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Censorship resistance for freedom of speech
Freedom of speech does not mean much without freedom to transact. Opposition parties that see their funds seized are unable to campaign, protestors with…
Senatus
Jan 21
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A self-sovereign monetary future
Many countries have seen trust in their currency eroded in recent years. Internet & crypto accelerate this trend. Crypto offers a paradigm change…
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Jan 16
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Why CBDCs might be positive for crypto.
In short: CBDCs are new protocols being released. Being a digital protocol, CBDCs make it easier to compare fiat protocols to crypto protocols. As…
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Jan 11
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December 2022
The Bucketing System: Prioritizing Transactions through Time and Balance
In this article I describe Nano’s method of transaction prioritization — a way to prioritise transactions without fees, yet offering spam resistance…
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Dec 9, 2022
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October 2022
Bitcoin maximalism and a potential tail emission
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…
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Oct 6, 2022
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September 2022
Proof of Stake is a regressive capital tax system
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…
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Sep 29, 2022
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February 2022
Shared illusions in money and what sustains them
What illusion causes us to see gold, money and crypto as valuable, and what could break the illusion?
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Feb 14, 2022
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On weak vs strong network effects, temporary vs sustainable network effects, and first-mover advantages
How network effects work and why Bitcoin's first-mover advantage is insufficient to hide behind in the long run.
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Feb 7, 2022
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January 2022
Why deflationary money can be both a store of value and a currency
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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Jan 16, 2022
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Creating the theoretical best possible money (analyzing Elon Musk's thinking in Lex Fridman's podcast)
Digging into the core of what a perfect form of money would look like and applying this to crypto.
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Jan 2, 2022
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October 2021
On crypto as a store of value, Bitcoin's incentives, and the long-term future of crypto
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…
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Oct 31, 2021
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September 2021
The risks of staking for the long-term crypto environment
How Proof of Stake discourages usage, makes the rich richer, and increases centralization over time.
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Sep 14, 2021
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