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CryptoQuikRead_206 - #Reckless to Wumbology, The Lightning Network Build-Out [Arjun Balaji]

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Want to know more about Neutrino, Submarine Swaps, Dual Funded Channels, Atomic Multi-Path Payments, Splicing, Sphinx Send, Eltoo, Channel Factories, ...

CryptoQuikRead_205 - Seven Guiding Principles at Casa [Jeremy Welch]

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we go through a short but awesome run down of the guiding principles at Casa. This company is one to watch very closely over the coming years, a...

CryptoQuikRead_204 - Winner Takes All, or Winner Takes Most? [Misir Mahmudov & Yassine Elmandjra]

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Today, there exists over 180 currencies across 195 countries. The reason for such an anomaly is simple: there is no free market for currencies. Curre...

CryptoQuikRead_203 - Dont Trust, Verify, A Bitcoin Private Case Study [CoinMetrics]

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An amazing piece of work from the Coinmetrics.io team using the full node data and some serious digging to uncover the fraudulent minting of over 2 Mi...

CryptoQuikRead_202 - Satoshi's Vision is a Silly Endeavor [Dan Held]

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Taking a dive into an awesome tweetstorm from @danheld about the context, purpose, and beginnings of Bitcoin and whether it meets "Satoshi's Vision," ...

What's Really Driving the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon? - The Iterative Capital Thesis

12 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The complete reading of Iterative.Capital's incredible and thorough thesis, "What's Really Driving the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon?" For more excellent...

GuysTake_007 - Happy Birthday Bitcoin, Looking Back on 10 Insane Years

03 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A look at the crazy past, the present, and the future of Bitcoin and where I think things are headed.  Bitcoin is here to stay and there are 10 amazi...

CryptoQuikRead_201 - Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism - Mycelium [Part 1 - Brandon Quittem]

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Bitcoin is a living system constantly changing based on environmental stimuli. True understanding is a moving target unlikely to ever be hit. Attempt...

CryptoChat_008 - Under the Lightning Hood with @petoveritas, @Crypt0PuraVida, & @CoinBeezy

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After setting up and experiencing The Lightning Network firsthand as part of the Casa Node crew and our own little pool of channel liquidity and manag...

CryptoQuikRead_200 - Why Bitcoin's Lightning Network is Ingenious [Todd Kronenberg]

18 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“by having the double accounting system rely on and be backed up by the triple accounting system you get the throughput of the double with the secur...

CryptoQuikRead_199 - Confidential Auditing [Nick Szabo]

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Auditing controls might fairly be called the security protocols of capitalism… [but] auditing is in deep conflict with efforts towards greater priv...

CryptoQuikRead_198 - Unpacking Bitcoin's Social Contract [Hasu]

11 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"When Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin, he did not invent a new social contract. Satoshi did something else—he leveraged technology to solve many p...

GUYSTAKE_006 - 100,000! ANCHOR.FM & MASTERING BITCOIN

07 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We hit a major milestone in the show! Thank you to everyone who has stayed with us and contributed to the show! Today I'm covering the past & futu...

CryptoQuikRead_197 - An Honest Account of Fiat Money [Hasu & Su Zhu]

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"While sovereign money has undeniably led to a lot of abuse, as evidenced by instances of hyperinflation, seizures or capital controls, the absence of...

CryptoQuikRead_196 - Understanding the Technical Side of Bitcoin [Pierre Rochard]

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Curious about where to start or what to possibly focus on when learning Bitcoin, Lightning, and the fundamentals of the most important tools in this e...

CryptoQuikRead_195 - Estimating and Minimizing Consumer Worry [Nick Szabo]

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What are the mental barriers that cause prospective consumers to drop off from interacting with an e-commerce business? How can we measure or estimate...

CryptoQuikRead_194 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 9]

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Far from being a novelty or prototype, Bitcoin has shown itself to be a threatening alternative to present-day organizational conventions and to the ...

CryptoQuikRead_193 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 8]

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Thus, Bitcoin is the first free, non-commercial software project with the intensity of a commercial product." Today we hit Section 6 of the Iterative...

CryptoQuikRead_192 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 7]

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"In practice, the Proof-of-Stake approach proves to be problematic in systems where the coins “at stake” were not created through Proof-of-Work." ...

CryptoQuikRead_191 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 6]

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"How does Bitcoin use a peer-to-peer network of computers to enforce the rules agreed upon by human participants?" Today we explore how Proof-of-Work ...

CryptoQuikRead_190 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 5]

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we explore how the Bitcoin incentives bring together disparate groups of developers, technical operators, and users to maintain and expand the B...

GuysTake_005 - New Video - Casa Node Setup & Router Configuration

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A short episode today introducing the video walkthrough of the Initial Setup of the Casa Bitcoin & Lightning Node, and configuring your router to ...

CryptoQuikRead_189 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 4]

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we continue through Section 3 of the Iterative.Capital Thesis on the Cryptocurrency Phenomenon exploring the Open Source process, how free softw...

CryptoQuikRead_188 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 3]

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our journey through the incredibly thorough and knowledgeable work by iterative.capital that focuses and clarifies the highly misundersto...

CryptoQuikRead_187 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 2]

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our journey through the incredibly thorough and knowledgeable work by iterative.capital that focuses and clarifies the highly misundersto...

CryptoQuikRead_186 - The Cryptocurrency Phenomenon [Part 1]

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we start our journey through the incredibly thorough and knowledgeable work by iterative.capital that focuses and clarifies the highly misunders...

CryptoQuikRead_185 - Sorry Bitcoin is Still Anarchist [Zack Voell]

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Government involvement is usually limited to mediating the clash between incumbents and innovators. Rarely is government the incumbent." -Zack Voell...

CryptoQuikRead_184 - How Many Forks Does it Take to Get to the Center of Satoshi's Vision [Guy Swann

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There is this wonderfully vague idea that I endlessly hear about called “Satoshi’s Vision.” I’ve read many differing supposed “visions” of...

CryptoQuikRead_183 - Custody in the Age of Digital Assets [Fidelity Digital]

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"What we’re witnessing with digital assets is a move back toward bearer assets — now that users of these protocols have figured out how to tra...

CryptoQuikRead_182 - The Business of Bitcoin Cold Storage [Nik Bhatia]

09 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"As investors reallocate their current investment portfolios to include bitcoin, trillions of dollars in market capitalization appreciation becomes an...

CryptoQuikRead_181 - Bitcoin's Existential Crisis [Nic Carter]

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"If you build a system meant by its very nature to dis-intermediate third parties and exist independent of governments and legal systems, you have an ...

GuysTake_004 - The First Long Read & Coming Reading List

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Another short update episode releasing the very first long read in full! Visit the website to listen, download, or read Szabo's Shelling Out! Plus the...

Shelling Out - The Origins of Money [Nick Szabo]

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"The precursors of money, along with language, enabled early modern humans to solve problems of cooperation that other animals cannot – including pr...

GuysTake_003 - Casa Node First Impressions & A Few Updates

06 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

First impressions of the Casa Node and first issues standing in the way of my Lightning playtime.  The pain is real.  Plus, a few updates and what w...

CryptoQuikRead_180 - Bitcoin at 10 [beautyon_]

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

@Beautyon_ takes us through the realizations & predecessors that set the stage for Bitcoin and the incredible impact this technology has had, and ...

CryptoQuikRead_179 - Shelling Out - The Origins of Money [Part 4 - Nick Szabo]

02 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Part 4! Today we finally conclude Nick Szabo's essential work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money!  A critical piece to understanding money, its ...

CryptoQuikRead_178 - Shelling Out - The Origins of Money [Part 3 - Nick Szabo]

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Part 3! of our journey through Nick Szabo's incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its ri...

CryptoQuikRead_177 - Shelling Out - The Origins of Money [Part 2 - Nick Szabo]

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2! of our journey through Nick Szabo's incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its ri...

CryptoQuikRead_176 - Shelling Out - The Origins of Money [Part 1 - Nick Szabo]

30 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we begin our journey through Nick Szabo's incredible work, Shelling Out: The Origins of Money.  A critical piece to understanding money, its ri...

CryptoQuikRead_175 - Open Sourcing Subzero [Alok Menghrajani @CashApp]

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Alok Menghrajani, security engineer at Square, details their Multisig & Hardware key management system for the cold storage of customer's Cash app...

CryptoQuikRead_174 - How Cypherpunks Changed Economics for the Digital Age [Vijay Boyapati]

26 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vijay Boyapati details in a Twitter thread, the brilliant but subtle shift that cypherpunks discovered in the economic concept of scarcity that made t...

CryptoQuikRead_173 - Reimagining Trusted Intermediaries [Avichal Garg]

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are in the midst of a global collapse in trusted institutions. #Bitcoin and blockchain tech enable networks & economies that mitigate dependenc...

CryptoQuikRead_172 - Bitcoin's Distribution Was Fair [Dan Held]

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As Bitcoin continues to succeed against all odds, there are more and more claims of how its “unfair” that early investors have profited.  Dan Hel...

CryptoChat_007 - The One and Only @Real_Vijay

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we chat with @Real_Vijay about Bitcoin maximalism, growing internet censorship, standing up to Google, the troubles of BCH, the fall of Bitmain,...

CryptoQuikRead_171 - Mr Fantastic, A Response to Nouriel Roubini’s Senate Testimony [Daniel Goldman]

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“It’s a shame, then, given all the things he was saying that indeed needed saying, that the useful shade Roubini throws is sullied by a number of ...

CryptoQuikRead_170 - If Games Drive Crypto Mass Adoption, Then it Will be Grassroots [Tony Sheng]

19 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There seems to be something inherently complementary between scarce digital goods in the video game world, and the systems that ensure the scarcity of...

CryptoQuikRead_169 - Neutrino: The Lighter Side of Lightning [Bryan Vu]

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Another awesome post on the Lightning Labs blog, this time breaking down Alice’s search for privacy and a great mobile user experience with Bitcoin....

GuysTake_002 - The Lightning App I Want to Use

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Lightning is slowly coming into its own.  With simple working wallets, and dedicated plug-and-play nodes around the corner, its time to talk about th...

CryptoQuikRead_168 - Prices Keep us From Squandering Resources [Jacob Dowell]

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“this system of prices is not an organized institution or structure that was created by any single person’s design. It was simply a natural conseq...

CryptoQuikRead_167 - Strong Federations & Foundations of Liquid [Johnny Dilley]

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read “Strong Federations, Foundation of Liquid, Whitepaper Release,” on Blockstream.com & take a deep dive all about the system that ...

CryptoQuikRead_166 - Liquid Network Launch and Thoughts from Lucas Nuzzi

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Blockstream's Liquid, a federated, production sidechain, has officially launched with exchanges accounting for more than half of the global Bitcoin ex...

CryptoQuikRead_165 - Why Privacy Matters [Alex Hardy]

10 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Privacy isn’t just about being safe and keeping our data secure, its also a deeply fundamental aspect of being human. The unconscious pressures from...

CryptoQuikRead_164 - Bitcoin Optech's Scaling Bitcoin Special

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Bitcoin Optech Newsletter takes a break from their usual technical foray to summarize and discuss the amazing new proposals and technology at the ...

Guy'sTake_001 - Poor in a World with Bitcoin, or Rich in a World Without It?

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Would you give up $1,000,000 in Bitcoin today, to guarantee its success and that our future was one of sound, decentralized money?  My answer would h...

CryptoQuikRead_163 - A Cypherpunk's Manifesto [Eric Hughes]

05 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want a...

CryptoQuikRead_162 - The Untold History of Bitcoin, Enter The Cypherpunks [Petri Basson]

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Although there was never complete agreement on any one thing, this was an open forum where personal privacy and personal liberty were ultimately pl...

CryptoQuikRead_161 - Bitcoin, The Untold History [Petri Basson]

03 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“I have always believed that to really understand something and where it is going, you have to understand where it came from.” -@PetriB2 Today we ...

CryptoQuikRead_160 - Bitcoin, Blockade Runner of the Information Age [CarCampit]

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“The dissent did not come in the form of a parchment scrawled with a feathery pen or an assembly of diplomats, but in the form of the Blockade Runne...

CryptoQuikRead_159 - Bitcoin, Chance, and Randomness [Part 2 - Hugo Nguyen]

27 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Numbers generated by such a process are deterministic, but they pass statistical tests of what is considered “random”. Pseudorandomness, in turn,...

CryptoQuikRead_158 - Anatomy of Proof of Work [Part 1 - Hugo Nguyen]

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“By attaching energy to a block, we give it “form”, allowing it to have real weight & consequences in the physical world… In other words, ...

CryptoQuikRead_157 - The Bitcoin Central Bank's Perfect Monetary Policy [Pierre Rochard]

25 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“The BCB enforces the strictest deposit regulations in the world by requiring full reserves for all accounts. This is the digital equivalent of the...

CryptoQuikRead_156 - Features of the Casa Node [Michael Borglin]

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Autopilot, Channel Names, Verify from Scratch, Node Nicknames and more.  Hear about the features in the new Casa Bitcoin and Lightning node! Check o...

CryptoQuikRead_155 - POW is Efficient [Dan Held]

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"The Cryptopocalypse is coming — Bitcoin’s (PoW) is so bad that it’s going to destroy the world in 2020!" -DanHeld Is Bitcoin's energy consu...

CryptoQuikRead_154 - Electric Money [Bitcoin's POW #4 - LaurentMT]

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“No equation, no chart in this fourth part. Just a short discussion about the total cost of Bitcoin’s PoW. It will offer us the opportunity to int...

CryptoQuikRead_153 - Cliffhangers [Bitcoin's POW #3 - LaurentMT]

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“In this third part, we’re going to focus on a slightly different question: “Is the system running at its optimum?” -LaurentMT Check out the f...

CryptoQuikRead_152 - Yin and Yang of Bitcoin [Bitcoin's POW #2 - LaurentMT]

18 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to @Laurentmt's article explaining how the Yin and Yang of Bitcoin, Hodling & Mining, affect the efficiency of the system and how they driv...

CryptoQuikRead_151 - Gravity [Bitcoin's POW #1 - LaurentMT]

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“At last, we have derived two metrics which both suggest that contrary to a widespread opinion, Bitcoin’s PoW is actually becoming more and more ...

CryptoQuikRead_150 - Why I wrote PGP [Phil Zimmerman]

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“If we do nothing, new technologies will give the government new automatic surveillance capabilities that Stalin could never have dreamed of. The on...

CryptoChat_006 - TheOneVortex on Building for Bitcoin

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Building applications, expanding alternative media, software is eating the world, what's inside the ICOs & altcoins, the future of Bitcoin, the Li...

CryptoQuikRead_149 - Bitcoin as a PrivacyCoin

12 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Ever since its inception Bitcoin has never really been private…. Fortunately, spying on Bitcoin users is becoming increasingly difficult.” - Aa...

CryptoQuikRead_148 - Bitcoin as a Conflict Prevention Protocol

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“To borrow from Nick Szabo, Bitcoin is a socially scalable, conflict preventing protocol.”  - Tuur Demeester   Today we read an excellent Tweet ...

CryptoQuikRead_147 - How to Critique Bitcoin, A Guide

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"You’ve heard of Bitcoin. You do not like it... It relies on curious, antiquated ideas like sound money, peer-to-peer networking, the abolition of s...

CryptoQuikRead_146 - The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"The Third Era will start with civil war" -Rusty Russell The future economic reality of the Bitcoin ecosystem has been hard-coded into the consensus ...

CryptoQuikRead_145 - Giacomo on SPV and Digital Coinage

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“We shouldn't make full nodes harder to run, EVER” -@giacomozucco Listen to the tweet storm laying out exactly why a responsible #Bitcoin maximal...

CryptoQuikRead_144 - SegWit2x Bugs Explained

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The infrastructure and businesses in the Cryptoconomy are set to have a massive shift in the coming months.  The #Bitcoin ecosystem may be difficult ...

CryptoChat_005 - Brady Swenson on Being an Informed Bitcoin Citizen

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hashing out all the major pain points, who to trust, building your filter, and where to start when it comes to learning everything about Bitcoin toda...

CryptoQuikRead_143 - The Time Value of Bitcoin

31 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Lightning Network provides a framework to measure the time-value of bitcoin, a precursor for a capital market and reserve currency status.” -Nik ...

CryptoQuikRead_142 - Chaincode’s Residency Program Is Back, This Time With Lightning

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

-- “Lightning is a promising technology, but right now, very few people are fluent with it,” Chaincode Labs engineer James O’Beirne told Bitc...

CryptoQuikRead_141 - Fat Protocols Aren't New

29 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“People have speculated on what a future with fat protocols will look like. File sharing protocols aren’t exactly the same, but they have a lot ...

CryptoQuikRead_140 - Lightning Network 2.0 [Part 2]

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“That’s right: while we’re here still trying to wrap our minds around Layer 2 solutions, these mad scientists are already proposing a system wit...

CryptoQuikRead_139 - Lightning Network 2.0 [Part1]

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“Thing is, as these debates rage on, there’s a community of developers coming up with new ideas and, ya know, actually building stuff.” @DZack23...

CryptoQuikRead_138 - Traditional Bitcoin Mixers

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Thinking about it, isn’t it ironic that, over the past years I wrote about every Bitcoin privacy technique in existence, except the one that 99% of...

CryptoQuikRead_137 - Half of the Remaining Bitcoin Supply is 'Spoken For'

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"At least 99M People intend to own crypto, but don’t yet." @RyanRadloff A fun exploration by Ryan Radloff on the different demographics who intend...

CryptoQuikRead_136 - The Panama Canal and The Bitcoin Lightning Network

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"So instead, I'm going to tell a story that makes the function of the Lightning Network less abstract and hopefully, easier to picture in your mind. ...

CryptoQuikRead_135 - The Hard Thing About Learning Hard Things

21 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“In the end, learning is both science and art. It is science when your domain is structured, and art when it is not.” @Hosseeb Don’t miss today’...

CryptoQuikRead_134 - Welcome to Bitcoin Island

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Forget currencies and commodities… perhaps the right analogy for Bitcoin is LAND!"  Flashback from 2014 with  @gendal in an analogy that prese...

CryptoQuikRead_133 - Governments and Central Banks Should Look to Gold not Crypto

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"...The age of controlled money had arrived — and with it, world wars, depression and inflation, enormous government indebtedness, and the rise of l...

CryptoQuikRead_132 - The Bitcoin Second Layer

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“This makes Lightning Network an absolute game changer for the entire concept of capital markets: income without explicit counterparty default risk....

CryptoQuikRead_131 - BCH Update: Bitmain, BCH, the IPO & What it All Actually Means

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“It is impossible for Bitmain to divest their BCH holdings onmarket. Full stop. The BCH markets are not liquid enough to absorb the amount of coin...

CryptoQuikRead_130 - Media Coverage of Bitcoin is Still a Total Disaster

14 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“I’m going to expose the Washington Post/Wonkblog piece for the nonsensical ramble that it is… in short, it relies on mistaken assumptions to pa...

CryptoQuikRead_129 - Responsible Disclosure in the Era of Cryptocurrencies

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“On April 25, 2018, I anonymously and privately disclosed a critical vulnerability in Bitcoin Cash, one of the world’s most valuable cryptocurren...

CryptoQuikRead_128 - What Will Bitcoin Look Like in 20 Years? [Part 2]

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will hundreds of coins flourish?  Will economic thought change completely?  Will it be a force for good or evil? And will Bitcoin even survive? All ...

CryptoQuikRead_127 - What Will Bitcoin Look Like in 20 Years? [Part 1]

09 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Will the price increase forever?  Will government currencies be a thing of the past? Will there be a singular, global economy? And how do we make in...

CryptoQuikRead_126 - Bitcoin, We Don't Expect New Highs in 2018

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Price prediction is a tricky game, but there is some fundamental analysis that may tell us more about the broad trends. Tuur Demeester looks at retail...

CryptoQuikRead_125 - Why Money Has Value & Spending Bitcoin is Senseless

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mises' and Menger’s theories of money provide deep insight, but invariably never attempted to rank the functions of money during its period of estab...

CryptoQuikRead_124 - ASIC Resistance is Nothing but a Blockchain Buzzword

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is ASIC resistance really the panacea that some claim it is?  Will it solve the never ending challenges of a decentralized network?  Or is it just a...

CryptoQuikRead_123 - I, Pencil [Leonard E. Read]

03 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In closing out the week we have one last piece on the economics behind Bitcoin and the natural market economy.  We read the classic piece “I, Penc...

CryptoQuikRead_122 - "The Yield From Money Held" Reconsidered

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What if “hoarding” money is both realizing its most important utility, and stabilizing in an uncertain economy?  If true, how could the exact opp...

CryptoChat_004 - John Wolpert on Blockchain, Identity, Trust, and a New Internet

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Taking a break from Bitcoin maximalism to have a chat with John Wolpert (@Consensys, @IBMblockchain, @Hyperledger) for what consensus protocols and bl...

CryptoQuikRead_121 - Ethereum, Fomo3D, and Dangerous Game Theory

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

“This game, underlying FOMO3D (F3D), is called “The War of Attrition” and it can produce some insanely irrational outcomes… Human beings tend ...