Medium
Apr 2013
A cultural history of Bitcoin and what happened when the nascent virtual currency began to be covered by the mainstream media.
currency
6 articles
Indianapolis Monthly
Jun 2012
The rise and fall of Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the most successful (and some say illegal) alternative currency in the U.S.
HiLobrow
Nov 2011
An interview with the ‘media ecologist’ on corporations, feudalism, the Dark Ages, the birth of currency, debt, how PR was invented, and why—
"...Any man that has a mortgage to pay is not going to be a revolutionary. With that amount to pay back, he’s got a stake in the system. True, he’s on the short end of the stick of the interest economy, but in 30 years he could own his own home."
Der Spiegel
Oct 2011
Built on a foundation of debt and trickery, where economic principles were sacrificed to romantic political visions, the Euro has become the world’s most dangerous currency. How the utopian dream of a common currency turned tragic.
New Yorker
Mar 2008
Not only is the penny useless, it costs the U.S. Treasury $50 million per year. So why is it still around?
