The Commoner

Lightning Bugs and Regulatory Attacks on Bitcoin

These are two things you should be paying attention to moving forward.

Marty Bent

·October 21, 2023·3 min read

The Digital Euro is in the Preparation Phase

The move to a central bank digital currency regime is official upon us, freaks.

Marty Bent

·October 20, 2023·3 min read

A New Look and Feel: Truth for the Commoner

It has become abundantly clear that the media landscape is completely broken.

Marty Bent

·October 17, 2023·4 min read

The Borrower on the Other Side of Treasuries is a Deadbeat

Why on God's green Earth would anyone lend this entity money?

Marty Bent

·October 6, 2023·Updated October 17, 2023·4 min read

The New Bitcoin Custody Standard is Being Set

This is one of the beautiful aspects of the bitcoin network. It enables truly novel ways of archtecting financial products and arangements.

Marty Bent

·October 5, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read

A Recession is Going to Pour Fuel on the Growing Fiscal Fire

People aren't confident in the US economy at the moment and are actively offloading US debt as a result.

Marty Bent

·October 3, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read

The Fiat Endgame is Chaos

What we are witnessing now is a scenario so perplexing that it is completely borking the "irrational longer than you can stay solvent" trades.

Marty Bent

·September 29, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·3 min read

When Money Doesn't Work People Stop Working

This is an alarming trend that, if it is real, signals tough times ahead.

Marty Bent

·September 26, 2023·Updated October 13, 2023·3 min read

Death Athletic: On Securing 2nd Amendment Rights in the Digital Age

Whether you like it or not, the 2nd Amendment is an imperative if Americans are to ensure their freedom moving into the future.

Marty Bent

·September 22, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·2 min read

The Convergence of AI Data Centers and Bitcoin Mining

Once we reach the point where AI companies are competing on electricity price instead of access to machines the fight for cheap power contracts will become viscous and AI companies…

Marty Bent

·September 20, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·3 min read

Socialism in the West

History has shown that when the state steps in to run things that should be delegated to the free market things go terribly wrong.

Marty Bent

·September 18, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read

The UN Wants to Censor Free Speech

Don't give them an inch.

Marty Bent

·September 14, 2023·Updated October 17, 2023·6 min read

"Hoarding" is a Keynesian Slur

Marty Bent

·September 13, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·3 min read

Issue #1384: A GPU Mesh Network to Combat the Centralization of AI

It's early days, but the fact that many bitcoiners recognize the symbiotic relationship that is possible between AI and lightning and are quickly moving to bring products to market…

Marty Bent

·September 13, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·2 min read

Issue #1383: Demand Destruction is Backfiring

This is your life on central planning.

Marty Bent

·September 8, 2023·3 min read

Issue #1382: Bitcoin Mining Should Be Incentivizing Reliable Base Load

Unfortunately, at the moment it is hard to build out more reliable energy infrastructure because the unreliable infrastructure is being heavily subsidized, which is artificially ma…

Marty Bent

·September 7, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read

Issue #1381: A Tough Time to be a Bitcoin Miner

Bitcoin mining is the most ruthlessly competitive industry in the world and nothing makes this clearer than the current economics and landscape of the industry.

Marty Bent

·September 6, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·5 min read

Issue #1380: Labor Day Labor Market Reflections

As you take time to rest and reflect on this holiday I urge you to think about the effects government has on your quality of life and whether or not it deserves the influence it ha…

Marty Bent

·September 4, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read

Issue #1379: Using FROST to Increase Privacy in Collaborative Bitcoin Custody Models

I am of the persuasion that exploring everything currently at our fingertips that have been enabled because of upgrades like SegWit and Taproot before having discussions about cont…

Marty Bent

·August 31, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·3 min read

Issue #1378: Some Musings on a Potential Spot ETF Approval

The decision you make today will severely impact how many sats you have years down the line. Choose wisely.

Marty Bent

·August 29, 2023·Updated October 11, 2023·4 min read