Sergio Schout

Greece, Europe and Bitcoin.
Greece, one of the world’s regions that was known for ratio, philosophy and mathematics in the ancient world is under siege. These days, Greece and the lending/repayment actions are...

Interview With an Economics Professor: “Bitcoin Has a Lot of Problems”
I had the chance to interview a professor of economics and CEO of an international investment group. As requested, the interviewee’s name will not be published. Instead, the...

Exclusive Interview With Factom CEO Peter Kirby
A note from the Editor: In recent months, Factom has made a splash in the Bitcoin community. The goal of the Factom project is to create a “scalable data layer for the...

Bitcoin Blockchain Technology, Insurance and Police
We recently published an article about blockchain-esque technology and its uses for a couple sectors. What we mean by “blockchain-esque” is that tracking, ownership of goods, etc...

Inside Bitcoins New York Day 3: Morning and Noon
Here is Bitcoinist’s day 3 coverage of the Inside Bitcoins New York conference! Also read: Inside Bitcoins New York Day 2: Afternoon and Evening Solving Real Business Problems...

Inside Bitcoins New York Day 2: Afternoon and Evening
Here is Bitcoinist’s coverage of the afternoon and evening sessions of the Inside Bitcoins day 2 coverage! Also read: Inside Bitcoins NYC Presentation Day 1 (Morning till Noon)...

Inside Bitcoins NYC Presenation Day 1 (morning till noon)
Bitcoin: The Final Piece of the Protocol Puzzle. Bitcoin is VoIP, Bitcoin is TCP/IP, Bitcoin is anything, and Bitcoin is everything. The second day of the Inside Bitcoins Conference in...

Expectations For Inside Bitcoins NY
Whenever I go to a conference, I always write an “expectations” article. In those articles, I pick out a couple of interesting speakers and panels that I want to hear. This...

Is Bitcoin The Future of Micropayments?
A micropayment is a type of payment that uses relatively small amounts of money to purchase every day items, such as food and drink. Now that bitcoin’s user base is growing, it...

Can you live solely on Bitcoin? Coinify Project Trys to Find Out
There is currently a special bitcoin project being conducted in Denmark. Coinify is teaming up with Danish journalist Elías Christian Lundström for their experiment; can someone live...

Response to Critics That Say The Blockchain Has No Value
UPDATE: In this article we used a picture from blockchain.info which has been deleted! The company Blockchain and its products have nothing to do with what the author writes in this...

Texas Bitcoin Conference: The Information Theory of Money
The 2015 Texas Bitcoin Conference will showcase a keynote delivered by George Gilder, who will discuss themes from his upcoming book, Bitcoin & Gold: Information Theory of Money...