The Rise of the Company Coins

There have been a number of dominant company coins over the last 800 years or so, all privately issued.  Most of these however have been maintained as monopolies over certain geographical regions.  Some people call them national currencies or fiat.  However many other company coins have tried to get in on the game: The trouble...

Scaling by Forking

By now you are probably familiar with the latest coins coming out which fork the BTC chain, effectively making an airdrop instead of a premine (or with a premine as well for the case of e.g. Bitcoin Gold).  The first that I know of to do this was CLAMS.  The biggest one is Bitcoin Cash....

Insane Facts About Bitcoin Infographic

By request, here's a nice large format infographic, for us to reminisce about the first 9 years of public coin.  Enjoy!  And follow the link at the bottom for more from bitcoinplay.net.   67 Insane Facts About Bitcoin [Infographic – Updated January 2018]  

The Trouble with ICOs

The trouble in general is that it should be ICCOs.  There's an elided "colored" in "Initial coin offering".  It would more properly be called "Initial colored coin offering".  But hey, it's too much of a mouthful and perhaps has not as nice a flavor coming off the tongue so people went with the shorter but...

Three Years of Woodcoin

On this occasion, let's go through why the LOGarithmic bitcoin we know as woodcoin is still alive after three years, has increased in value steadily, and is set up for further increase in value: 1) Decentralized There is no woodcoin company, no woodcoin premine, no woodcoin ICO.  Like bitcoin, there's no person or group of...

The Lorax - Doctor Seuss

Well I have read this thing out loud hundreds of times, it's a great story and hugely important literature.  Thanks Dr. Seuss!  Here's the original text for you, a not-so-subtle reminder that Trees and not Coins are what everyone needs.   THE LORAX ~Dr. Seuss At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows...