Freedom of speech does not mean much without freedom to transact. Opposition parties that see their funds seized are unable to campaign, protestors with…
Many countries have seen trust in their currency eroded in recent years. Internet & crypto accelerate this trend. Crypto offers a paradigm change…
In short: CBDCs are new protocols being released. Being a digital protocol, CBDCs make it easier to compare fiat protocols to crypto protocols. As…

December 2022

In this article I describe Nano’s method of transaction prioritization — a way to prioritise transactions without fees, yet offering spam resistance…

October 2022

Even prominent Bitcoiners are now discussing a tail emission as a way to maintain security. This negatively impacts Bitcoin as a store of value. We…

September 2022

Proof of Stake leads to the rich getting richer, subsidised by the poor. This is worrying from a security perspective as this leads to ever less…

February 2022

What illusion causes us to see gold, money and crypto as valuable, and what could break the illusion?
How network effects work and why Bitcoin's first-mover advantage is insufficient to hide behind in the long run.

January 2022

I’ve seen this discussion pop up more often recently, so let’s dive in. In short, the argument goes that currencies need to be inflationary so that…
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Digging into the core of what a perfect form of money would look like and applying this to crypto.

October 2021

Why we’re still early in crypto despite a new ATH for Bitcoin, why Bitcoin will have trouble becoming a broadly adopted store of value, and what I see…

September 2021

How Proof of Stake discourages usage, makes the rich richer, and increases centralization over time.