Recently, we've seen a rash of US states, and a few foreign nations supposedly toying with the idea of establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Up to 11 US states, according to a recent report. Bitcoin advocates are selling an arms-race-just-about-to-be-triggered narrative: many states will be racing to get
I expect this is going to be a very fun and interesting thing to watch over the next few years. Because crypto/Bitcoin prices have long decoupled from any connection to adoption or underlying usefulness, prices are now determined by rumors about what big players (like the USG) are doing.
I made the decision to do a thing this upcoming quarter; No tech for 12 hours a day, broken up into three hour intervals. I made the decision to do this towards the end of Fall quarter, after spending entire days at the computer, and spending weeks without getting any
The United States throwing its weight behind Bitcoin would effect a massive shift in the game theory underpinning Bitcoin, but probably not in the way you think. Bitcoin's decentralized consensus mechanism works based on some cleverly crafted incentive structures. The first and fundamental rule is that the chain
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose As global finance increasingly integrates digital assets and
Rob Warren (no relation, AFAIK) recently posted a video on Twitter responding to some of my security budget FUD. It's a good video. (Elon has been trying to play hardball with suppressing links, so I'm obviously going to do my part and not link his website.
Bitcoin price enthusiasts are often happy to tell you that the number of Bitcoins minted every year is declining exponentially, which they hope leads to a supply crunch. What they don't tell you is that this schedule also will choke the miners who provide security out of existence.
In July Senator Cynthia Lummis proposed the so-called BITCOIN Act which would establish a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve." Shortly after, Trump promised Bitcoin enthusiasts that he would create a "strategic national stockpile." Naturally, Bitcoin holders are rapturously elated: The USG buying Bitcoin represents massive exit liquidity at
I came across this piece today written by Sam Lyman https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/12/06/the-case-for-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve/ It's pay-walled, but I'll quote the important parts. In summary, it's basically a concise version of Jason Lowery thesis: Once the entire world gets fully enraptured
While it bears some similarities, there are many reasons why it's not the same type of asset. First of all, if you want to say serious things about Bitcoin, you have to understand how it works. You can't just observe that other people are buying it.
No, the United States should not invest in a "strategic Bitcoin reserve" Bitcoin was created 16 years as an innovative solution to a decades old problem of how to create a decentralized cryptocurrency, a "peer-to-peer electronic cash system" as the white paper described. The solution is
Bitcoin is cryptocurrency. This means that the underlying units, which are abstract, made-up units, are sent from one user to another via signed messages. These message cannot be forged unless you are the owner of the private key, which is essentially a very long password. The cryptography has been understood