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Throwback: Protecting Your Private Key Is Of Paramount Importance

I believe self-custody can be the best way to protect one’s Bitcoin. After 2022, it’s not hard to see why, what with all the crypto hacks and corporate…

Dec 8

Throwback: Get Your Bitcoin Off Of Exchanges

Tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin are sitting in the treasuries and vaults of exchanges, crypto-banks, and custodians rather than being…

Dec 1 •

November 2023

Weekly Poll: Are you the type to bring up Bitcoin at holiday get-togethers?

People joke about the ‘crazy aunt/uncle’ who brings up Bitcoin at family parties so much that it’s practically a cliche now.

Nov 24 •

Weekly Poll: Have you read the Bitcoin whitepaper?

The Bitcoin whitepaper is the foundational document for the financial revolution kickstarted by the Bitcoin blockchain.

Nov 17 •

Weekly Poll: Do you feel prepared to self-custody your Bitcoin?

Self-custody becomes more and more relevant with each hack, loss, or rug pull at exchanges, protocols, and crypto banks.

Nov 10 •

Throwback: Bitcoin vs. Fiat

In recognition of the need to understand the true differences between Bitcoin and fiat, I’m inviting you to revisit a series of articles I wrote…

Nov 3

October 2023

Letter #238: Don’t Let Your “Cold” Wallet Get Too Cold

Read now to learn how even hardware wallets aren't a foolproof defense against loss, especially if we don't take care of them.

Oct 27

Letter #237: The U.S. Dollar - A Currency Backed By Theft

Read now to learn how you’ve been misled about the existence of value “backing” fiat currencies like the U.S. Dollar.

Oct 20

Letter #236: Renewables? Better Call Them “Unreliables”

Read now to learn how there’s more to the comparison between renewables and nonrenewables than what you’ve been led to believe.

Oct 13

Letter #235: The Lie Of The "Inflationary Wage Cycle"

Read now to learn how higher wages are a much smaller component of overall inflation than the media would like you to believe.

Oct 6

September 2023

Letter #234: For Exchanges, Success Is All About Bitcoin

Read now to learn how diversification away from Bitcoin is less rewarding than critics may think.

Sep 29

Letter #233: Bitcoin Is Money, Not A Commodity

Read now to learn how calling Bitcoin a "commodity" is a mistake at best and an attack at worst.

Sep 22

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