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Bitcoin can facilitate positive freedom by enabling individuals to retain value of their savings and feel more fulfilled.This is an opinion editorial by Logan Bolinger, a lawyer and the author of a free weekly newsletter about the intersection of Bitcoin, macroeconomics, geopolitics and law.“I’m more interested in asking the question, is the world that we

It’s time to make bitcoin more approachable for newbies by naming the smallest units “bits” which are more familiar to people used to dollars and cents.This is an opinion editorial by Don McAllister, a technologist who has made several video tutorials on Bitcoin. At its inception, bitcoin was worthless; it had no monetary value. Early

The leaders of the Bitcoin Charlotte meetup group put on the spooky HODLween event as a fun way to connect locals with the wider Bitcoin scene.This is an opinion editorial by Chris Alaimo, the multimedia producer and host of Bitcoin Magazine’s Twitter Spaces.It was a dark and cold night in the midst of the bear

By adopting bitcoin, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles from Kansas City were able to build their church and focus on preserving Catholic traditions.This is an opinion editorial by Andy Flattery, a certified financial planner.An observer of modern culture paying even the slightest attention might aptly compare today’s world to the Roman Empire in

Learning about bitcoin can be daunting. There are many great educators that teach through different lenses to make Bitcoin approachable for everyone.This is an opinion editorial by Peter Conley, a product advocate at Vercel.How does someone start learning about Bitcoin? This is the 21-million-coin question. Learning about Bitcoin can be disorienting. There’s so much content

While traveling across the country visiting Bitcoin meetups, Captain Sidd found Bitcoiners have many things in common, but most importantly, they are all doers.This is an opinion editorial by Captain Sidd, finance writer and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine.“When deeds speak, words are nothing.” — African proverbGrokking Bitcoin’s potential impact on the world often starts with

The nomenclature used to help the layman understand Bitcoin makes lawmakers confuse it as money instead of entries in a database. We must change the terms.This is an opinion editorial by Beautyon, the CEO of Azteco and a contributor at Bitcoin Magazine.A group of bitter, twisted computer illiterates in the beleaguered European Union have managed…

Being employed by Wall Street colors how some people view Bitcoin. This letter is an attempt to lead one such person to the Bitcoin rabbit hole.Dear Wall Street friend, I write this letter because I like you. I know we have our differences, especially in terms of how we view the financial institutions that dominated the…

Comparing Bitcoin to barbed wire from Timothy May’s “Crypto Anarchist Manifesto” can give insight into the gravity of this seemingly abstract invention. (Source) Some of Bitcoin’s properties sound abstract. Properties like digital ownership, censorship resistance, decentralization and more. But the deeper you dig into the Bitcoin rabbit hole, the more you realize that Satoshi Nakamoto…

Many of the failings we see in society today are a result of the values of fiat money being absorbed.When going through basic training for the Army, the cadre of drill sergeants and general leadership make it a point to effectively engrain values that I would argue are paramount to any (and all) mature adults…

The pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, like Giordano Bruno, also challenged government-backed, violence-enforced dogma.The invention of Bitcoin comes after decades of hard work, persecution by the government and the relentless perseverance of the cypherpunks. Satoshi was humble enough to stand on the shoulders of cypherpunk giants and use many existing, first principle design parameters to help…