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Issue #1217: Q1 2022 Monetary Base update

This is an extremely impressive feat for an alien monetary technology that was dropped on humanity a little over thirteen years ago.

Marty Bent

May 30, 20223 min read

Issue #1217: Q1 2022 Monetary Base update

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Issue #1216: Stop seething, start acting

I'll be the first to admit it, I often find myself mad as hell online. Raging into the void against the machine.

Marty Bent

May 27, 20224 min read

Issue #1216: Stop seething, start acting

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Issue #1215: The central bankers are filled with nervous laughter

In the last decade and a half the central bankers have proven to be completely incompetent.

Marty Bent

May 25, 20224 min read

Issue #1215: The central bankers are filled with nervous laughter

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Issue #1214: Silent payments

This would provide increased utility for those looking to receive bitcoin payments with better privacy assurances and less interactivity with the chain.

Marty Bent

May 25, 20222 min read

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Issue #1212: Save a friend, tell them to get out of the Coinbase casino

I would call it a shame, but it's really worse than that.

Marty Bent

May 20, 20223 min read

Issue #1212: Save a friend, tell them to get out of the Coinbase casino

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Issue #1211: The competition isn't very transparent

The public should know how decisions are being made because those decisions have material effects on the ability for people to save or simply operate within the economy.

Marty Bent

May 18, 20224 min read

Issue #1211: The competition isn't very transparent

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Issue #1210: Bitcoin gives you control. That's the fundamental value.

Knowing that I actually control my money is a type of peace of mind that a fully "stable" monetary good being controlled by corrupted middlemen simply cannot provide.

Marty Bent

May 17, 2022Updated March 11, 20243 min read

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