Theory

Bitcoin, Not Blockchain

September 6, 2019
Bitcoin, Economics, Gradually Then Suddenly, Blockchain, Theory

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This article by Parker Lewis was first published in Unchained blog.

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Bitcoin is Not Backed by Nothing

September 27, 2019
Bitcoin, Economics, Gradually Then Suddenly, Theory, Qe, Scarcity

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This article by Parker Lewis was first published in Unchained blog.

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On Bitcoin’s UX

September 20, 2020
Protocol, Theory, Practice

This article by Gigi was published on swanbitcoin.com website.

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Why the internet doesn’t feel as clumsy anymore is twofold: (1) we got used to the novel concepts the internet brought with it, and (2) countless layers of abstraction make interacting with the base layer easier.

There is an ongoing discus­sion in the Bitcoin space revolving around the topic of user experi­ence, or UX for short. Bitcoin still feels weird, clunky, and compli­cated at times. The main reason for this is that Bitcoin and its parts (the network, the protocol, the cryptog­raphy, the scripting language) are indeed weird, clunky, and compli­cated. Just like the internet was and arguably, still is.

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