Publications

2024

• November 12th – Will President Trump’s Second Term Forever Be Remembered for America Embracing Bitcoin? Why Retirement Plans Must Consider this Possibility
• July 16th – Trump to Headline Bitcoin Conference in Nashville – I was Almost There – My Story of How I Almost Landed a Bitcoin Job and My Advice for those Trying to Do So
• May 21st – Bitcoin Inflation Adjusted All-Time High (IAATH) Rises to $82,685.90 with April 2024 3.4% Inflation Number
• May 4th – Bitcoin Inflation Adjusted All-Time High (IAATH) Rises to $82,452.28 with March 2024 3.5% Inflation Number
• March 12th – Bitcoin Inflation Adjusted All-Time (IAATH) High Rises to $82,212.50 with February 2024 3.2% Inflation Number
• March 7th – Bitcoin All-Time High Price Adjusted For Inflation is $82,000
• February 29th – An Updated Primer on What Makes Bitcoin Unique Compared to All Other Cryptocurrencies – A Guide for Fiduciaries, Money Managers, and Regulators

2023

• October 30th – Should a Business Hold Bitcoin on Balance Sheet Instead of Cash – Could FASB Change Accelerate Bitcoin Adoption in Business Community? (Article 30 of 52)
• October 6th – Censorship Resistance Requires Use Cases You Passionately Disagree With – Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, the US Dollar, and the Future of Bitcoin (Article 29 of 52)
• August 28th – How Bitcoin Assisted Canadian Truckers with Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate Protest (Article 28 of 52)
• July 24th – The End of the Silk Road But Not of Bitcoin’s Censorship Resistance Feature (Article 27 of 52)
• July 13th – Bitcoin’s First Use Case – Censorship Resistance and the Silk Road (Article 26 of 52)
• July 12th – Don’t Believe What You Hear – There are Clear Use Cases for Bitcoin Already (Article 25 of 52)
• June 27th – What is Paper Bitcoin? The Dangers of Not Holding Your Own Bitcoin Private Key (Article 24 of 52)
• June 14th – Are You Leaving Free Bitcoin on the Table Every Day?  How Lolli Allows Users to Acquire Bitcoin for Free with Everyday Purchases (Article 23 of 52)
• June 5th – Is Now the Time for Plan Fiduciaries to Think About Bitcoin? Tick Tock – Why It is Helpful to View Bitcoin Halving Cycles Like a Clock (Article 22 of 52)
• May 30th – Is Collectible Wine the Key to Understanding What Makes Bitcoin Unique? – Bitcoin and 1945 Chateau Mouton Rothschild (Article 21 of 52)
• May 17th – Unrealistic Projections for Proposed Tax on Digital Asset Mining Energy (Article 20 of 52)
• May 10th – Nine Characteristics of Bitcoin’s Proof of Work Mining System Which Makes Bitcoin a Unique Partner for Energy Projects (Article 19 of 52)
• May 3rd – Is Bitcoin Mining the Key to Successful Renewable Energy Projects? The Intersection Between Renewable Energy ESG Projects, Bitcoin’s Proof of Work System, and the New ESG Rules for Retirement Plans
• April 24th – The Idea of a Digital Cash Long Pre-dates Bitcoin – A Brief Overview (Article 18 of 52)
• April 18th – Bitcoin’s Meticulous Public Ledger Helps Crack Billion Dollar Bitcoin Theft Case (Article 17 of 52)
• April 11th – The Bitcoin Halving Cycle (Article 16 of 52)
• April 2nd – Bitcoin’s Perpetual Market Cap Dominance (Article 15 of 52)
• March 27th – Bitcoin’s Proof of Work System Combined with Its Staggering Hashrate Make Bitcoin Unique (Article 14 of 52)
• March 22nd – Bitcoin’s Inception Story (Article 13 of 52)
• March 15th – Are Deposits Above the FDIC Guarantee Fully Backed by the Government?  A review of Past Bank Failures and an Alternative Solution to Traditional Banking
• March 12th – The Value of Bitcoin’s Public Ledger (Article 12 of 52)
• March 7th – Bitcoin Private Keys, Public Keys, and Public Address (Article 11 of 52)
• February 27th – How Satoshi Ensured Bitcoin Cannot Be Spent Twice (Article 10 of 52)
• February 19th – The Longest Chain Always Wins in the Bitcoin Protocol (Article 9 of 52)
• February 12th – What is a Node? (Article 8 of 52)
• February 4th – The Contents of a Block Header (Article 7 of 52)
• January 31st – How is Bitcoin Mined? – The Target Hash and Hash Rate (Article 6 of 52)
• January 28th – What is Bitcoin Mining? Proof-of-Work, Hash Functions, and Hexadecimal Numbers (Article 5 of 52)
• January 22nd – There Will Only Ever Be 21 Million Bitcoin (Article 4 of 52)
• January 15th – Eight Traits of Sound Money (Article 3 of 52)
• January 9th – What is Money? (Article 2 of 52)
• January 5th – What is Bitcoin? (Article 1 of 52)

2022

• November 9th – A Primer on What Makes Bitcoin Unique Compared to All Other Cryptocurrencies – A Guide for Fiduciaries, Money Managers, and Regulators
• August 23rd – Tax Infrastructure Needed for Bitcoin Users to Dispose of Positions in a Tax Efficient Manner
• August 14th – Lolli – How to Acquire Bitcoin for Free with Every Day Purchases and the Related Tax Consequences

2021

• June 18th – Will El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin as Legal Tender Make Bitcoin a “Real” Currency in the United States?
• June 10th – Redeploying Crypto Harvested Losses – The Wash Sale Rule and the Economic Substance Doctrine
• June 4th – How to Harvest a Crypto Tax Loss and Why It May be Beneficial
• May 27th – A Guide to Recordkeeping for Tax Purposes in Virtual Currency – How to Identify a Specific Unit
• May 21st – The Details For Determining if Capital Gains or Losses are Long-Term or Short-Term
• May 13th – There are No Tax Consequences When Crypto is Moved Between Wallets Controlled by the Same Individual
• May 5th – THORChain Pushes New Decentralized Frontier with Innovative Features – Tax Avoidance Is Not One of the Innovative Features
• May 1st – The Costly Taxes Associated with Diversifying a Crypto Portfolio
• April 28th – What Are the Tax Consequences of Exchanging a Virtual Currency for Other Property?
• April 21st – I’m Getting Paid in Virtual Currency – What are the Tax Consequences?
• April 19th – Selling Virtual Currency – What Are the Tax Consequences?
• April 14th – The Basics of Basis in Virtual Currency
• April 13th – What is Virtual Currency?