Friends, the convergence between bitcoin and the energy sector will only continue to accelerate and I wanted to quickly share episodes two and three of my recently launched podcast (Center of Hash) that is part of TFTC as well as a few highly relevant industry headlines from Block, Inc. and| Gradually, Then Suddenly
I'm excited to announce a new project I've been working on with the team at TFTC.io and my good friend Marty Bent: Center of Hash, a podcast under the TFTC umbrella focused on the intersection of bitcoin (money), energy and bitcoin mining. Episode 1 just dropped. Give it a| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Bitcoin is going up forever, and buying things with bitcoin is perfectly logical. Those two statements are not in conflict. And this is important because many people (maybe most) think that spending bitcoin is irrational. Why do they think this? For a combination of reasons: If bitcoin is going up,| Gradually, Then Suddenly
The Bitcoin Takeover in Austin is next week, and I wanted to provide a little background to its inspiration (and goals). Austin is famously home to SXSW. When I was growing up in Austin, SXSW was a popular music festival, a mainstay of the Live Music Capital of the World.| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Most people in their day-to-day, practical lives don't distinguish between money and currency and rightly so. As a practical distinction, it's mostly irrelevant. The dollar is money and a currency. Most people will look at you cross-eyed if you ask the difference. But the difference does matter from a policy| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Friends - the Bitcoin Takeover is back for the 2025 edition, Friday March 14th in Austin, TX. For whatever reason, SXSW has no interest in bitcoin, which is why we throw the Takeover. We'll be hosting events all week at the Bitcoin Commons with the main event featuring ten founders,| Gradually, Then Suddenly
TLDR: The premise of this theory is that bitcoin derives its value through exchange. Its ability to store value is of course anchored to its fixed supply, but its utility is in future exchange. Value is realized at the point of future exchange, and value in the bitcoin network is| Gradually, Then Suddenly
The print version of the Gradually, Then Suddenly book will be available the first half of October. Contribute to the crowdfund through one of the tiers below as a way to support the book and author, Parker Lewis. There's something for everyone–from a free download of the first chapter| Gradually, Then Suddenly
With my book just about at the finish line, it was time to get back at it. I'm excited to announce that both myself and Will Cole are joining Zaprite to work on bitcoin payments. See the links below for background on Zaprite and why we've decided to work on| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Later this morning, I will be joining Mark Moss on his podcast to discuss these topics with he and Jeff Snider live at 10am CT (see link). The discussion was prompted by a comment I had made last week regarding a short video of Jeff discussing his view that bitcoin| Gradually, Then Suddenly
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In the Bitcoin Times Energy Edition, Gideon Powell wrote about the cultural importance of having an abundance mindset–which was contrasted to a scarcity mindset. Gideon's piece, “Bitcoin, Energy, and Human Ingenuity”, struck a chord for me and got me to thinking more about the relationship between abundance and scarcity.| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Introduction & Overview to the Book The following downloadable PDF is the introduction to Gradually, Then Suddenly –A Framework for Understanding Bitcoin as Money. The introduction connects bitcoin's origin–its reason for being–to the Great Financial Crisis, beyond just the timing of its release. And in addition to providing a| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Why every business will decide to receive bitcoin payments. Someone-is-going-next logic. If not you, then who.| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Inspiration for the Gradually, Then Suddenly book cover art, meant to be an allegory of the individual's journey to bitcoin.| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Today, bitcoin is used predominantly as a long-term store of value. What I put forward is that bitcoin will transition from an exceptional store of value (albeit volatile and a bit clunky) to a currency used day-to-day that facilitates trade directly for goods and services. And that ultimately, virtually all| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Over the past week, Paul Krugman–collectively an academic "economist," a professor emeritus at Princeton, and an opinion columnist at the New Times–has weighed in several times on the status of inflation in America, assuring everyone that inflation is not as bad as everyone knows it to be. Despite| Gradually, Then Suddenly
Gradually, Then Suddenly (#18) January 2023 Bitcoin is often described as a hedge, or more specifically, a hedge against inflation. Chamath Palihapitiya, respected in many circles as a venture investor, once described bitcoin on CNBC as schmuck insurance, qualifying that it’s the single best hedge against the traditional financial| Gradually, Then Suddenly