Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts When Bitcoin was first launched by Satoshi Nakamoto, there was no price. It was literally worth $0. The price of bitcoin first broke over $100 in April of 2013 and was captured on film as it rose to an all time highContinue Reading
Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Today, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said in an exclusive interview with CNBC that Bitcoin is in competition with gold, not the U.S. dollar. BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Fed Chair Jerome Powell says #Bitcoin is a competitor to gold, not theContinue Reading
A small, but significant development in Bitcoin’s much-debated decentralized consensus process is taking place, with some developers moving to publicly gauge sentiment of warring soft fork proposals that would augment the software rule set. Follow Rizzo on X. https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/ More specifically, the effort began today with the creation of aContinue Reading
Company Name: Heatbit Founder: Alex Busarov Date Founded: April 2020 Location of Headquarters: Remote Number of Employees: 25 Website: https://heatbit.com/ Public or Private? Private In early 2020, Alex Busarov was stuck in his Shanghai apartment during COVID. To quell his boredom, he ordered an Antminer S9, a Bitcoin mining machine,Continue Reading
Follow Frank on X. Bitcoin is its own network state, to borrow a term from Balaji Srinivasan. That is, while Bitcoin proponents aren’t bound to one geographical region (quite the opposite, actually) they have collective power and can enact change. We just saw some version of this power exercised inContinue Reading
The public discussion around scaling in the last few years has become poisoned and captured by an incredibly toxic and defeatist attitude: “Why bother?” “Why bother trying to scale? Basic napkin math shows it’s impossible no matter what we do for everyone to self custody.” “Why bother trying to scale?Continue Reading
For centuries, self-custody has symbolized financial autonomy, enabling individuals to secure their wealth—from gold to cash—without intermediaries. Bitcoin extends this principle into the digital realm, offering a censorship-resistant, decentralized way to hold assets. Yet, upcoming European regulations under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Transfer of Funds RegulationContinue Reading
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. As I explained in a Take two weeks ago, I think the threat (or promise, depending on your perspective) of protocol ossification is somewhat exaggerated, at least at this point in time. Yes, the rate of soft forks has slowed down significantly over the years,Continue Reading
Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Today, MicroStrategy announced it purchased an additional 15,400 bitcoin for approximately $1.5 billion. This brings its total holdings to over 400,000 BTC, almost 2% of the entire bitcoin supply. MicroStrategy now owns 402,100 #bitcoin worth $38 BILLION They now own almost 2%Continue Reading
We can’t live in a world where somebody starts a company that’s a completely legal thing, and then they literally [] get sanctioned [] and embargoed by the United States government through a completely unaccountable [process] by the way. No due process. None of this is written down. There’s noContinue Reading
