Hyperbitcoinization is a voluntary transition from an inferior currency to a superior one…    …Hyperbitcoinization should be accompanied by a rapid improvement in productivity and wealth…    …Hyperbitcoinization will probably be a confusing time for everyone, like a second adolescence. However, once it is over, no one will be able to imagine

Several years ago when I discovered Bitcoin and the growing world of cryptocurrencies, my instinct was to dive in with full force. I wanted to learn everything about how Bitcoin works and why we need it, about the cryptography behind privacy coins like Monero, Grin and zCash, about smart contract

This month, Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador. This is a historical landmark in the world of finance, and the reception has been unsurprisingly divided. On one hand, it marks a move towards an exciting future for Bitcoin, globally. It also presents an opportunity for Bitcoin to deliver on

Nayib Bukele sure ain’t your average politician. The president of El Salvador, when confronted with an accusation of becoming a dictator, changed his Twitter bio to “Dictador de El Salvador” (Dictator of El Salvador), and later spiced it up to “El Dictador más cool del mundo mundial” (The coolest

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never argue with a Nocoiner. Nature abhors a vacuum, and debunking the latest Bitcoin FUD will just create a void to be filled with even dumber FUD. Our latest example comes from an employee of the Dutch

The classic IT panacea of “turning it off and on again,” popularized by the 2006 show The IT Crowd, was recently tried on Solana, a supposedly decentralized smart contract platform. To be fair, Solana validators didn’t turn the network off per se, it halted on its own. The halting

In this, the last of his weekly column The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, Obi reflects on how quickly hegemony has been achieved - and looks forward to many more new mountains to climb. After ten years fighting at Troy and another decade travelling home, Ulysses could have retired in comfort

Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most