#A Week of Satoshi

A Week of Satoshi Pt. 5: What Is on the Horizon for Bitcoin?

November 2, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia

Bitcoin is set to witness a range of upgrades that will address its network’s challenges and potentially cement its leadership position as the world’s largest digital currency for decades to come. The fifth part in our A Week of Satoshi series will provide insight into the planned improvements for the...

A Week of Satoshi Pt. 4: Big Bitcoin Moments (2013 – 2018)

November 1, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia

The period 2013 to 2018 was, in many ways, Bitcoin’s coming-of-age. It featured everything from exchange hacks worth tens of millions of dollars, law enforcement busting a seedy darknet website offering illegal goods and services for bitcoin, to newfound regulatory spotlighting all around the world, and an all-time high market...

Big Bitcoin Moments 2008 - 2013 (A Week of Satoshi)

A Week of Satoshi Pt. 3: Big Bitcoin Moments (2008 – 2013)

October 31, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia

The Cambrian explosion of cryptocurrencies has behaved much in the same way as in biology. What wasn’t weeded out by a stronger species, didn’t navigate its way through a myriad of natural challenges and establish itself as antifragile, placed itself in league with other battle-tested, long-haul species. Bitcoin is no...

A Week of Satoshi Pt. 2: A Faceless Response to the Power of Centralization

October 30, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia

Roughly ten years ago, towards the end of 2008 when the world was at the height of one of the most significant breakdowns of the global financial industry, the Bitcoin white paper was published and sent to a list of recipients by an individual, or a group of individuals, under...

A Week of Satoshi Pt. 1: The Cultural and Economic Birthplace of Bitcoin

October 29, 2018 by contributor at Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia

Modern man and woman are fundamentally tied to the standards, barriers, and incentives set out by most economic models. Paying a mortgage, student debt, and income taxes all contribute to the humanness of contemporary times. More importantly, this relationship is inherently tied to the political machine. The State’s Love Affair...