Dear Vox, Bitcoin is Changing the World Whether We See it or Not
A recent Vox article reads, “Bitcoin was supposed to change the world. What happened?” Those are some amusing words to use. “What happened?” They insinuate that bitcoin hasn’t changed the world, and that everything it set out to do hasn’t been accomplished. Titles like these make us realize just how misunderstood bitcoin really is. Despite the world its developed over the last eight years, it’s still rendered a failure by the majority of observers. Let’s take a look at a few pointers. Bitcoin has given people all over the world an entirely new financial walkway to tread. Companies like....
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Dear Ross, I truly hope you can find some happiness on your Birthday. What you have done gives strength to people to fight for our rights and to show the world that we cannot and should not be regulated! You are a hero to hundreds of thousands of people if not even more! The world is a weird place where leaders can get away with everything while others....
This interview first appeared at Bitcoin Not Bombs. Michael Malice's book Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il is a darkly humorous peek into the mind of one of the most brutal dictators in recent history. Weaving North Korean propaganda into a new literary genre-the unauthorized autobiography-Malice has created a work that forces you to laugh when you shouldn't and climaxes numerous times with fantastical stories of Jong Il's heroism alongside his murderous sociopathy. The phrase "laughing to keep from crying" rings ominously true while reading it. Malice, also a....
This letter to Ross Ulbricht was written by Jeffrey Tucker. Dear Ross, Happy birthday! It’s impossible to say “hope all is well” to a great man unjustly imprisoned by the state, so I’ll just skip the pleasantries. We’ve not met, but I’ve followed your work for many years. We have a shared interest in human rights, freedom, and the beautiful anarchy of....
2016 has been a year of full of surprises. Unexpected events like the rise of Donald Trump and the victory of the 'Brexit' supporters in the UK have left a trail of baffled "experts" and commentators in their wake. The scaffolding that has held the global order in place for the past 20 years has taken a string of unanticipated hits from unlikely sources, and the powers that be have looked clumsy as they have tried to adapt. It is difficult to pin down, but it feels like something big is changing in our world. Now, as blockchains stand poised to impact the world of protocols, this....
BTC China has apparently ended a huge attraction point to their bitcoin exchange. The company is alerting customers that effective immediately, they are ending their 0% trading fee promotion. The bitcoin exchange - the world's largest - will be reinstating a trading fee of 0.3% due to what they describe to be a "recent turbulent bitcoin market". The message in full: Dear BTC China valued customer: To stabilize the recent turbulent Bitcoin market and minimize potential market manipulation, BTC China will end the 0% trading fee promotion, effective immediately, and revert to the 0.3% trading....