It’s obvious that bitcoin can’t free Palestine, let’s begin there. The bitcoin network just offers better money, not a miracle cure. It offers a decentralized currency that can’t be debased…
Continue ReadingIt’s time to talk monetary oppression at The Oslo Freedom Forum. Bitcoin heavyweights Jeff Booth and Jimmy Song make an appearance and, surprisingly, don’t even mention the asset. Bitcoin is…
Continue ReadingThe tables have turned. The FED concedes defeat and acknowledges bitcoin. Of course, they twist both numbers and words to try to make it seem like the dollar is the…
Continue ReadingIt’s time for The New York Times’ worst lies about El Salvador. Also, for the newspaper’s counterpoint, in which they admittedly and commendably reflect favorable points of view. As we…
Continue ReadingThe Oslo Freedom Forum offers another way to measure the bitcoin network’s worth. Price action is fine, but, what about real-life impact? The event is not about bitcoin per se.…
Continue ReadingThe Environmental Protection Agency or EPA keeps receiving mail. This time, 14 members of Congress provided the counterpoint and singled out the environmental benefits of bitcoin mining. They also made…
Continue ReadingThe second Nayib Bukele interview by What Bitcoin Did comes with as many quotables as the first one. This one was recorded days after the Bitcoin Law went into effect…
Continue ReadingThe spotlight is on Bukele for the final part of Peter McCormack’s documentary. Here’s the first part. Here’s the second one. Armed with everything he’s seen, the seasoned interviewer goes…
Continue ReadingIn “Follow The Money,” the What Bitcoin Did team goes deep. The podcast is already a part of the El Salvador story, with its host Peter McCormack being the first…
Continue ReadingThe week started with central bankers and financial authorities from 44 countries arriving in El Salvador. The mainstream media ignored it completely. The IMF started sweating. President Bukele started meme-ing.…
Continue ReadingBy now, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas is a bitcoin staple. His keynote at the Bitcoin 2022 conference was the talk of the town, and the fact that he has 10%…
Continue ReadingThe state of New York is about to shoot itself in the foot yet again. First, the infamous BitLicense drew all cryptocurrency companies away and now they’re considering banning Proof-Of-Work…
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Continue ReadingWith the “Change The Code” campaign, Greenpeace and Ripple rubbed the bitcoin community the wrong way. The reactions kept coming throughout the day. Bitcoiners saw through the campaign’s literal intention…
Continue ReadingThe Telegraph’s latest hatchet job on El Salvador’s bitcoin strategy is right on the money. In a hilarious twist of events, mainstream media’s latest attack on the volcano bonds makes…
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