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  El Silicon Valley de México: Bitcoin and the Success of MeXBT.com

  April 26th, 2014 by hayden

  If you plan to visit Silicon Valley, where Spanish names lend a sense of grand antiquity to the ornate libraries, and colleges and government agencies that stand in the foreground of youthful exuberance and financial acumen, look for MexBT.com.?? Against this backdrop of orange-purple sunsets and the personal ambitions of men and women who understand the liberating power of technology and commerce, walk amidst the former apricot orchards and ramshackle birthplaces of corporate titans. Then do indeed follow those Spanish streets and travel through Paseo de la Reforma and the greenery of Chapulltepec Park – experience El Silicon Valley de México.

   

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  Transparency and Technical Expertise

  March 19th, 2014 by hayden

  One of the aspects that is most loved about Bitcoin its transparency. Without transparency, how can one be certain that everything is working as it should? Transparent transactions call for transparent exchanges. Hayden Gill discusses the importance of this, and gives an example. Read More

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  Neither a Meltdown nor a Mortal Wound

  March 15th, 2014 by hayden

  Both the so-called experts and mainstream media claim that Bitcoin is unstable both as a currency and an investment. If you can't trust your money with the war machine, where, then, should one entrust their livelihood? Hayden Gill discusses how the fallout of Mt.Gox isn't the end of Bitcoin and gives context to the situation. Read More

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  South of the Border and Northward to Success

  March 2nd, 2014 by hayden

  Bitcoin has few entry points where regulation can really effect it, and exchanges is a major one. Hence, new Bitcoin exchanges are hard to come by. Hayden Gill reports on a new exchange in Mexico, MeXBT, and how Bitcoin can once again transcend borders. Read More

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  What Would Jeff Bezos Do?

  February 26th, 2014 by hayden

  More and more merchants, especially eCommerce merchants, are accepting bitcoin as payment. Some of the larger merchants like Overstock have jumped on board, but everyone is waiting to see what Amazon will do with Bitcoin, if anything. Hayden Gill explores some thoughts behind such an endeavor, and how that could be accomplished. Read More

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  The Greatest Case For Bitcoin

  February 18th, 2014 by hayden

  The greatest case for Bitcoin is not a matter of writing an elegant equation. We have no Einstein for such matters, though we have Doctors of Economics aplenty.

  Thankfully, there is one individual, himself a doctor, whose words reveal the folly of fiat money and the thievery of inflation. The doctor is none other than Dr. Evil.

  Hayden Gill reports. Read More

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  Service with a (Virtual) Smile!

  February 9th, 2014 by hayden

  In the world of Bitcoins, we can win the loyalty of merchants, banks, countries and consumers by learning from the late Steve Jobs's example. Does this mean we should, even the Android and PC users amongst us, become masters of media and cult-like figures of unflinching devotion? Please.

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  And Yet It Moves

  February 5th, 2014 by hayden

  In the war being fought for the future of Bitcoin, words are fiercely powerful and often poorly managed weapons.

  Hayden Gill weighs in today with another thought provoking piece, this time on how Galileo's experiance of running headlong into the astronomical status quo can be instructive to Bitcoin supporters. Read More

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  The China Syndrome

  January 27th, 2014 by hayden

  Practicing Quiet Diplomacy and Winning Mainland Acceptance of Bitcoins

  The China Question is a rhetorical issue of political, military and economic force. Its amorphous nature, changing from a matter of Cold War bellicosity to diplomatic engagement, converting yet again into White House summits and cultural exchanges, followed by massive investments and mutual bonds of financial interdependency, climaxed by "strategic competition"; it is this situation, nearly three-quarters of a century of revolution and upheaval – of five-year plans and great leaps forward, of famine, rapid industrialization and demands for personal liberty – it is this whirlwind of change, from communist power to capitalist excitement, that makes Chi... Read More