A Nation of Individuals?

A Nation of Individuals?

It is the prospect of the sovereign individual that seems to most trouble the nation-state today. This odd threat perception has been the outgrowth of a political genealogy that, in…
How to Use & Store Bitcoin Safely

How to Use & Store Bitcoin Safely

Ever since its 2009 development by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin has become foundational to the cryptocurrency and fintech landscape. As the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has driven significant growth…
No, BlackRock Won’t Ossify Bitcoin

No, BlackRock Won’t Ossify Bitcoin

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. In his Take from Wednesday, Shinobi argued that the surge of institutional bitcoin adoption will lead to premature ossification of the Bitcoin protocol. While I…
The Consensus Conundrum

The Consensus Conundrum

A lot of consensus-change proposals for bitcoin are on the table at the moment. All of them have good motivations, whether it's scaling UTXO ownership or making self-custody more tractable.…