On April 24, the Department of Justice continued its assault on open source developers, arresting Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill on allegations of money laundering. Rodriguez and Hill, operating the well-known…
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Congressman Talks Smack About Bitcoin Creator 'Saratoshi Nagamoto'
In a Financial Services Committee hearing this week, Rep. Brad Sherman (D–Calif.) had some choice words for bitcoin bros: JUST IN: ???????? US Congressman says #Bitcoin creator “Saratoshi Nagamoto” was not innovative….
Can Grandmas Be Bitcoin Cypherpunks? Q&A With Jameson Lopp
In October 2017, a SWAT team showed up at Jameson Lopp’s house in North Carolina, allegedly because of a fake complaint called in by someone angered by a tweet. So Lopp posted…
She's Suing the Fed To Open a Rothbardian Bitcoin Bank
Caitlin Long wants to start a new kind of bank…based on a very old model. “A 100 percent reserve bank that would keep all of our cash at the Fed,” she says. She…
Marc Andreessen on A.I., Bitcoin, and Billionaires
Marc Andreessen has helped a lot of people get rich—including Marc Andreessen. He’s made millions of people’s lives more fun, more efficient, or just a little weirder while making himself into a…
Debate: Bitcoin Is the Future of Free Exchange
Bitcoin Is an Effective Tool for Liberty Affirmative: Alex Gladstein Joanna Andreasson There was a time when it was fair to question whether bitcoin was an effective tool for liberty. In its…
Balaji's Bet: Bitcoin Hits $1 Million in 90 Days. Live With Balaji Srinivasan, Lawrence White, and Zach Weissmueller
“You buy 1 BTC. I will send $1M USD.” Those were the stakes that venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan proposed over Twitter to pseudonymous writer and self-described “tax enthusiast” James Medlock on March…
Libertarian Radio Host Ian Freeman Convicted for Helping People Buy Bitcoin
Ian Freeman believes he is, as a minister for the Shire Free Church in Keene, New Hampshire, a force for creating a more peaceful and just world. He thinks using and selling…