A killer feature for wallets and exchanges joni Juli 03, 2014 Add Comment Blockchain, Coinbase, Exchanges, Service, Wallets Edit Awhile back I was working on some software for a Bitcoin ATM that didn't offset its Bitcoin sales instantly at an exchange. During that ... Read More
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times joni Juni 29, 2014 Add Comment Irving Fisher, money illusion, Scott Sumner, stock market and equities, System of National Accounts Edit You may know by now that the final revision of U.S. first quarter GDP revealed a shocking 2.9% decline while its mirror image, gross domest... Read More
Bitcoin for charities joni Juni 28, 2014 Add Comment Bitcoin 100, Bitpay, charity, Sean's Outpost Edit The Bitcoin technology has a lot to offer to the non-profit sector. This message permeated the Bitcoin in the Beltway conference. It doesn’... Read More
The monetary economics of the roll-up joni Juni 22, 2014 Add Comment Carl Menger, liquidity premium, stock market and equities Edit The so-called corporate "roll up" lies at the conjunction of finance and monetary economics. For those monetary econom... Read More
When the good drives out the bad joni Juni 16, 2014 Add Comment coins, credit cards, Gresham's Law, intra-Eurosystem credit, zero lower bound Edit There's a fairly regular monetary phenomenon that needs a name. It's similar in nature to Gresham's law, yet the inverse version... Read More
Why loonies circulate but Susan B. Anthony dollars don't joni Juni 08, 2014 Add Comment Bank of Canada, Bitcoin, cash, coins, Federal Reserve Edit What causes a new currency to survive while others fail? Why do some cryptocoins never see the light of day while others enjoy successful la... Read More
Scott Sumner vs. the Real Bills Doctrine joni Juni 03, 2014 Add Comment Federal Reserve, John Law, Mike Sproul, quantity theory of money, real bills doctrine, Scott Sumner Edit This is a guest post by Mike Sproul . Mike's last guest post is here . Scott Sumner and I have argued about the backing theory of money ... Read More