Bitcoin - The Libertarian Introduction (a primer on Bitcoin) - page 4.

Phinnaeus Gage

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Bitcoin: An Idea Worth Spending

Quote from: evoorhees on April 13, 2012, 02:12:18 PM

Hi all,

Earlier this week I was a guest on a radio show (Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock). During the interview, the host asked/demanded that I draft up a comprehensive overview of Bitcoin for those who were totally oblivious, and this would be released in the Freedom's Phoenix magazine today (April 13) for their April issue.

So of course I did, and the piece is now finished and published today. This is a primer on Bitcoin for liberty-minded folk, covering the topic from the lens of a non-techie libertarian. Even covering topics briefly, the document ended up at 14 pages single-spaced.

I've now republished this on my blog, so feel free to read and comment and copy and distribute at your leisure.

http://evoorhees.blogspot.com/2012/04/bitcoin-libertarian-introduction.html

I'll also be back on the radio show next week, to further discuss with the host and his audience why Bitcoin is the best thing to happen to human liberty since the internet.

Damn you, evoorhees! More great shit penned by you to read. I'm looking forward to reading this later today, for now I need to load a semi with barn wood destined to Valpo.

Later, bud.

~Bruno~

wachtwoord

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The Olympic torch has been out numerous times.

Of those I still think cancer is strongest (or maybe viruses or even cockroaches).

Maybe something more people than just me would associate with something positive: "like the universe that will keep on expanding exponentially no matter how long you wait"*

* According to the current theories

Technomage

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Affordable Physical Bitcoins - Denarium.com

Great article. You probably don't mind if I translate parts of this article and use them on a Finnish Bitcoin site (soon to be launched)?

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btw, evoorhees, I can't find it now, but I was reading some of your back in forth with the guy who is doing a ted talk and it was great. He was asking some great questions and you were giving some great answers. Just saying, good stuff.

-NE1

mcorlett

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I posted my thoughts on reddit.

matonis

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Great piece, Erik. Thanks for posting it on your blog. I forwarded it to some of my Austrian econ friends too.

BTW, what is the source (and date) of your bitcoin instances chart? http://files.campus.edublogs.org/blogs.umb.edu/dist/2/123/files/2012/01/countries-v5q30e.png because on a number of hosts basis RowIT shows it as US-1, Germany-2, Russia-3 http://bitcoinstatus.rowit.co.uk/ (scroll to bottom of page)

FreeMoney

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Strength in numbers

Thanks for the link to Seals. SealsWithClubs.com is wrong but does forward to SealsWithClubs.eu so it's not that wrong.

bitlizard

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thanks for writing that great article Erik i tipped you on twitter!

acoindr

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You know what, on thinking about that Libertarian Convention thread... if this article could be converted into small pamphlets and distributed there it might go over well I think.

BrightAnarchist

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Best article yet on Bitcoin

da2ce7

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Live and Let Live

I like the article, however your blog’s css needs a bit of work…

The most important thing to do is include a small padding either side of the article, so that the text doesn’t end at the same point as the boarder.

Secondly, place a black boarder around the images. (The same 1px black border that is around the two columns). Also place a 3 to 4 px margin around the pictures.

These simple changes will greatly improve the look of your blog.

muyuu

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Looks good independently of any libertarian bias, too.

acoindr

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This isn't only the best thing I've read on Bitcoin, it's the best thing I've read in a while, period. Informative, funny, cogent. Nice job! I actually got a chill from the last few sentences.

I have to re-post a few of my favorite lines:

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The press conferences of someone like Bernanke would become less and less important, because the currency he printed would be used in narrower and narrower circles. Instead of fighting the government, Bitcoin enables individuals to sidestep it - to ignore it to a large degree.

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Taking down Bitcoin websites would be like cutting the heads of a Hydra - for each successful severance, publicity and the profit motive would compel more sites to spring up (case in point: how many file sharing sites exist, other than MegaUpload?).

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Bitcoin is a highly volatile commodity with an extremely uncertain future. Grandmothers should not be putting retirement money into Bitcoin (nor in US dollars, for that matter).

There was also a line about a "decree by Bernanke" that I can't find, but for some reason made me laugh.

You also nailed the why Bitcoin is valuable question.

This should be spread far and wide.

majamalu

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The best article about Bitcoin I've read to date (and I've read them all).

acoindr

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Wow, haven't finished it, but it's really good.

Explodicle

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Quote from: jack (in the blog post comments)

Great Post! I love reading bitcoin articles from people who genuinely 'get it'

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It always makes me feel better to know some other people realize what is happening, and maybe I'm not so crazy. Cheesy

Tuxavant

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Bitcoin Mayor of Las Vegas

Great article. Enjoyed reading it and will pass it along to all my Libertarian friends!

MatthewLM

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Bitcoin promotion: "You can buy drugs online with it."

It's quite easy.

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My money; Our Bitcoin.

Quote from: wachtwoord on April 13, 2012, 05:45:12 PM

People should grow up.

They should... We should. But I for one won't hold my breath waiting for it.

And the thing about (sub/un)conscious reactions is that we don't know about them, by definition, and don't have much choice about their influence on us.

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Nah I love the metaphor and I have lost two family members to cancer. People should grow up.

Very nice piece of work evoorhees, the best description of Bitcoin for non-technical yet intelligent people I have read thus far.

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