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Why We Can’t Price Anything in Bitcoin

In this post I try to explain the “unit of account” function of money and why cryptocurrency can’t fulfill it, using El Salvador as an example.

Published 2022-01-10
Categorized as Cryptocurrency Tagged bitcoin, cryptocurrency, El Salvador, Ethereum, money, taxes

Bitcoin to Ethereum

I explain the harm reduction that we can get, if we’re going to live with cryptocurrencies at all, by migrating from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, or by starting with proof-of-stake for new blockchains.

Published 2022-01-09
Categorized as Cryptocurrency Tagged bitcoin, blockchain, climatechange, cryptocurrency, Ethereum, finance, money, risk

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