Bitcoin myths: immutability, decentralisation, and the cult of “21 million”
Decentralisation was always a phantom. Every process in Bitcoin tends to centralisation. Plus: a history of Bitcoin Cash.
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News: Stopping ransomware, China hates miners, Ecuador CBDC history, NFTs still too hard to buy
Things happened that aren’t in El Salvador!
Foreign Policy: El Salvador Is Printing Money With Bitcoin
Bukele doesn’t want to de-dollarize El Salvador — he just wants to print his own dollars as well.
Libra Shrugged is a Smashwords Father’s Day special — get your coupon here!
Your father needs to hear how Facebook tried to plant a data miner atop all of commerce … only to fall flat on their faces, tripped by their own hubris.
El Salvador passes its Bitcoin Law — and it’s a Tether scam
The El Salvador Bitcoin scheme is a barely-planned smash-and-grab.
El Salvador to adopt proprietary payment network denominated in Bitcoin
Dictators are good news for Bitcoin, as long as number goes up. The Lightning Network is also involved.
The Marshall Islands SOV cryptocurrency: the saga winds down
They do, however, have plans to send crypto entrepreneurs to a radioactive atoll.
The New Issue: Magic beans and bubble machines
Explaining cryptocurrency to an audience of normal people who’ve never heard of this nonsense.
News: Bitcoin mining leaves China, Chia threatens blog about Chia, Warhol NFT, BitConnect charges, ban crypto to stop ransomware, FCA and crypto firms
“If you’re seeing bitcoin on the Underground, it’s time to buy.” So with this ad banned, it must be time to sell.
Rehost: Tr0lly: A day in the life of Stuart Hoegner, General Counsel for Tether
Tether appears to be trying to get satirical posts about them taken down. So I put up a copy here. You should feel free to put one up as well.