CAR lawmakers unanimously approved a bill legalizing the use of cryptocurrencies in the country and making bitcoin and the CFA franc legal tender. El Salvador became the first country in the world to bring bitcoin under its umbrella of legal currencies last year. While the majority of El Salvador’s population did not have access to […]
You can buy gold coins and bars easily in most parts of the world, but using them for day to day commerce is unfeasible. No respectable businessman or woman has not served an apprenticeship at an investment bank or, if his employers are feeling exceptionally charitable, at a management consultancy. And yet the industry’s influence […]
Finance Minister Herve Ndoba reportedly stated lawmakers have adopted proposals including the creation of a regulatory body to maintain oversight of cryptocurrencies. The report explains the Central African Republic holds gold and diamond reserves, yet remains one of the poorest countries in the world. This statistic represents a little over 557,000 internet users and a […]
Mainstream economists, pundits, journalists and others trapped in a fiat mindset never miss the opportunity to dig a grave for Bitcoin. Of course, it then recovered within a month and went on to reach more than $60,000 over the course of the next 20 months, but unsurprisingly, the critics didn’t proclaim Bitcoin a huge success […]
AFR detailed that a “service provider downstream” caused the delay, explaining that the entity is a “prime” or “executing” broker. …Read the full story
Bitcoin Core now enables the user to choose the new Taproot address type when creating a new wallet. The Taproot address created by the Bitcoin Core wallet for receiving bitcoin is a simple, single signature one. By adding native support for Taproot addresses, Bitcoin Core takes a step in the direction of encouraging a wider […]
The three bitcoin miners being donated are valued at $2,100 each and will be given to the City Council completely free for a six-month pilot period. Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council said “Governor Abott understands that over regulation and increased taxation can cripple a growing economy. Governor Abbot has been a vocal […]
We’re going to continue our conversation of Bitcoin’s role in humanitarianism, this time in the realm of private property rights. The government has to protect your property from theft by other private individuals, and the government itself cannot take your property without due cause and/or just compensation. And in a society where people are disincentivized […]
Data from the Federal Reserve shows that a broad measure of the stock of dollars, known as M2, rose from $15.4 trillion at the start of 2020 to $21.18 trillion in December 2021. Bitcoin, which is limited in supply, increases in price as market participants are looking for a good store of value to protect […]
I’ve also found that going to these events leaves you with an additional sense of urgency to do something more, or to become more involved somehow. It feels great to have that shared vision about what’s wrong with today’s fiat world and to work together on building out the new world of tomorrow. In these […]
At the Bitcoin 2022 Conference, I participated in the “Bitcoin Is Freedom” discussion panel highlighting corruption in my part of the world as the biggest enemy of economic freedom and prosperity. The smear article was a “hit job” by Mahmoud Abbas , his intelligence agencies and the Bank of Palestine itself in retaliation for my […]
Dvoracek, a 71-year-old Czech national who sells artisan bread with his Venezuelan wife at local food markets, said he is now doing around 25% of his sales through the new Bitcoin Jungle wallet. “It’s been amazing,” said Dvoracek, who lived in Venezuela for 20 years. The evolution of Bitcoin Jungle in this region means that […]
The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. One of the most common Bitcoin fear, uncertainty and doubt critiques is that the majority of supply is heavily concentrated in the hands of the few. Bitcoin’s share of supply held by estimated retail individuals has been […]
The Home Mining Panel at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference was a collection of long-time Bitcoiners: Matt Odell hosted Econoalchemist of Upstream Data, John Stefano of FutureBit, Coin Heated and Diverter. Econoalchemist opened by saying, “Mining at home solves a lot of issues. If the reader is interested in mining at home, reach out to others […]
I’m a long-time student of a spiritual practice that has 365 lessons to help us train our minds with a new way of seeing. Lesson 189 asks us to, “Simply do this: Be still and lay aside all thoughts of what you are and what God is; all concepts you have learned about the world; […]
Any Americans who have their miners hosted at Bitriver or own any significant amount of equity in the company must stop interacting with Bitriver immediately, highlighting the risk one takes when they don’t control their infrastructure and host their miners in areas that are subject to increased political risk. It was proven to be politically […]
The round brought $350 million in equity and another $155 million in corporate credit capacity to Crusoe. Denver-based Crusoe helps those companies capture otherwise wasted surplus gas from their energy production, convert it into electricity, and use it to power data centers and bitcoin mining operations. …Read the full story
One interesting component of this integration is that Strike leverages Bitcoin, the network, to allow merchants to never touch bitcoin, the asset, as a means of payment. …Read the full story
Human beings, for the most part, all know what fairness means. Some would call that irresponsible and perhaps it is, but it wasn’t the first time I made a decision based on conscience and it won’t be the last. Recent developments only serve to heighten the urgency of the feeling I almost started growing accustomed […]
With over $19 million dollars obstructed from people who were peacefully protesting, bitcoin was the only money that could make it directly into the hands of truckers and other protestors. Bitcoiners from all over the world banded together to raise over 22 bitcoin for the Canadian Freedom Convoy protest. With the Canadian government having frozen […]