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If you've got nothing to hide...

A common retort to the argument that privacy is a fundamental, unalienable human right is that if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear. The p...

The strange story of Alexandre Cazes

Alexandre Cazes, the alleged co-founder and operator of Alphabay, committed suicide in a Thai jail cell in July of last year. The official narrative is Cazes ma...

Envisioning a Bitcoin Standard (Part II)

[](https://d.tube/!/v/deselby/3ah8yq3m) In part one, we discussed the effects and practical implications of a worldwide Bitcoin Standard. We saw how the cryptoc...

Envisioning a Bitcoin Standard

Have you ever imagined a world where Bitcoin is the de facto monetary standard everything was measured against? What impact would a switch to a new economic ord...

Wolf of Wall Street, Steve Madden Shoes, and the Crypto Bubble

The Wolf of Wall Street is at it again. >"This technology [Cryptocurrencies] is flawed. Flawed in the sense that it opens itself up to be manipulated. [...] Mon...

Coincheck Duped Users into Zero-Fractional Reserve Trading

Japanese exchange Coincheck is coming under intense public outcry over comments disparaging poor people by the CEO, as well as over allegations the exchange off...

Why I'm Glad Trevon James is Leaving Steemit

Youtube mini-celebrity and serial scammer Trevon James has started the process of powering down his stake in Steem. This comes in the heels of a massive wave of...

Calling Warren Buffet's Bluff on Cryptocurrencies

”They will come to a bad ending” The Oracle of Omaha recently prognosticated the demise of Bitcoin, despite admitting a complete lack of knowledge on the inner ...

NSA Compromises Tor; Targets Monero

We've all suspected it for the longest time, but now it's official. The NSA has, either partially or fully, compromised Tor, I2P, and VPN services. According to...

Tether and Bitfinex Served with Subpoena by the CFTC

Crypto markets are a sea of red again today, on account of a Bloomberg article revealing both Tether and Bitfinex have been served a subpoena by the CFTC. Bitco...

Coincheck hacked for $400 million! The State of Regulatory Oversight in Japan

Out of all the member states of the G-20 group, Japan has undeniably taken the most level-headed approach to market regulation for cryptocurrencies. As with all...

USDT Tether - Harbinger of Doom

A recent paper by a pseudonymous author has re-kindled speculation that Tether is either operating or facilitating a fractional reserve Ponzi scheme, on a massi...

Harvard Economist Ken Rogoff Dreams Of A Cashless Society And Bank Bail-ins

Today I want to share with my fellow Steemians an article from the popular news aggregation website Zero Hedge. The article, entitled 'Ken Rogoff Warns "China W...

Are You Permanent Tourist/Prior Taxpayer Material?

Are you sick and tired of being treated like a cash cow and milked for every penny you earn by your local corrupt government? Are you a professional blogger, st...

Switzerland Bans Boiling Lobsters Alive

Recently, the Swiss government has enacted a law banning the common culinary practice of boiling lobsters alive. The crustacean delicacy will continue being ser...

Requiem for BitConnect

Today BitConnect, one of the largest ponzi schemes in recorded history met its inevitable demise, destroying with it the life savings of thousands of small time...

The Silk Road And How To Cope With Market Crashes

On days like today when Bitcoin is in free fall and it seems like the entire crypto market is on the brink of annihilation, it's always important to take a step...

Foreclosure King Steven Mnuchin Looking Out For The Little Guy (Sarcasm)

Turns out I completely misjudged Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin. Here I was thinking he was just another abject, swamp-dwelling creature who profited ...

Has Blockstream Been Bought And Paid For By The Globalist Cabal?

Is Blockstream actively trying to undermine and subvert Bitcoin as a globalist tool for economic control by making it unusable for every day commerce? According...

The Rise and Fall of Ether Delta

I fell in love with Ether Delta the moment I learned about it around June of last year. Sure, the interface was clunky, lacking certain features we take for gra...