One non-obvious but very strong potential driver for Bitcoin is international trade. Today, that area suffers from monopolization and stagnation in the financial sector,…
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Bitcoin's Four Drivers: Part One – Unlawful Trade
Bitcoin stands to streamline the world’s unlawful trade. This is one of its four key drivers, providing an almost-perfect anonymity, untraceability and laundrability —…
Read MoreBitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Four – Exchanges
In my final post about Bitcoin’s four hurdles, I will be covering exchanges. This may be the most visible point of Bitcoin’s growth pains….
Read MoreBitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Three – Escrow
Bitcoin is revolutionary in that its transactions are untraceable and irreversible. But in a system as large as The Economy, large changes must come…
Read MoreBitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part Two – Transactions
This is part two in my series about Bitcoin’s Four Hurdles. I have previously addressed usability. Today, I will take a look at transactions….
Read MoreBitcoin's Four Hurdles: Part One – Usability
Bitcoin is an amazing technology with an insane potential. But there are four things that must appear for that potential to materialize. This is…
Read MoreWhy I'm Putting All My Savings Into Bitcoin
These past days, I have done a lot of thinking about bitcoin that ended up with me investing all of the money I had…
Read MoreThe Information Policy Case For Flat Tax And Basic Income
I’ve spent the last week experimenting with Bitcoin. Like with any new technology that fundamentally shifts perspectives, there are both zealots and luddites, there…
Read MoreWith The Napster of Banking Round The Corner, Bring Out Your Popcorn
The real battle for the Internet and the tremendous changes it brings hasn’t even started yet. What we are seeing right now are some…
Read MoreShould Pirate Parties Include The Coming Swarm Economy As Policy?
The job market is never going back to lifetime employments. Industry-critical work such as free software or Wikipedia is not counted as value at…
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