2 weeks after South Africa launched Bitcoin with 650,000 merchants, Bitcoin payments are now available for over 4 million businesses with Square payment terminals. Same vibe as the Internet in 1994: a few users, lots of skeptics, but virtually no skeptics who actually used it.
If you've ever run a retail store, you know what this means. Years ago my wife and I owned a juicebar. The one expense we resented was credit card fees, but we had no alternative. That 1.5-3% fee could be 10% of profit. image Thank you @jack and Square. Gamechanging for small business owners
When responding respectfully to a whole bunch of people who had some basic misunderstandings about Bitcoin and energy, I used this principle from my own book. It worked! In this video I outline what it is and why it worked.
One of the most revolutionary concepts about leadership in 121 seconds!
In June last year, I was commissioned to write a report on if BTC mining companies should pivot into HPC/AI TL;DR - yes, but with some nuances It had an 18month embargo on it, but is now available to everyone. Some things are out of date, but hopefully still useful Enjoy!
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BTC and HPC - which game to play, when
BTC and HPC Where each makes sense, where the risks lie and what most HPC companies overlook Daniel Batten Note: Intel from this document include...
Imagine waking up to find the money you’ve saved for decades is worthless, because your government decreed overnight it was no longer legal tender This happened to Win Ko Ko Aung. Bitcoin literally changed his life. He tells his story in my newsletter πŸ‘‡
No Country for Old Money
In Issue #019 we saw how 329,000 refugees had used Bitcoin to set up their lives in a new country.Β After that was released, I got a message from a...
I've seen a lot of people trying to orangepill people unsuccessfully. Many of them are unsuccessful for the same reason: this one!
"Who makes a better boss. The jerk ... or likeable person?" The data is clear, but ...
Bitcoin cannot give you freedom ... Broke my sub-90sec rule to make this one. But it's topical (and personal)
The most important thing happening in Bitcoin this week is not the ATH...