I’ve decided it is time to move on from Ravencoin ($RVN). Why? Ravencoin was built from first principles. Much like Bitcoin, it assumed the rules of supply and demand, and incentives based economics. I’ve been reading modern economics, and apparently the first principles just don’t apply anymore. How this happened…

What do states want? Most states want innovators, talent, and treasure to migrate to their state. Attracting the right innovator might provide the state hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of jobs. The way to do that is to have the most friendly environment. This can include things like low…

In order to craft good legislation, it is critical to understand some first principles of crypto (Digital Assets). “Crypto” as it is used here, includes Bitcoin, Ravencoin, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and similar open-source projects. It does not include centralized entities like exchanges (Kraken, Coinbase, Binance, etc), which hold crypto for…

This is an article that I wrote on September 3, 2014. link Republished here to address some questions about value and mining difficulty after Ravencoin’s first halving yesterday. I have not edited it, so it still references Bitcoin, but the same logic applies to Ravencoin and other proof-of-work crypto currencies. …

Join me on this journey of understanding NFTs. We’re not diving into the technical details of NFTs, but the why of NFTs. What is an NFT? The acronym stands for of Non-fungible Token. Fungible means that one thing can easily be replaced by another of the same thing. So, non-fungible…

Digital dividends are blockchain-asset dividends issued legally and 1:1 to shareholders of a public company. They have the potential to reconcile sloppy accounting and force a reconciliation with naked short sellers. How? A bit of background. In 2015, I worked for t0 (now tZero) where I learned quite a bit…

It’s natural for other countries to see the mistakes China is making in restricting the use and mining of Bitcoin. Then see the US potentially strangling, in the crib, the most innovative technology since the internet. Most countries, wisely, want to welcome the crypto community to their shores. At our…

Let’s start with the good. A Bitcoin ETF can be purchased and held in a Roth IRA for Bitcoin exposure that will not be taxed. Companies that aren’t allowed to hold BTC might be able to have Bitcoin exposure through an ETF. Companies that don’t know how to secure their…

Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness. In Hinduism and Buddhism, nirvana is the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person’s individual desires and suffering go away. This might seem like hyperbole, but let me explain why this pairing is so perfect. …