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Chronicler. I share things I learn to help people move from the old world to the new.

I blog in the areas of human history, freedom tech, and deeper truths.

Two rules to try and live by:
-Treat others as you want to be treated
-Live and let live

Be well, Everyone.

• Tomer Strolight: “Why Bitcoin, The Series, #8. Why Bitcoin is the Best Way to Save Money”

  By Just Brian on July 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Why Bitcoin. Each article in this series is short, accessible to newcomers, and offers perspective.

• What Bitcoin Did: Bitcoin and the U.S. Fiscal Reckoning with Avik Roy

  By Just Brian on July 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In this interview, I talk to Avik Roy, Editor at Forbes. We discuss the growing problems with debt and inflation, healthcare, and central bank digital currencies.

• The Weekly News Roundup, ending 3 July 2022 – The Fallout Continues

  By Just Brian on July 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The fallout of leverage continues. This week, we see the further unfolding saga of over-extended Three Arrows Capital (3AC), Voyager Digitial, and the assets of BlockFi go up for grabs.

• Via Cointelegraph: “Crisis in crypto lending shines light on industry vulnerabilities”

  By Just Brian on June 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  As the bear market continues, we find who was in the water without pants on.

• The Weekly News Roundup, ending 26 June 2022 – CeFi Continues Bleeding

  By Just Brian on June 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  This week saw the continued unravelling of CeFi/DeFi lending/loaning platforms and affiliated parties, (and graphics cards are dropping in price.)

• Arca Finance: “That’s Our Two Satoshis”- 11 Random Thoughts During a Digital Assets Bear Market (video & post link)

  By Just Brian on June 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  As global markets continue to hemorrhage and digital assets suffered their worst week yet, we consider what’s driving this unprecedented bear market.

• What Bitcoin Did: The Risks of Hyperbitcoinisation with Rob Hamilton

  By Just Brian on June 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Rob Hamilton is a programmer and data scientist. In this interview, we discuss the risks associated with a transition to hyperbitcoinisation, the limits to what Bitcoin fixes, the issues of a libertarian world run on a Bitcoin standard, the benefits to the energy grid, and Bitcoin’s eternal September.

• The Weekly News Roundup, ending 19 June 2022 – The Celsius Event

  By Just Brian on June 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  News on mining, DeFi, the growing liquidity and leverage crisis, with an in-depth focus on the Celcius and related DeFi implosions.

• Tomer Strolight: “Why Bitcoin, The Series, #7. Why Bitcoin’s Energy Use is Not Environmentally Harmful”

  By Just Brian on June 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Why Bitcoin. Each article in this series is short, accessible to newcomers, and offers perspective.

• Preston Pysh: “BTC079: The Bitcoin Energy Revolution w/ Shaun Connell”

  By Just Brian on June 14, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Preston Pysh talks with energy executive, Shaun Connell. They discuss how Bitcoin strengthens the grid and acts as a buffer to consume surplus baseload energy generation.