Joakim Book
@joakimbook
Managing Editor, @bitcoinmagazine Print @thebtcmag. Fellow with @SoundMoneyDef. Bylines at @aier @Mises. All writing at: http://Authory.com/joakimbook
Every time some apologist for central banks credits Walter Bagehot for explaining why they are needed, that great Victorian polymath rolls over in his grave.
I went on CNBC in India this week and told them bitcoin is going to $1 million because that's just how you do it now. Have a great weekend, count your blessings!
For over a year, I've been wondering - can we improve Bitcoin's settlement assurances and stabilize Nakamoto consensus? And how will new opcodes and new fees impact miner economics and, more critically, network stability? We explore this and more in Pooling in OP_CAT's World
Research shows that women tend to be conformist. They used to be more religious than men; now they’re more woke. When the institutions that define culture (university, media) become increasingly female, you get a positive feedback loop
Is there an ideological narrative that explains this? (Seems like something we need.) ... x.com/kangminjlee/st…
Fiat makes it difficult to discern whether gains are from dilution or productivity
Instead it holds that a loan initially increases the lending bank’s total liabilities and assets by the loan amount. Once the borrower spends all the proceeds and transactions are settled, cet. par. his balance returns to zero, and the bank parts w/ as many reserves. 4/
Sunday morning activity: Touch grass, drink coffee, get sun, read @VijaySelvamXO
A rather raggedy looking print copy of @BitcoinMagazine (that could have been printed in a friend's garage) orange pilled me in 2013. 12 years later that same publication has a correspondent in the White House. We've come a long loooong way. My good friend, @frankcorva, so…
bitcoinmagazine.com/industry-event… I had the privilege to be interviewed by the great @joakimbook for this quick article (it's a 5-minute read). BTCHEL is the fastest-growing, most spoken about, upcoming alternative event in the bitcoinsphere. Check it out and pass it on!
NEW: Extremely honored that parts of my new book „Exponential Gold“ are being featured in the latest edition of The Big Read in @BitcoinMagazine ! 🎉 Thanks to the greatest editor of all time @joakimbook and the whole team at Bitcoins Magazine for making this possible! 🙏
how we do salary reviews at @BitcoinMagazine
Does @frankcorva deserve a raise?
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 White House says it is exploring de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin "to make crypto payments easier." 👀
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I am excited to be part of the launch of Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company, led by the incredible @adam3us and his team. BSTR will merge with $CEPO to acquire ~30K Bitcoin on its balance sheet, which would make it the 4th largest public Bitcoin treasury. @Official_Cantor is…
E16: Free-market economics is working, tariffs aren't, a breakthrough malaria drug for babies, switching off the doom, and much more: @theupwing theupwing.com/edition16/ “A more fact-based look at the world shows that it’s better than it looks.”
President Trump campaigned on making the U.S. the Bitcoin Superpower of the World. So far, he is delivering. However, DC still needs to fix the unfair taxation of Bitcoin -- as discussed at today's @WaysandMeansGOP hearing. Zach Whiting discusses in @BitcoinMagazine today: