WTF Should I Do With My Bitcoins?
If you invested in Bitcoin, this has been a stressful month. Prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been tumbling. A post on SteemIt predicts Bitcoin may fall to $100 within the next few months. Obviously, people that own Steem…
A Look at Cloud Mining with Hashing24
When I first got involved with Bitcoin in early 2013, I was excited to see all the optimism and energy. A lot of that was spurred by the rise in price from less than 90 to more than a thousand…
Segregated Witness and August 1st
Things are really getting interesting for anyone who owns Bitcoins at the moment. Some of the biggest movements in Bitcoin’s technology and politics are all coming to a head in the next few weeks. Everyone is waiting for a very…
Bitcoin’s Price: On Intrinsic Value and Bubbles
Bitcoin is running at around 2,500 dollars right now. The question that many mainstream sites seem to be asking is, “Is Bitcoin in a bubble?†and “Does Bitcoin have any intrinsic value? The answer to these questions is respectively no…
Bitcoin’s Manifest Destiny
I have to be honest. In a perfect world, I would not even be considering using bitcoin. I do not match the first adopter profile (and in fact, I am not a first adopter. I probably count as second or…
In the Wake of the WannaCry Attack, News Sites Almost Get Bitcoin Right
In the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack, it’s instructive to note that although mentioned, Bitcoin is not typically being blamed or associated with the attack. Rather, it is rightly being described as a payment method the hackers are demanding….
Donald Trump: Making the Case for Bitcoin
Bitcoin, if it is nothing else, is a hedge against an uncertain world. It was created at a time of global financial crisis, seemingly spurred by the failures of governments and financial institutions to act ethically and honorably for the…
Don’t Have a Retirement Plan at Work? Don’t Count on Congress to Help – Get Bitcoin
As congress gears up for a vote tomorrow that would repeal but not replace Obamacare (exempting themselves from provisions like killing pre-existing conditions protections), a less commented on vote is likewise set to damage the future of millions. The Obama…
The Truthiness of the Bitcoin Scaling Debate
Jameson Lopp, a CoinDesk contributor and frequent tweeter whom I have long respected unfortunately has taken to using alternative facts. Now, just to define my terms here, what I mean by alternative facts is that when someone says something, as…
Banks Still Making the Case for Bitcoin
Three headlines caught my eye this morning that reaffirmed my belief in not only the viability of Bitcoin, but also the need for it. The founding statement explaining Bitcoin’s existence, if there is one, was embedded in the first block…