5 Unmissable Highlights From Consensus: Distributed 2020
Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk’s virtual version of their annual crypto conference, is done and dusted, but the best bits have just been made available to a housebound audience...
Governments Won’t Control Bitcoin, Hodlers ‘Will Never Sell’: Expert
Bitcoin will not end up under government control as a result of buying out major bagholders, says one of the industry’s best-known experts. Ammous: Bitcoin Hodlers Won’t Sell...
Economist Saifedean Ammous, ‘Bitcoin Over Everything’
In a recent tweet crypto analyst Saifedean Ammous says those investing in altcoins are losing a ‘zero sum game’. Bitcoin Over Everything Popular crypto analyst and economist...
Bitcoin Hashrate: Now 10X the Number of Grains of Sand on Earth
The Bitcoin network hash rate has climbed to an all-time high (ATH) of 69 quintillion hashes per second – 10x the number of grains of sand on Earth. More Hashes Per Second than...
Saifedean Ammous: It’s ‘Not Certain’ That Bitcoin Is Government-Proof
Bitcoin is not free from the threat of government interference, ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ author Saifedean Ammous warned mainstream media this week. Ammous: BTC Up 18 Million Percent...
Peter Schiff Believes Gov’t Can Shut Down Bitcoin More Easily Than Gold
Veteran gold bug Peter Schiff still thinks gold will win out over Bitcoin – because it is allegedly easier to shut Bitcoin down. Peter Schiff: Bitcoin Won’t See Use If...
‘You Can’t Buy Bitcoin’ – Is How Banks Promote Bitcoin, Says Economist
Economist Saifedean Ammous was recently interviewed on Stephan Livera’s Podcast. Ammous explained the best way government can defeat Bitcoin and why banning it actually helps the...
Why Bitcoin is Incomparable to History’s Famous Bubbles
Bitcoin economist Saifedean Ammous says that nothing has ever risen as fast and as much as Bitcoin price – which makes it ‘incomparable’ even to the most successful companies...
Idea of Central Banks Buying Bitcoin is ‘Far-Fetched’ – Saifedean Ammous...
Saifedean Ammous, economics professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard, spoke with Bitcoinist in an exclusive interview. He explains why he is encouraging people to...
Bitcoin Should ‘Depart’ From Proof-of-Work, Says Bank Of International Settlements
Bitcoin figures have dismissed the latest report on cryptocurrencies by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) after it claimed Bitcoin must stop using its Proof-of-Work...
Perfect Storm: Bitcoin Didn’t Exist in the Last Financial Crisis
Bitcoin has been quietly preparing for over a decade for the next market storm as a non-political alternative to the money printing pyramid. Bitcoin Separates Money and State Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Economist Saifedean Ammous Rips ‘Relics of the 20th Century’
What happens when you gather together a bunch of staunch, skeptical, middle-aged financial capitalists with a feisty, quick-witted Bitcoin economist like Saifedean Ammous? A whole...