9 Best Articles in 2021
TNW
The ultimate, 3500-word, plain English guide to blockchain
TNW
~12 min read · 805 saves · From 2017 · Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard of Bitcoin and blockchain. After all, they are one of the most trending topics these days — the ultimate buzzwords of the year. Even…
The New York Times
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
The New York Times
707 saves · From 2018 · Yes, it’s driven by greed — but the mania for digital cash could wind up building something much more important than wealth.
HackerNoon
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
HackerNoon
~17 min read · 666 saves · From 2017 · Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING. And yet, after…
VICE
One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week
VICE
10 min read · 620 saves · From 2017 · Bitcoin’s surge in price has sent its electricity consumption soaring.
medium.com
You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
medium.com
7 min read · 619 saves · From 2017 · Bitcoin is an illusion, a mass hallucination, so one hears. It’s just numbers in cyberspace, a mirage, insubstantial as a soap bubble…
TechCrunch
100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less
TechCrunch
3 min read · 565 saves · From 2017 · This list describes cryptocurrencies. Each gets four words. There are many. Some are landmarks. Some are scams. Hopefully this provides orientation.
medium.com
Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five
medium.com
7 min read · 563 saves · From 2014 · If you still can’t figure out what the heck a bitcoin is…
HackerNoon
WTF is The Blockchain?
HackerNoon
~14 min read · 538 saves · From 2017 · Mohit Mamoria · The terms “bitcoin” and “blockchain” flooded headlines after the value of the cryptocurrency more than tripled in the fourth quarter of 2017. But if you are not a currency trader or a technology expert, chances are you may not be fully familiar with their underlying concepts. Mohit Mamoria, the CEO of cryptofund Authorito, helps laypeople understand blockchain in this easy-to-follow blog post on Medium.
WIRED
‘I Forgot My PIN’: An Epic Tale of Losing $30,000 in Bitcoin
WIRED
20+ min read · 521 saves · From 2017 · Veteran tech journalist Mark Frauenfelder tries everything, including hypnosis, to recover a small fortune from a locked bitcoin device.
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The coming tech-driven productivity leap
Axios
2 min read · 214 saves · 2020-12-27 · Productivity growth has been stagnant for years, but new technologies are finally set to change that.
Marker by Medium
The Bitcoin Dream Is Dead
Marker by Medium
6 min read · 90 saves · Jan 13th · James Surowiecki · Bitcoin’s recent 25% plunge illustrates why it will never be a true currency
Guardian Tech
Programmer has two guesses left to access £175m bitcoin wallet
Guardian Tech
2 min read · 55 saves · Jan 12th · Rupert Neate · Stefan Thomas is not the first person to forget a password, but memory lapses are rarely so potentially costly
bitcoinsecurity.guide
Bitcoin Security Guide - A simple and secure setup for your Bitcoin Self Custody
bitcoinsecurity.guide
50 saves · Jan 3rd · KISS, Keep it simple stupid! Don't screw yourself out of your Bitcoin due to complexity. Learn the 10 commendments of self custody. Get a COLDCARD Hardware Wallet, this is how you set it up. Get a…
avc
What Happened In 2020
avc
2 min read · 42 saves · 2020-12-31 · It is my tradition to end the year looking back and start the year looking forward. So today, I will write about 2020 in the context of tech/startups/VC/crypto. While it is inarguably the case that…
vitalik.ca
An Incomplete Guide to Rollups
vitalik.ca
~16 min read · 36 saves · Jan 5th · 2021 Jan 05 See all posts Rollups are all the rage in the Ethereum community, and are poised to be the key scalability solution for Ethereum for the foreseeable future. But what exactly is this…
Financial Times
No, bitcoin is not “the ninth-most-valuable asset in the world”
Financial Times
29 saves · Jan 7th · Time for some realism.
decrypt.co
US Treasury to Allow Blockchains, Stablecoins for Bank Payments
decrypt.co
2 min read · 29 saves · Jan 4th · The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an interpretive letter that is being hailed as major news for the crypto industry.
The Block
Anthony Scaramucci's Skybridge has invested up to $182 million in bitcoin
The Block
28 saves · 2020-12-29 · Anthony Scaramucci's Skybridge has already invested as much as $182 million in bitcoin as it eyes a debut of a bitcoin-specific fund.
Barron's
Bitcoin Continues to Set Records. Why Prices Can Keep Going Higher.
Barron's
1 min read · 23 saves · 2020-12-30 · Connor Smith · A strategist at Fundstrat sees even more upside for the cryptocurrency.
