Marty's Ƀent Issue #1068: Watch what they do, not what they say Miners are only paid when they do some work. There are no free rides.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #599: How not to CoinJoin Something that can never be understated is that Bitcoin's privacy assurances are extremely subpar at the moment. It is possible to transact privately, but it is extremely hard.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #568: How does Bitcoin retain value? To think that Bitcoin as a system acts in the same fashion as a Bernie Madoff run Ponzi scheme is asinine. It simply does not compute.