Marty's Ƀent Issue #1122: They haven't been teaching monetary history accurately The next time some fart sniffer tries to tell you that the gold standard was the reason for the Great Depression, politely tell them that they are wrong.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1090: The clown coin creeps closer History is marked by pivotal moments, and the minting of the clown coin will be a pivotal moment that our progeny will point to and laugh at for just how ludicrous it is.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #961: Gradually, then suddenly: Authoritarianism Turn off the boob tube. Talk to your neighbors. Have open and honest conversations. Don't let them divide.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #858: Bitcoin: timestamping history This is a pretty great way to help prevent the censorship and whitewashing described above.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #845: Understanding Bitcoin's Roots Bitcoin, leveraging the benefits of a peer-to-peer distributed system with a sound monetary policy, is adding another arrow to the quiver of the Individual.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #711: A warning from history I fear the combination of the Fed's balance sheet expanding at a pace never seen before in this country and helicopter money getting dropped to the plebs is not going to end well for anyone.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #663: Reminder Thursday One subject that has become completely normalized over the course of the last 107 years, but definitely shouldn't be is the existence of the Federal Reserve.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #609: The Bitcoin Reformation History can teach us a lot about what we're experiencing today. The adage rings true, history doesn't repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes
Marty's Ƀent Issue #587: A lesson from history Liberty is something that must be fought for constantly. The forces of human nature are such that a few of us will be sociopathic and try to control others by taking away some of their liberties.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #530: You should read this We find ourselves in, what seems to be, a very precarious situation as the world looks to be entering another phase of coordinated monetary easing.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #469: More lessons from history I would argue that complacency reigns supreme these days as people have become distracted by the hyper-real provided by a society driven by conspicuous consumption and clout chasing.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #406: Gather round now Without the ability to adjust the difficulty, assuming that Bitcoin had value and miners were joining the network, blocks would come in way too fast, expediting the issuance to the point where Bitcoin wouldn't be good as a money.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #357: The cypherpunk ethos Cypherpunks have not been coy about their aversion to the State. They overtly oppose the State's persistent encroachment on civil liberties and are actively working to undermine the State's power over the individual by using cryptography as a neutering agent.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #351: A retrospective These technologies have given the average human an immeasurable amount of leverage in a world that was previously controlled by a few gatekeepers. This has enabled the rapid dissemination of new ideas and ways of organizing which is compounding the effects of the economic crisis.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #347: History of Central Banks The most poignant part of this thread is at the end when Yassine quotes Mircea Popescu, claiming that any country subjected to private central banking is not really sovereign and that Bitcoin, and Bitcoin alone is sovereign.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #329: A trip through time Here's a great resource that I've pumped in this rag before, but has gotten some design upgrades recently and deserves another shoutout; The Complete Satoshi from the Nakamoto Institute.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #322: A lesson from bubbles past The main similarity being the presence of "experts" who proclaimed to retail investors and the masses at large that these new forms of organizing and raising funds (ICOs) were as revolutionary as the Internet itself.
