Announcement of the Miner’s Manifesto

Bitcoin miners and all cryptocurrency miners play a very important role in our community. They set up miners, incur electricity expenses, and deal with mining companies to ensure that we all have the freedom to transact securely with digital currencies. As more miners plug in their equipment, our networks are protected from double spend attacks.…

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Crypto-anarchists Versus Government, Who Will Win The War to Regulate Bitcoin?

Earlier this year Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s financial services superintendent, said he intended to initiate the biggest move towards regulating bitcoin. Lawsky told CNN Money that he planned do this by administering “BitLicenses” to companies dealing with bitcoins, allegedly to protect the public from fraud. Without explaining how exactly, Lawsky said he’d impose regulation on…

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Bitcoin at Vancouver Car Free Day

Car Free Day Vancouver is taking place in mid-June on Main Street. The event occurs on Father’s Day each year (June 15), and is entirely volunteer organized and for years has been promoting car free transportation in Vancouver. The event has a history of community involvement, moving the city into the future and inspiring others…

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You Say Bitcoin Has No Intrinsic Value? Twenty-two Reasons to Think Again.

Intrinsic Value Defined: Let’s agree what the term “Intrinsic Value” means. For this article we will use the common Wikipedia entry for the intrinsic theory of value. This is found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic_theory_of_value An intrinsic theory of value (also called theory of objective value) is any theory of value in economics which holds that the value of an object, good or service, is intrinsic or…

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