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Incredible report on the macro-political implications of Bitcoin, especially wrt US-China relations

Original source here: https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/great-power-network-competition-bitcoin It was published in October 2023 but I hadn’t read it until recently. Sharing my favorite excerpts here, I use // when appending comments — Network power consists in the ability of a state to exercise surveillance and chokepoint controls over a global network. For example, signals intelligence collection on global … Continue reading Incredible report on the macro-political implications of Bitcoin, especially wrt US-China relations

This is Bitcoin’s cycle. Some thoughts on why

The main character this cycle is clearly Trump; the rest — mostly crypto influencers — are leagues behind Trump in influence and reach, think Ansem (SOL & memecoins) and Pacman (Blast) — no shade to them, it’s just a different ballgame now With Trump likely to win in November, and with JD Vance as his … Continue reading This is Bitcoin’s cycle. Some thoughts on why

He saw bitcoin’s future in 2011 — and wrote about it beautifully (Rick Falkvinge)

Full text: https://falkvinge.net/2011/05/29/why-im-putting-all-my-savings-into-bitcoin/ Favorite excerpts (verbatim, all mistakes mine): — (had to screenshot this:) — Use case: the key advantage for bitcoin is that it does away with all bureaucracy, all transaction fees, and perhaps foremost, all transaction delays and gatekeepers in the financial system. — Of course, this number assumes that nobody in Wall … Continue reading He saw bitcoin’s future in 2011 — and wrote about it beautifully (Rick Falkvinge)

Quoth the Raven’s bitcoin conversion: “Bitcoin could very well be the exit ramp that millions of angry people look towards in such a situation.”

It’s been amazing to see more and more people believe in the bitcoin story. Not just the why of investment (because bitcoin number go up), but why bitcoin even exists to begin with. He explains it far, far better than I can, so I just want to share some of Quoth’s recent content. In particular … Continue reading Quoth the Raven’s bitcoin conversion: “Bitcoin could very well be the exit ramp that millions of angry people look towards in such a situation.”

Chamath from 2013 talking about bitcoin — are you tired of it yet?? :P

To me this was the most interesting part: Suffice it to say that the geopolitical ramifications of a robust Bitcoin economy are mind-boggling, beginning with a completely peer-to-peer banking system that works by and between people and ending with a world that no longer relies on the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of all … Continue reading Chamath from 2013 talking about bitcoin — are you tired of it yet?? :P