Latin America is a messy, culturally-rich, and prickly place. Though it is blessed with bountiful resources in its sprawling jungles, deserts, and jagged mountains, it has for most of its history been caught in the…
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RFK Jr. is batshit insane, but happens to get Bitcoin
The modern Kennedy has some pretty whacko authoritarian anti-prosperity ideas, but he somehow gets why Bitcoin matters. Historically, we all know cypherpunk Bitcoin, nerd Bitcoin, lambo Bitcoin, and finance Bitcoin. Now, we’re in the age…
Hey bro, get your hands off my hardware wallet
The razor-thin balance between seeking mass adoption of Bitcoin and keeping it a tool of sovereignty is now playing out among hardware wallet producers. Conjuring complicated threat scenarios and thought experiments of hypothetical attacks on…
Why Bitcoin privacy matters in the real world
Avoiding financial surveillance on-chain isn’t just a paranoid pursuit. For many, it’s a matter of life and death. The early adherents of Bitcoin were drawn to the technology because it offered a digitally native monetary…
The Fiat Federation Seeks Total Annihilation of Bitcoin On-Ramps
Parts of the $1 million ‘Bitcoin Balaji Bet’ and ‘Operation Chokepoint 2.0’ seem to be coming true everyday. US banks that catered to cryptocurrency exchanges and Bitcoin firms? Obliterated. Popular Bitcoin payment app used by millions…
The US Treasury is Pinched for Cash and Wants Bitcoin Miners and Traders to Pony Up
Joe Biden’s 2024 budget wants higher taxes on Bitcoin mining firms, more IRS surveillance, and wants to ax tax-loss harvesting for crypto traders. At a staggering $31.6 trillion, the United States is the single most…
Nostr: a funky decentralized protocol as the ultimate Bitcoin playground
If I were to venture a guess, would you consider yourself a HODLer? For most of you, that’s probably a solid hell yes. You probably have a well-guarded stash of Bitcoin in cold storage with…
FTM8: “LOL you can’t unsubscribe from CBDCs”
Block height: 776352 This episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the Podcast Index. Subscribe in your podcast player by adding the direct RSS feed. https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/ftm8-lol-you-cant-unsubscribe-cbdcs#details Niko and Yaël broadcast from Vienna, running through the latest…
The Revolt of the (Bitcoin) Public
One of the most powerful books I’ve read in the past decade is likely not well-known by Bitcoiners, but it should be. Rather than yet another tome on monetary economics, timechain basics, or the history…
They say all hell is gonna break loose, and you’re gonna need a Bitcoin
Sometimes free individuals just need a monetary alternative they don’t need to trust One of the more apt points made by Bitcoiners is that people in stable-monied nations with functioning markets and the rule of…