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A double-spend in Bitcoin?!
Yesterday, there were several news reports about a “double spend” in Bitcoin and some went a step further and described Bitcoin as being...
Benjamin de Waal
Jan 23, 20213 min read
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Cryptocurrencies Beyond Bitcoin?
Introduction I talk a lot about Bitcoin but a few people I know from outside of the Bitcoin space have asked me why I don’t talk about...
Benjamin de Waal
Feb 18, 202016 min read
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Understanding Opportunity Cost and Bitcoin
Opportunity Cost In life, you make choices. For nearly every choice you make, there are both positives and negatives to each alternative...
Benjamin de Waal
Feb 17, 20205 min read
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What is Intrinsic Value?
In November of 2018, I wrote an article titled “Bitcoin: Honest Money”. There, I made several claims and comments about intrinsic...
Benjamin de Waal
Feb 2, 20205 min read
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Interview with a Bitcoiner
Preamble In November of 2019, my employer decided to create an interview with me to be published on the company website. We did this in...
Benjamin de Waal
Nov 4, 201912 min read
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“Virtual Currencies” according to the EBA
In July of 2014, the European Banking Association (EBA) published EBA/Op/2014/08, “EBA opinion on ‘virtual currencies’“. This was...
Benjamin de Waal
Sep 3, 20194 min read
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A Primer on Money
Money is a Communication Tool It’s often very difficult to explain to people what Bitcoin is. The main reason for this is that the...
Benjamin de Waal
Aug 14, 201921 min read
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The Bitcoin Block Size Debate
What is the Block Size Debate? Bitcoin uses a blockchain. This is a data structure that records blocks of transactions in a special way...
Benjamin de Waal
Aug 13, 201911 min read
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Your blockchain project will fail because you don’t understand Bitcoin
This article is addressed to you, the business professional that has heard about Blockchain technology and how it will revolutionise...
Benjamin de Waal
Nov 15, 20185 min read
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Bitcoin: Honest Money
Bitcoin is honest money. But what do I mean when I say that? The problem stems from the fact that most people don’t actually understand...
Benjamin de Waal
Nov 14, 201814 min read
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A Response to CME’s “In-Depth Look at the Economics of Bitcoin”
This was written by request of a colleague as a response to this article published by the CME group in April of 2018 so that he could get...
Benjamin de Waal
Jul 18, 20188 min read
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Bitcoin: What you need to know
You’ve probably heard something about Bitcoin. What you’ve heard depends greatly on who you are and what circles you’re in. Most people...
Benjamin de Waal
Jan 8, 201719 min read
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