Bitcoin Archives

How Many Bitcoins Are Permanently Lost?

Bitcoin’s whitepaper, which recently turned 11 years old, is so concise that it makes only a passing mention of supply:

November 19, 2019

Macroeconomic Indicators for the Crypto-Economy

Just like a nation state’s economy has economic concepts (such as gross domestic product, inflation, and unemployment), a crypto asset

November 5, 2019

The Signal and the Nonce: Hunting for ASICs in Nonce Distributions

The Great ASIC Debate. Since the early days of Bitcoin, the community has argued about whether to fight against increasingly powerful mining

October 29, 2019

BTC Is Close to $1B of All-time Fees, But Fee Growth is Slowing

BTC is close to eclipsing $1 billion of cumulative, all-time transaction fees. As of October 13th, there have been $996,458,718

October 15, 2019

Large Market Sell-Off + BTC Hash Rate Dip

A double header this week: This week’s issue has two weekly features. The first is about the recent market sell-off,

October 1, 2019

ETH is Overtaking BTC in Daily Transaction Fees, Driven by Tether

ETH is on the verge of overtaking BTC in daily transaction fees. As of September 15th, ETH had $182,899 daily

September 17, 2019

Bitcoin and Tether Volume Distribution by Exchange

Exchanges are a crucial piece of the crypto ecosystem. Successful exchanges can help fuel tremendous growth. But exchanges also represent

September 10, 2019

Analyzing Wealth Distribution in Crypto

The distribution of wealth in crypto assets has been a recent topic of debate. The debate has centered around whether a lack

August 20, 2019

Bitcoin Shows Potential as A Unique Safe Haven Asset

Bitcoin was born as a response to a deep, global recession caused by a financial system driven to the brink

August 13, 2019

A Comparative Analysis of Bitcoin Forks

Bitcoin (BTC) has had many forks over the years, most of which have faded into obscurity. But one fork in

July 29, 2019

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