Why hasn't Canadian Tire Money displaced the Canadian dollar?

Canadians will all know what Canadian Tire Money is, but American and overseas readers might not. Canadian Tire, one of Canada's larges...

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Nobody needs Counterparty - a discussion on needs and wants

About a month ago, I had a comment exchange on /r/Bitcoin with /u/brighton36 , the community director of  Counterparty . A lot of differe...

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A 21st century gold standard

Imagine waking up in the morning and checking the hockey scores, news, the weather, and how much the central bank has adjusted the gold cont...

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Uphold - a follow-up

Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about Uphold's proof of solvency . Since then, I was in contact with Rebecca Geller, a PR, and by her...

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ETFs as money?

Blair Ferguson. Source: Bank of Canada Passive investing is eating Wall Street . According to 2015 Morningstar data , while actively managed...

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Transaction data vs metadata - interpreting what has happened

With Bitcoin as well as most " Crypto 1.0 " currencies, the transactions are simple and elegant. You specify which coins you'r...

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