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Categories: Fiction, General, Guest BlogThe Bitcoin Miracle
January 18th, 2014 by
Visiting Author Until today Let's Talk Bitcoin! has played host to various forms of analysis, thought and proposal but all of it very much non-fiction.We're very pleased to present our very first piece of fiction, courtesy of Martin Hursk about a situation that would have been received as fantasy a year ago, but now is the reality for many Bitcoin early adopters.
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Krugman's Evil and Our Agendas
December 30th, 2013 by
Mark Matthews Suddenly it's not outside the realm of professionalism to call a piece of software "evil." Lately, it's not unusual to wish it to "die in a fire." If this sort of hyperbole is now the norm in the cryptocurrency discussion, we need to figure out what this colorful language says about Bitcoin- and about the people saying it. Read More -
Watching the Rise of a Currency
December 21st, 2013 by
Eddie J The journey from whim to experiment to currency has been fulfilled plenty of times in human history- from the earliest gold pieces to the representative currencies that came after. Is Bitcoin making that journey? If so, how far along does it still have to go? Read More -
7 Lessons - A Talk in Buenos Aires
December 19th, 2013 by
Tuur Demeester Bitcoin personality and LTB contributor Tuur Demeester returns to share his presentation from the Latin America Bitcoin Conference in Beunos Aires. With prices soaring and adoption growing, the people no longer ask "WHY should I invest in Bitcoin?" - the important question now is "HOW." Read More -
Decentralized Exchange for Fun & Profit
November 27th, 2013 by
John Light Even with all its established infrastructure and progress, Ripple is still a difficult product for many to make sense of. When you peel away the familiar trapping of a cryptocurrency, Ripple can be seen for what it really is; a nearly universal exchange for digital and traditional currencies. As returning guest author John Light shows us, the one universal currency is, in fact, Trust. Read More -
New Alt-ZeroCoin Faster, More Private
November 18th, 2013 by Mark Matthews In the wake of Coinvalidation proposing strict approvals, blacklists, ZeroCoin's Matthew Green has made a bold statement; ZeroCoin, once just a Bitcoin derivative, will be streamlining proofs and increasing user anonymity, and ultimately launching an independent Altcoin. ZeroCoin is now placing itself squarely in the middle of cryptocurrency and Federal regulation, and a standoff may be imminent. Read More -
DACs That Spawn DACs?
November 13th, 2013 by
Stan Larimer The automation of decentralized protocols like Bitcoin and Bitshares is what gives them their objectivity- their perceived "incorruptibility." With that automation and lack of corruptible human elements, however, comes vulnerability to interpretation and regulation. How do you set a foundation for an Autonomous Corporation that can keep flying high on autopilot? Read More -
Bitcoin Simply Cannot Replace Fiat
November 9th, 2013 by
John Delono We're all here because we love Bitcoin. There's no denying that it's as versatile as it is brilliant, but is it really the future of money? Sometimes we need to put aside our ideals and look at the serious challenges that Bitcoin faces- challenges that, as John Delono illustrates, it may never overcome. Read More -
Join LTB @ Inside Bitcoins, Las Vegas!
November 7th, 2013 by
Adam B. Levine For the first time since the San Jose Bitcoin Conference, all the hosts of Let’s Talk Bitcoin! will be in attendance. Adam will be hosting a panel on New Ideas in Bitcoin, Stephanie will be conducting her trademark conference interviews and Andreas will be absolutely exhausted after flying directly from Buenos Aires to Las Vegas in order to be there. Hope to see you there! Read More -
DAC Revisited
November 2nd, 2013 by
Daniel Larimer In recent months, the concept of "Distributed Autonomous Corporations" has evolved from jargon to terminology. The DAC concept is a highly promising ideology for the array of disruptive, innovative technologies that are emerging in Bitcoin's wake... but how does it really apply? Are any really in use right now? DAC pioneer Daniel Larimer of Invictus Innovations returns to Let's Talk Bitcoin to help make sense of what is- and perhaps what ISN'T- a DAC. Read More -
Keynes
October 28th, 2013 by
Nicolás Mendoza Propaganda comes in all forms, on all sides. Bitcoin, as apolitical as we like to think of it, gets politicized left and right, with few debates more furious than Keynesians versus Austrians. Is Bitcoin really so incompatible with Keynes, or is it just a matter of perspective? Guest writer Nicolás Mendoza suggests it has plenty in common. Read More -
Why Bitcoin IS Intrinsically Valuable
October 19th, 2013 by
Dan Roseman The common outsider complaint is that Bitcoin has no quantifiable value. Without physical mineral resources or obvious physical efforts behind it, people seem to think it cannot be used as currency- even if transactions every day prove them wrong. As Dan Roseman reports, Bitcoin retains value more like the US Dollar than many realize... and has plenty of advantages over it. Read More -
Silk Road Seized Coins' Soapbox
October 14th, 2013 by
Justin O'Connell The US Government might not be THE biggest holders of Bitcoin on the blockchain, but they've certainly hit a windfall in the form of Silk Road's seized assets. With so much digital wealth hoarded into federal hands, everyone is asking what will become of it. Thanks to the blockchain, some users are speaking up. Read More -
Money's Future May Lie in Its Past
October 12th, 2013 by
Greatest Instruments The mad scramble of competing currencies and a frustrated federal government fumbling to keep up is nothing new. In fact, before the centralization of federal reserve notes, banks, currency, and tax collection were an anarchic new frontier that took years to tame. Independent columnist The Greatest Instruments shares a story of money as a tool, a weapon, and a means of control over a young nation, and how it affects the digital age. Read More -
The Music Industry Needs Innovative Currency
October 10th, 2013 by Justin O'Connell Digital distribution of currency is now foremost on our minds, but digital distribution of entertainment media went through many similar growing pains a decade ago. Zealous litigation ultimately destroyed early fileshares like Napster, slowing piracy but stalling the growth and development of digital media for years. Now, the utility of Bitcoin may be just the thing to bring it to the masses. Read More -
The Great Silk Road Experiment
October 9th, 2013 by Justin O'Connell The Fall of Dread Pirate Roberts is a dramatic enough tale already, but behind the excitement and intrigue there's a lot it teaches us. Silk Road wasn't just a market; it was a social experiment with enormous repercussions. Justin O'Connell reports on the ups and downs of business in the freest free market. Read More -
Society's Rock Bottom Puts Bitcoin on Top
September 26th, 2013 by
George Ettinger MAKE BITCOINS WITHOUT LIFTING A FINGER! THIS ONE WEIRD BITCOIN TRICK IS THE KEY TO WEIGHT LOSS! SAVE YOUR BITCOINS NOW BY SENDING THEM OVERSEAS! 100% PROFIT! ...do idiots shouting their spam and scams really cause a problem for Bitcoin? George Ettinger suggests than the new rash of capital letters and exclamation points may have unforseen benefits. Read More -
The Regulation of Bitcoin
September 25th, 2013 by
Amir Taaki Today, Amir Taaki guest-blogs for Let's Talk Bitcoin and sheds some light on a troubling new direction Bitcoin is taking. As investors and foundations strive to find even ground with legislators and regulators, is the revolutionary nature of Bitcoin being sacrificed? At what point does pragmatism become defeat? Will regulation become collaboration? No matter the direction, the onus is on us, the community, to preserve the integrity of Bitcoin itself. Read More -
The Gyft of Bitcoin Purchasing Power
September 16th, 2013 by Dan Roseman The gift card business is booming; plastic cards for common retailers are the go-to gift for weddings, graduations, and last-minute birthdays for vague acquaintances. Gift card website Gyft.com has seized the opportunity to not only get into the thick of it, but to bring Bitcoin with them. With over 300 retailers at their disposal what Gyft is doing isn't just convenient- its a fantastic step for Bitcoin itself. Read More -
The Island of Stone Bitcoins
September 15th, 2013 by George Ettinger Like castoffs from a digital Atlantis, there's a lost piece of cryptocoin history under the Pacific Ocean. This artifact and the people that crafted it can tell newcomers more about Bitcoin than any how-to guide... and it can warn all of us in the Bitcoin community about what's still to come. Read More
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