Some of the biggest scams in crypto were hoisted on people under one simple pretext: "But you can self-host your own node!" This simple red herring has enabled all kinds of compromises to our

I've been thinking a lot on long flights about the optimal governance mechanism for blockchain networks. The current mechanisms work decently well, but still have some vectors to be gamed, or may

The Zcash world is going through a bit of a governance crisis right now. Zcashers tend to be some of the most rational, thoughtful, and polite people around, and therefore the crisis seems more like a

One of the biggest tragedies in the history of cryptocurrency has undoubtedly been Bitcoin's transition from money to pure store-of-value (SoV). Not because there's anything wrong with being a pure SoV,

The start of this bear market has NOT been kind to Bitcoin! 😨 The recent price decline is part of it, but there's a general feeling of disappointment and malaise in the community. This is the doing of

We're coming to the age where massive demand for uncensored communication exists, but demand for censorship is rising just as fast. We're also at a point where the technology to build decent decentralized

Citrea, Bitcoin's newest L2, launched. And, although it does have some interesting new wrinkles the result is more of the same: Centralized sequencer, federated bridge 💀 In other words, you're basically

100% of my money and income are not in fiat but in decentralized, private, censorship-resistant money. 100% of my spending money is in crypto, and remains so until at most 5 minutes before I acquire whatever

Disclaimer: This post is analysis, not judgment, of current events. If you're unable to make the distinction between me observing something is happening and saying it's good or bad, maybe this post isn't

The nation-state's days as the apex of power in the world are almost over! If you're paying attention to the US-EU spat over online censorship jurisdiction, you'll see that we're in the final days of

Recently Zebec added support for Dash for their cards, in particular the Carbon reloadable one. This opens up some great avenues for living on crypto completely privately, particularly since Dash card

What is fair value in crypto, is it a real thing, or is it just cope for broke crypto projects? What Is Fair Value? To make it really simple, fair value is basically saying: "This thing is basically

I've seen countless arguments that Bitcoin succeeded because it was a store of value, and that it managed to do that without also being a medium of exchange. I've heard other arguments that something can't

Right now, there's a civil war going on in Bitcoin, that could shake the very foundations of the project. I call it a "caveman war" because, in my humble opinion, it's a conflict over essentially

Monero recently hit the spotlight for less than ideal reasons: Qubic, a newer cryptocurrency project, essentially launched an attack on the network through mining incentives, reaching a significant portion

Crypto's days of outdated tech are almost over! 🛩️ We're finally getting to the point where crypto with inferior tech is starting to get left behind. Yes, we're finally going to see the projects with

Michael Saylor is karma. Bitcoin maxis lucked out and got rich on paper by throwing their greed behind the first crypto asset, which the market chose as its proxy for the whole space so far. They didn't

The final, and perhaps biggest, bill to pass the US House of Representatives during Crypto Week last week was the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, the CLARITY Act. This is supposed to make the

Much has been made of "crypto week" last week, when a series of bills in the US passed the legislature (and in the case of GENIUS was signed into law). Namely, the GENIUS stablecoin act, the

Last week undefined with the Dash account where we discussed whether or not mass adoption of cryptocurrencies could prevent governments from waging endless wars. I briefly mentioned some possible bearish