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Shorting the state – how to benefit from parallel solutions and competition with the state
So, you are a libertarian, you are sure that most statist solutions are a failure. How do you benefit from this belief? Belief without skin in the game can be a good…
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10 fun things to do to improve your privacy and go on a strike – to a parallel economy
Oh no, another list of “10 things…”. This one started as a set of X/Mastodon posts about things to try to improve your privacy and be conscious of what you are doing.…
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Lunarpunk – the future of cryptocurrencies in regulatory hell
When there was a battle of “ideologies” going on around me during high school – the Nazis (yay central Slovakia!), the metalheads and the punks, the hippies and the normies, I was…
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Become a Bitcoin ❤️-brand: Why accept Bitcoin?
What is the motivation to accept Bitcoin payments in your business and why are many companies and businesses enthusiastic about doing so? If I see an establishment with a Bitcoin sticker on…
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Test of Bitcoin lightning wallets
Lightning network enables fast and inexpensive Bitcoin payments. I wrote about how to use it in my book Cryptocurrencies – hack your way to a better life (my e-shop, Amazon). In this article,…
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The law of cryptocurrency isomorphism
I’m assuming you’ve never heard of the law of cryptocurrency isomorphism, because I just made that name up. But it’s been around for a long time, since the first decentralized exchanges (DEX)…
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How not to fall for a cryptocurrency scam
It is natural for people to dream of getting rich quickly. Even more so when they see the ‘crypto bros’ around them who have moved to Dubai, drinking coffee with sheikhs, driving…
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Fooled by features – why your favourite crypto project is unlikely to succeed, even if it is better
Update, August 2026: Hacktrophy is no longer operating and the project has been discontinued. I’ve had several conversations with people about how their favourite cryptocurrency will overtake Bitcoin. And I have often…
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Encrypted messengers – comparison
Updated 25 October 2026 In part 1, I explained why encrypted messengers are important. In this part, we will look at particular messengers and compare them. Signal Let’s start with probably the…
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Encrypted messengers – how to communicate privately?
Recently, there have been some fairly major improvements in the encryption of our communications. Virtually all websites have switched to encrypted communication using the https protocol. If we go to an unencrypted…