There are questions you can’t answer until — well — until after you’ve answered them. I don’t mean for that to sound cute. I mean that it applies to some very simple questions like “I’ve never had blue cheese. Will I like it?” You simply can’t answer the question until…

How Good Can Things Get? There is a famous saying which goes: “If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.” It is meant as a warning that people make exaggerated claims to the point of falsehood, and even deception. However, this saying suggests something more. It implies that there is some maximum…

Prologue: Bitcoin Is Spiritual Awakening: Money has not generally been regarded as having anything to do with journeys into the non-material realm of the spirit. It is generally believed to belong to the material world — it can buy certain things. But it cannot buy friendship, love, intelligence, or the answers to deep and eternal…

The largest lecture hall at the university was completely full. The deans of all the faculties and its most prestigious professors packed the front rows. Higher up sat the PhD students. Further back still were those enrolled in Masters programs. And a few undergraduates, those at the top of their…

The Opportunity You Fear You Missed Still Awaits — May 21, 2022, 5 minutes read Bitcoin, The Invention & Opportunity of the Century Bitcoin — Wow! What an invention that was. It came straight out of the blue. Nobody was expecting it. And for the very few people who mined it in the early days, and didn’t lose it, and never sold it, they got pretty rich. …

Beautiful Nature The sun comes up. There’s not a cloud in the sky. It’s gonna be a beautiful day. The birds chirp. The flowers open. Forest creatures scurry about. It’s beautiful. Nature is beautiful. The beautiful sun shines its beautiful energy as warm, beautiful light on the beautiful Earth. …

I’m very pleased today to announce the availability of Why Bitcoin in book format for pre-order at a discounted price. The book is available in hardcover and softcover versions. Both are photobooks containing 100% full-gloss, full-color spreads of twenty-seven articles that I originally published here on Medium. For the book…

A story of hope and light — The Bitcoin Times Ed 4 is now available for download, free. We will be publishing each edition, in high quality hard cover this year. Keep an eye out for announcements and remember to follow and support each of the authors. Share their work far & wide. 1: The Birth On January 3rd, 2009…

I’ll be quick. I assume you read Part 1. If you didn’t, you should. The article has been extremely widely circulated, rising to the top of Hacker News, r/cryptocurrency, featured on a popular YouTube channel , and has turned out to be the most accessed article I’ve ever written. In…