Make no mistake. The rats are scrambling off this BTC sinking ship. High Fees is an extinction event. Like all extinction events there is always a group of loutish and very vocal band of hard core deniers. Their arguments are hypocritical, and their reasoning always seem incomplete.BTC dominance below...
Fedcoin and blockchain
I see Campbell Harvey promoting the idea of Fedcoin here: "Bitcoin is Big. But Fedcoin is Bigger." I'm not sure I agree with his pitch for the idea.Let's start with Harvey's claim that "Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are based on a complicated technology known as blockchain, which acts like...
My perspective on the Bitcoin Project (collected works)
It's true, I really did say that.It's Christmas time and I'm in a giving mood. So I thought I'd collect all my writings and talks related to Bitcoin and blockchain in one easy-to-access spot.Like many people, I first...
Merry Christmas From Bitcoin Cash - It Is The Flippening
Woo-we. What a day we had yesterday. This was my post yesterday when Bitcoin Cash was at 0.11. It has double to .22 in less than 24 hours. Was it prescient? No. It is the same story line that I have been pushing these last few months. Let us recap.Update 23/12/2017 : The reason BTC price is going down...
Monero Valuation Musings
EDIT: I neglected a critical aspect of this analysis by not paying proper attention to the concept of stock-vs-flow. I am especially grateful to the r/monero subscriber who very kindly and extremely quickly corrected me on these points. The net result, as it turns out, is still not too dissimilar...
Back To The Future With Bitcoin Cash & The Shape Of Things To Come.
Non activation of Segwit2X was intentional, dishonest and a fraudThis half confession and analysis by Two Bit Idiot (Politics Religion and Bitcoin) is an honest and candid appraisal of the mindset and thinking of people...
Valuing Cryptocurrencies - An Approach
Valuing Cryptocurrencies - An Approach Follow @cryptoizzyThere are well over 1,000 cryptocurrencies floating around right now, and it’s my sincere belief that many, if not most of them, will fail. This becomes especially...
The Great American Slump (update)
I detect some chatter out there concerning the recent "unexpected" rise in the U.S. labor force participation rate. The discussion is related mainly to the question of whether the labor market has fully...
