My 9/11 RemembranceEvery five years, I re-post what I wrote on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, which I witnessed first-hand in Lower Manhattan.Sep 11, 20211Sep 11, 20211
China is a MirrorThe latest case against Xi Jinping’s China comes from legendary investor and philanthropist George Soros in the Wall Street Journal. He…Aug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021
Technology isn’t Neutral. Even Decentralized Cryptocurrencies.The cryptocurrency community has been in a tizzy over tax reporting language in the Biden Administration’s infrastructure bill. There are…Aug 7, 2021Aug 7, 2021
Regulating Cryptocurrency Markets: First, Do SomethingWhat Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong got right and wrong about the lessons from the Clinton-Gore approach to e-commerce. And why it matters.May 15, 2021May 15, 2021
China, Cyber-Containment, and the New Cold WarShortly after World War II, U.S. State Department official George Kennan wrote an anonymous article in Foreign Affairs advocating a…Nov 27, 2019Nov 27, 2019
The Economics Blockchain Design: A Real-Time Review of Current ResearchA really important paper (or technically extended abstract) by Christian Catalini, Ravi Jagadeesan, and Scott Duke Kominers was posted…Jun 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019
Disruptive ChinaPeople in the technology world love the word, “disruption.” Though widely mis-used, the concept draws valuable attention to the fact that…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Blockchain Isn’t a RevolutionIt’s two big innovations and one promising ideaJun 18, 201840Jun 18, 201840
The History of Bitcoin in One Chart (And it Says Nothing About Prices!)(Originally published June 8, 2018 on LinkedIn)Jun 12, 20184Jun 12, 20184
Bitcoin and the Missing SpiderThere is a comment attributed (almost certainly incorrectly) to Albert Einstein, in which the great physicist was asked to explain how…Jan 24, 20181Jan 24, 20181