How to stay in control of your Bitcoin? — The events of last week, which continue to reverberate today, with the fall of a centralized lending platform, and the suspension of withdrawals from the world’s largest exchange, should make us reflect once again on the great importance of the self-custody of our assets, and especially Bitcoin. Bitcoin was designed…

Nadie puede negar el hecho de que atesorar activos de bajo riesgo como oro, propiedades inmobiliarias, bonos del tesoro de Estados Unidos, etc, siempre significó una gran diferencia comparativa respecto a no tenerlos, o ser poseedor de activos de mayor riesgo, como acciones, bonos soberanos de países emergentes, efectivo en…

The principles of Bitcoin-backed loans — No one can deny the fact that hoarding low-risk assets such as gold, real estate, US treasury bonds, etc., …

Last week of May — first week of June Panama’s Towerbank just declared itself Bitcoin-friendly Towerbank, a top 30 banking institution in Panama, just declared itself bitcoin-friendly in an announcement on Twitter from Cristobal Pereira, the executive director of the Latam Blockchain Summit, the meetup where Towerbank made the announcement. Sultanate of Oman backs Bitcoin mining firm to cut gas flaring

De demonio a salvador — Durante los últimos cinco años, la narrativa acerca del sector minero de Bitcoin ha girado increíblemente, de ser una industria terrible que estaba a punto de consumir toda la producción de energía del planeta, al borde de hervir los océanos extinguiendo toda vida sobre la faz de la tierra; a…

The last week of April — Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as a payment currency The Central African Republic has become the first country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender currency. The National Assembly unanimously adopted the bill to help put the country’s plan for economic recovery and peace-building on track. The minister of digital economy, post services and telecommunications, Gourna Zacko, and…

The impact of Bitcoin mining — During the last five years, the narrative about the Bitcoin mining sector has incredibly shifted from being a terrible industry that was about to consume all energy production of the world and was at the brink of boiling the extinction of the oceans all over the earth, to become a…

No confíes, verifica! — Durante gran parte del siglo XX, antes de la aparición de los medios digitales de pago, el dinero circulaba básicamente en formato físico, en forma de billetes y monedas. Estos son instrumentos al portador, fungibles y de condición anónima. Con solo tenerlos en tu poder se convierten en tu propiedad…

2nd week of April — Intel has announced details for its new bitcoin mining chip The Intel Blockscale ASIC will ship in Q3 2022. The chipmaker will supply customers with only the ASIC ship itself, instead of shipping a fully-fledged mining system as currently common in the industry. …