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In The Bitcoin Reformation, the key idea is that Bitcoin is much more than a financial trend—it’s part of a broader revolution similar to the Protestant Reformation. Just like the Reformation shook up the old systems of power in 16th-century Europe, Bitcoin is...

  Every selfie you take, every photo you post, and every movie you stream owes something—surprisingly—to an image pulled from a 1972 Playboy centerfold. The woman in the photo, Lenna Sjööblom, had no connection to computing, yet her image became an unlikely i...

The Bitcoin Blockchain War (2017): A Turning Point The Conflict: As Bitcoin’s popularity surged, its scalability was questioned. The network’s 1 MB block size limit, introduced in 2010, restricted transaction throughput to 3–7 transactions per second, leadin...

Overview of AI Coins AI coins are digital assets designed to support and facilitate various functions within the AI ecosystem. They serve as the backbone for enabling decentralised, scalable, and secure AI infrastructure. The key functionalities of AI coins i...

Selling Volatility and Recycling into Bitcoin Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, has outlined the company’s innovative approach to capitalizing on market dynamics. Their strategy involves "selling volatility" and reinvesting the proceeds into Bitcoin. The ...

In computer programming, there’s a concept known as the "while loop", a piece of code that repeatedly executes a task until a certain condition is met. It seems that MicroStrategy (MSTR) is stuck in this loop. Many "fundamental" investors are attempting t...

1. What is Bitcoin Knots? An alternative implementation of Bitcoin, derived from Bitcoin Core but with enhanced features. Provides more control over transaction policies, mempool management, and network filtering. Fully compatible with Bitcoin Core, allow...

This chart visualises what the price of 1 Bitcoin (BTC) would be if Bitcoin’s total market cap grew to match various global asset classes. Bitcoin’s supply is fixed at 21 million coins, making it inherently scarce. As demand grows and market adoption increase...

Status: Under discussion — could reach consensus by end of 2025 🔧 What is BIP-119 (OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY)? Proposed in 2019 by developer Jeremy Rubin Introduces a new opcode: OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV) Enables covenants — restrictions on h...

The Biggest Financial Reset in Modern History Is Already Underway And almost no one is paying attention. The real shift is happening quietly. Banks, asset managers, and central banks are rewriting the rules of ownership—using blockchain. It’s called tokeni...

Introduction The GENIUS Act was introduced as a way to avoid a government-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its potential for surveillance and control. However, what it enables may be even more problematic: a privatised version of the same monit...

Part 1: Will .eth Domain Names Gain Traction? Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains, identifiable by their .eth suffix, are rapidly gaining traction within the Web3 ecosystem. As of mid-2025, over 1.7 million .eth domains have been registered, demonstrating sig...

In the evolving landscape of digital infrastructure, traditional services like data backup are beginning to intersect with blockchain technology. This article explores how a data backup provider could implement a tokenised service model—bringing together the p...

I. Introduction Over the past several decades, a noticeable shift has occurred in how generations approach careers, lifestyles, and their relationship with institutions. What began as subtle differences in work preferences and life goals has transformed into ...

The British Empire: Power and Paradox The history of European colonialism is often told through the lens of its greatest empire — the British. At its height, Britain controlled vast swathes of the globe, shaping economies, languages, and political systems on ...

1. Central Banks Tighten Control As citizens shift into parallel systems (Bitcoin, stablecoins, Web3 assets), central banks attempt to preserve fiat dominance: Regulated on/off-ramps with strict KYC/AML. Stablecoin licensing under central bank overs...

Overview While the Biden administration focused on imposing sanctions and restricting China’s access to advanced microchip technology, China has responded not with retaliation, but with fabrication — quite literally. In a bold display of technical resilience...

The Triffin Trap The way the financial system used to work, and the dollar system was designed, is simple but devastating. When you are the world reserve currency, you operate inside what is called the Triffin dilemma. You can print the currency that everyone...

Origins Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) emerged in November 2018 as the result of a contentious hard fork from Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Bitcoin Cash itself had forked from Bitcoin (BTC) in August 2017, originally to increase block sizes and pursue a vision of peer-to...

1. The Pseudo-Legal Challenge Alternative movements — “freeman on the land,” “sovereign citizens,” and others — argue that our legal standing is compromised at birth. They see birth registration, capital letters on certificates, and even Dun & Bradstreet list...