Paradox

Early in our thinking about the interaction between bitcoin and energy it became obvious to me that the value of bitcoin was fundamentally underpinned by the amount of energy that went into producing the bitcoin. As with any free market…

The least significant element in the CBS housing price figures is the annual rise between July-August 2023 and July-August 2024, the most recent period for which data is available. In that year, housing prices rose by…

When Flavio Briatore was fired from Formula 1 in 2009 for his role in the notorious “Crashgate” scandal, it seemed as if a clear message had been sent: the sport would not tolerate actions that threatened the safety and integrity of…

"Ponzi scheme" has become a byword for all manner of financial frauds and monetary scams. When a rapid six month collapse erased $2T (trillion) from crypto market capitalization in 2022, mainstream media outlets were quick to again label…

From an economic standpoint, Jevon’s Paradox is arguably the foundation of the scaling road we have started walking down for Bitcoin. Pushing things off-chain is attempting to make the use of the scarce resource that blockspace is much more…

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