Beware of the Bitcoin Economy Bust
A belief held by a large portion of the Bitcoin community maintains that our beloved digital currency is recession proof. Bitcoin is based on the principles of sound money; the currency possesses scarcity, portability, fungibility, and infinite divisibility. Most importantly, Bitcoin’s scarcity makes it impossible to inflate the supply, which many....
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Hungary plans to be the first country in the world to erect a statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, as a life-size bronze bust of Bitcoin’s creator will be displayed in Budapest. The bronze bust design is being constructed by two sculptors, Tamás Gilly and Réka Gergely. A Reflective and Hooded Bronze Bust of Satoshi Nakamoto to be Erected in Budapest A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto is being created to be erected in Budapest, Hungary when the project is complete. The creators of the bronze bust, Tamás Gilly and Réka Gergely, have recently revealed design plans for the....
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In this concluding article of our series looking at Silk Road, a year after its closure, we examine the impact the Silk Road bust had on the dark markets and their most widely used digital currency, bitcoin. The FBI may have taken down the Silk Road in spectacular fashion, slapping a seizure notice on the dark marketplace's website and executing the high-profile public arrests of Ross Ulbricht, and later, bitcoin executive Charlie Shrem and digital currency trader Robert Faiella. According to academics and researchers studying dark web markets - which transact almost exclusively in bitcoin....