The public discussion around scaling in the last few years has become poisoned and captured by an incredibly toxic and defeatist attitude: “Why bother?” “Why bother trying to scale? Basic…
Follow Frank on X. Bitcoin is its own network state, to borrow a term from Balaji Srinivasan. That is, while Bitcoin proponents aren’t bound to one geographical region (quite the…
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. As I explained in a Take two weeks ago, I think the threat (or promise, depending on your perspective) of protocol ossification is somewhat exaggerated,…
Follow Mark on X. Ah, Bitcoin—a digital enigma that dances between brilliance and bafflement, much like a British summer deciding whether to rain or shine. As we teeter on the…
Too much of the discussions around Bitcoin in the last year have been focused on how to use it. Or how it should be used. The entire Ordinals/Inscriptions mania over…
Everything built on top of Bitcoin that you are aware of today is because of the primitives that Bitcoin Script supports. What do I mean by primitives? The basic components…
If you have been following Bitcoin news today, like I have, you can not be more bullish on Bitcoin. Seriously, what a time to be alive! Just today: MicroStrategy purchased…
Follow Mark on X. Did you know the Bible is practically a financial thriller? Yep, it’s got more money talk than a Wall Street boardroom—over 2,300 verses on cold, hard…
Look, I am not an expert in public markets, but raising money to buy more Bitcoin seems to be the obvious new alpha for public companies. MicroStrategy pioneered this strategy,…
Picture this, dear reader: It’s 2016, and for the princely sum of $288,400, you could stroll into the American dream—your very own house. Now, fast forward to 2024, and that…