Magical Thinking: Bitcoin Gathers at Disney
Bitcoin partying at an Orlando hotel with worshippers of the blockchain.
Currency
The Symbolic Seashell
On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.
The Ticking Euro Bomb
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.
This Australian Says He and His Dead Friend Invented Bitcoin
Uncovering the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.
Nakamoto's Neighbor: My Hunt For Bitcoin's Creator Led To A Paralyzed Crypto Genius
The Bitcoin ghostwriter who wasn’t.
The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency
A cultural history of Bitcoin and what happened when the nascent virtual currency began to be covered by the mainstream media.
Mad Money
The rise and fall of Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the most successful (and some say illegal) alternative currency in the U.S.
Interview: Douglas Rushkoff
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."
Virtual Currency
On Bitcoin, the world’s first “decentralized digital currency.”
Penny Dreadful
Not only is the penny useless, it costs the U.S. Treasury $50 million per year. So why is it still around?
