Response to Patrik Korda #4
Peter Šurda This is a followup to the previous replies to Korda: Re: Bitcoin Bubble 2.0 by Patrik Korda The classification and the future of Bitcoin (another Re: Patrik Korda) Is Bitcoin…
Jeff Tucker interviewed me earlier today
The video is on youtube now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufYk_WDckw Edit: updated URL with a new version that has better audio sync.
… but you can use fiat to pay taxes!
One of the critiques I’ve heard regarding Bitcoin, in particular from fans of the Austrian school, is that you can use fiat money to pay taxes, and that gives it…
Bitcoin and the Regression Theorem (UT Mises Circle)
This Monday, I was a guest at the weekly University of Texas Mises Circle. Originally, this was supposed to be attended by Konrad S. Graf and Patrik Korda, who have…
Interview on Slovak national radio
Slovak national radio just interviewed me about Bitcoin. I think it went ok. It will air today, 18:18 CET, on Rádio Slovensko (the main channel). After it airs, you can…
Is Bitcoin a money substitute?
Intro This post is a third reaction to Patrik Korda’s article about Bitcoin. There have been three main topics in our debate: regression theorem competition under network effect money substitutes…
Interview: How Cryptocurrencies Could Upend Banks’ Monetary Role
Earlier this week, Jon Matonis, inspired by random posts I’ve been making all over the internet over the last year or so, interviewed me via email. The posts and my…
The classification and the future of Bitcoin (another Re: Patrik Korda)
A short while ago I wrote a post where I made some arguments regarding an earlier article about Bitcoin by Patrik Korda. Patrik and I had a long session in…
Re: Bitcoin Bubble 2.0 by Patrik Korda
Patrik Korda recently published an critique of Bitcoin: http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/7761841-patrik-korda/1616371-bitcoin-bubble-2-0. I get agitated when I disagree with others, so I wrote a rebuttal. Competition under the network effect Korda’s first argument…
Bitcoin Conference 2013 (San Jose)
The list of panelists for the Bitcoin Conference 2013 (the one in San Jose, California, there’s also going to be a second one in November in Vienna) has been announced…