It has now been sixteen years since the original publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper on the cryptography mailing list. Satoshi went and dropped the paper in the place it would be best received, where all of the cypherpunks and cryptography nerds who had been obsessed with digital cash systems forContinue Reading
A press release circulating yesterday proved yet again that there’s nothing the mainstream media loves more than some crazy nut claiming to have created Bitcoin. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ In honor of White Paper Day, the latest event, billed as the unveiling of the “legal identity” of Satoshi Nakamoto,Continue Reading
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Some things in Bitcoin are just not up for debate. The plural of bitcoin is also bitcoin— not bitcoins. (One bitcoin, two bitcoin, three bitcoin…) Bits is a better sub-denomination than sats. (100 sats is actually one bit, like a 100 cents is oneContinue Reading
Follow Mark on X. Ah, Halloween. The one night a year where we’re supposed to be scared of things that go bump in the night. You know, your classic cast of characters: Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, your weird neighbor who leaves their Christmas lights up all year round. But here’s theContinue Reading
Introduction Introducing the Bitcoin Popularity Index (BPI), the first comprehensive search study of its kind. This index has been curated in an attempt to measure the global reach and impact of Bitcoin through a broad analysis of Google search queries. Unlike many studies that offer absolute data or blend variousContinue Reading
David Marcus is taking his experience as the former head of PayPal and Meta Messenger and applying it to building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. At Lightspark’s first partner summit, Lightspark Sync, he and his team rolled out new capabilities for the Universal Money Address (UMA) standard it launched one yearContinue Reading
I know, it’s a big statement, but really, the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced – looking back, 2024 will be remembered as the defining year for Bitcoin, the year Bitcoin transformed from magic internet money into a real institutional investment and financial asset. The evidence isContinue Reading
Having invested in startups for over twenty years I have deep respect for entrepreneurs trying to build a company. It is so difficult. And more often than not, it doesn’t work out. Developing a whole country, of course, is much more difficult. Many leaders in developing countries don’t even try.Continue Reading
Look, I like a certain kind of Bitcoin shirt. Follow Rizzo on X https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ Yes, the tacky ones with famous one-liners are fine, and so are the conference hand-outs. I, too, collect relics from crypto tragedies, holding on to my BitInstant and BlockFi t-shirts for posterity. But, let’s be honest. WhoContinue Reading
Follow Nikolaus On X Here I joined over millions of live viewers online in watching the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night, and as someone who attended the Republican National Convention over the summer, I was blown away by how massive this event was. There were overContinue Reading
