The major new addition to this year’s survey was a set of questions about trust, a rich avenue of inquiry for the “trustless” network. There…
There is no average Bitcoiner, but neither is Bitcoin a perfect reflection of wider society. That said, discussion of imbalances within the community should not…
This is a slightly different perspective on money than Bitcoin users are used to, firstly because it involves looking at the past rather than the…
When airports are excused from democratic and civil norms, they take on many of the characteristics of a police state. With dystopian aesthetics and ostentatious…
The digitization of our economy will bring with it a new generation of radical economic ideologies, of which Bitcoin is arguably the first. For those…
A broad cultural movement that is networked, open source, and collaborative is challenging, and sometimes replacing, key elements of the traditional nation state. The result…
Our use of money is infused with profound cultural and political meaning, and the interplay of rival currencies can offer insights into cultural tensions. This…
In the early hours of 11 May, a volunteer somewhere wrote the millionth substantive page on the Russian-language edition of Wikipedia. Crossing the 1,000,000-page mark…
PSA for Bitcoin users: please take a few minutes to fill out the 2014 community survey This question was included in my survey of 1,000 Bitcoin users…
The first version of a new Internet technology is rarely the one that wins mass adoption. Early versions of the browser, search engine, email provider,…
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