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  • New Book about Bitcoin!

    As many of you know, I’ve been working on a new book about Bitcoin for the last few years, and it’s finally ready! It is a collaboration with Roger Ver (aka “Bitcoin Jesus”), and we tell the story of how BTC was slowly hijacked over a period of several years.

    “This is the book that had to be written. It is a story of a missed opportunity to change the world, a tragic tale of subversion and betrayal.”
    -Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone Institute

    Have you noticed that the financial establishment is now favorable towards Bitcoin? There’s a reason: it was successfully sabotaged and longer threatens their power.

    https://amzn.to/4coudlP
    Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC

    This story has been heavily censored for years, so newcomers will find the history shocking. Information manipulators and social media engineers have successfully silenced dissent about Bitcoin; they character assassinate anybody who shares this perspective. But much to their dismay, this book is finally here, and it’s going to blow open a story they would like to keep hidden.

    For idealistic Bitcoiners like myself and Roger, it’s a heartbreaking story, but one that had to be told.

    It’s not some kooky conspiracy theory, either. There are over 280 references in the book. Prepare to have your faith in Bitcoin shaken.

    The book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Release date is April 5th. Go get your copy!

  • Interview on the Dark Horse Podcast with Dr. Bret Weinstein

    My interview with Bret Weinstein about the Dark Age hypothesis.

  • Critical Thinking | Zooming In and Zooming Out

    A critical thinker must have the ability to zoom in and zoom out – to hyper-focus on cause and effect and to see how things interconnect in the big picture.

    It’s a common and critical error to be too-zoomed-in or too-zoomed-out. The over-focused mind is like the mathematician who doesn’t realize the assumptions of his model are non-mathematical and likely wrong.

    The under-focused mind is like the mushroom-enthusiast that’s content concluding “All is one”, with no finer-resolution of analysis.

    The careful thinker must be constantly zooming in and zooming out, gathering ideas from all levels of resolution.

  • Putting Bitcoin on Plastic + Improving 0-conf for POS Transactions

    An idea I’ve been thinking about for a while. If we put Bitcoin keys on EMV chips, we could integrate with existing POS payment systems all over the globe.

    Plus, if only the keys are on the card, plus the ability to sign transactions, the customer would then give the signed transaction for the merchant to push to the blockchain – greatly reducing the risk of double-spends. Because the card is stupid, it would simply lack the ability to double-spend.