Bitcoin and the Regression Theorem (UT Mises Circle)
Peter Šurda 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…
Smiling Dave responds, or not
A short while ago, I made a post explaining the contradictions of Smiling Dave. It didn’t take long and Smiling Dave responded. Or at least he seems to think that…
The contradictions of Smiling Dave
For quite some time, I have been involved in online arguments with a guy who calls himself Smiling Dave. He blogs on his blog, and posts on Mises.org community forums,…
Economics of Bitcoin discussed at UT Mises Circle
On January 28th 2013, UT Mises Circle discussed my master’s thesis “Economics of Bitcoin” and I was invited as a guest. The meeting was conducted over Google+ Hangout, and the…