Marty's Ƀent Issue #1332: There is blood in the water The United States federal government may be a lost cause, but many of us Americans have a lot left to give in terms of innovation, productivity and prosperity.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1303: The Saudis are looking to diversify This move officially broke the severely cracked dam preserving the petrodollar's dominant position in the world of international oil trade.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1290: China is making a move against the petrodollar At the end of the day, it only makes sense to settle these types of international trades in an apolitical currency that cannot be controlled by any one party or cabal of parties.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1261: CPI Shocks the Markets While many of the talking heads out there would like you to believe that inflation is slowing down, all I can see are things developing that will only serve to make the problems we're experiencing significantly worse.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1230: The charade is up The Big Bear in the East has had enough and seems to be going for the throat economically.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1171: The leverage is tilted From my perspective, we are falling very short of living up to the ideals of freedom and civil liberties.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1146: The China pull is strong Hopefully the public begins to have more serious and introspective conversations about this growing ethical dilemma.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1119: An interesting mining pool attack vector gets exposed In light of these events, I'm very interested to learn how systemic of a problem this could potentially be for mining pools moving forward.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1084: Who is going to seize the opportunity? The opportunity is massive, Americans are trying to take advantage of it, and the only thing that can stop the industry in the US at the moment is an overarching Federal Government that gets jealous of its citizens succeeding.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1080: Nothing like the smell of credit risk contagion on a Monday morning The world is witnessing another Lehman moment, but this time it is emanating from China and not New York City.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1063: Stress test: passed This was a massive stress test of the network and Bitcoin passed with flying colors.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1021: This week should bring with it the biggest difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin's history We are in the midst of a seismic shift in hashrate that will be written about decades from now.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1017: The Great Mining Migration is under way. Those abroad should heed the warning. There seem to be many factors driving this decision from the CCP.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #973: Hashrate shock This incident is an illuminating case study for the bitcoin mining industry for many reasons.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #943: Downward difficulty adjustment coming It will be interesting to follow along with the mining industry this year as the many factors described above continue to play out.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #865: A sign of things to come? There seems to be a problem among the world's governments; they're all filled with psychopaths who want to control others.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #854: Miners unplug, a Singapore bank opens an on ramp, and more gold is discovered There's a lot going on in the Bitcoin world this week.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #805: China floods affecting hash rate Yet again, this year's rainy season in China is highlighting the pressing need to geographically distribute hash rate outside of the country.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #784: A year of reckoning Is it just me, or does it seem like God is trying to send a message to us this year?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #782: Mining is more distributed than previously thought For many years now, the amount of hashrate in China that has been quoted by many in the public has hovered between 60-65%.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #771: Reminder: Mesh networks will be very important for Bitcoin The big hurdle of making this dream of reality is that it requires a hardware revolution.