” That is the title of a post from a user named “laszlo” dated May 18, 2010, on the obscure forum in a dimly-lit corner of … Read more
Bitcoin serves as a defense for financial freedom for members in the military as they serve to defend others and provides economic opportunity. The views expressed in this article do not reflect the views of the U.S. Military, Department of Defense or U.S. Government. I’ve been around soldiers for nearly a decade. Bitcoin seems like … Read more
In order to develop into a protocol usable by the entire world, certain scaling improvements for Lightning need to be considered. The Lightning Network is a well-developed, fast-growing, Layer 2 transaction solution on the Bitcoin network. More and more services and exchanges are integrating it, the liquidity available for routing payments is growing, and more … Read more
Bitcoin battles nihilism and fiat psychology by allowing you to take control of your attention, and directing it toward the betterment of your person. This is an opinion editorial by Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,”founder of The Bitcoin Times and Host of The Wake Up Podcast. The series continues. If you’ve not yet … Read more
On examination, fiat and shitcoins share the same trick of getting people to give up real value for promises. This is an opinion editorial by Joakim Book, a Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and writer on all things money and financial history. All (fiat) monies struggle with getting their users to … Read more