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What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormack

Dec 31, 2021

Location: Remote
Date: Tuesday 28th December
Project: Tales from the Crypt, the Rabbit Hole Recap
Role: Co-host, host

Twelve months ago, we felt 2020 had been a defining year for Bitcoin, yet it pales into insignificance compared to what bitcoin has done in 2021. Microstrategy, Elon Musk, El Salvador, China, the list...


Dec 29, 2021

Location: New York
Date: Wednesday 8th December
Project: lynalden.com
Role: Macroeconomist

These are strange times. The US Dollar’s established role as the global reserve currency is under threat from competing powers, most notably China. However, at the same time, Bitcoin, a nascent and denigrated decentralized...


Dec 27, 2021

Location: Remote
Date: Thursday 23rd December
Companies: Hypersheet
Role: Co-Founder

2021 has been a year like no other in Bitcoin. The market has matured dramatically with increased institutional interest following the Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy playbook, El Salvador driving nation-state adoption and more...


Dec 22, 2021

Location: New York
Date: Thursday 9th December
Companies: Galaxy Digital; Hut 8 Mining
Role: Head of Mining; CEO

Satoshi’s white paper introduced the principle of bitcoin mining as both an incentive for creating new blocks, as a means to distribute coins into circulation, and as a means of encouraging nodes to remain...


Dec 20, 2021

Location: New York
Date: Sunday 5th December
Project: Ethereum
Role: Core Developer

The Proof of Work (PoW) consensus protocol is under relentless attack. 

Earlier this month The House of Representatives held a hearing on digital assets. Rashida Tlaib dismissively questioned Proof of Work PoW, quoting erroneous Bitcoin...