Forever Laura…for…ever — Bitcoin has many qualities, strengths, and use cases. It’s not only decentralized apolitical money that thrives in the absence of intervention, but it is also neutral, predictable, and immutable. There are many gains from favoring finite money with a scarce and predictable supply against the infinite dollar and all the…

Trust, guarantees, and risk in times of uncertainty You’ve probably heard about the current banking crisis. You’ve seen the likes of Silicon Valley and Credit Suisse banks becoming insolvent. You know there is probably going to be a contagion effect and yet, you aren’t going do anything about it. Why? …

How does it compare? — We’ve all been there. That house by the beach with investment potential, those shares from a promising company, or those corporate bonds with low risk and high return recommended by our brother-in-law. Some of these investments did well while others flop miserably. By now, you’ve learned the lesson and have…

This is a huge deal. Are you ready for it? — Bitcoin is a controversial topic. Loved by few, hated by many, leaves no one indifferent. The detractors call it a Ponzi, a scam, and a bubble and hope it’ll eventually burst. …

Advice for middle-aged white men — Hello Tom. For the sake of this argument, I’m going to pretend that you are a white middle-class, middle-aged man from a wealthy nation. Even if you are not, just pretend, it’ll be more fun. First of all, congratulations. You’ve made it. You managed to buy a big house (or…

There is a lot more to this than meets the eye — Bitcoin is a religion. But unlike other religions, is not based on faith alone. In fact, it’s the only monetary system that is not based on faith, trust, or wishful thinking. Bitcoin is a philosophy, a moral standard, and a set of economic principles that attracts a growing community of…

Avoid Ruin From the Crooks in Suits The banking industry is broken. You’ve already been suspecting this for a long time but now it has been confirmed with the recent banking failures and the contagion effect. Bankers are just a bunch of crooks that speculate with your money, use stupid…

Privacy could save your life — If you ask any Bitcoiner about how to acquire Bitcoin, they probably send you to a decentralized, peer-to-peer, non-kyc platform which is also Bitcoin only. And for the most part, they’d be right. Since you’ve taken the plunge and entered this self-sovereign ecosystem where your coins belong to you, you…

Consensus is not always necessary or desirable — I’m a Bitcoin Maxi. Some might disagree with this statement but hey, they are wrong. In my definition, a maxi is someone that is convinced that Bitcoin is the only project worth pursuing and putting the money where the mouth is. That’s all. So if you buy only BTC, Hodl…