As evidenced by this snarky blog, there is no doubt that about a year ago I was solid in my stance as a "Multicoinist". Multicoinism is a school of thought within cryptocurrency circles in which

I've found my preferred "cryptocurrency ideology" has been slowly shifting from Multicoinism towards Bitcoin Maximalism over the past year. Debating the nuance on Twitter, writing the rhetoric

"Bitcoin maximalists have argued for years that sidechains will kill the value proposition of all alternative cryptocurrencies. Whether you're at a Bitcoin meet up, conference or forum, there always

Creating a cryptocurrency is similar to writing a contract (when it comes to the economics of such), and buying a cryptocurrency is like agreeing to that same contract. The contract is written in programming

They say that 90 percent of startups fail. That is an exaggerated statistic, but nonetheless creating a successful startup is hard indeed. I posit that ICOs, alternative cryptocurrencies etc. are much

Hi Steemit! I have been working hard on a new project for the past few months. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas how Steemit and my web site can work together and coexist? I am not trying to compete

This was my home for about four months last year. My job title was a steward, and I did numerous tasks including housekeeping, serving meals, serving horderves, cleaning, and restaurant prep/setup. It

If you missed Part 1, check it out here: Then I minted a physical Litecoin... I continued with my cryptocurrency endeavors by minting a physical Litecoin in 2013. It was actually the second physical Litecoin

I used to have a sweet job... I was making $350 a day in the oil & gas business. It was a pretty sweet gig. Oil companies would contract us to find out who owns the mineral rights under properties

Introducing STEEMIT REVIEWS.... Background: I was reading a post written by @cashbandicoot yesterday when this idea popped into my head. I liked his idea, which was in essence to create a tag that

I'm happy to be here today to play "messenger boy" by relaying the reviews of the always honest and reputable Bitcointalk forum users!!! They mostly seem really excited about Steem, and think it has great

Don't judge me, but this morning while watching Rachel Ray on the television (which is a horrible show to watch when you are hungry by the way), I was reminded of how society has altered the meaning

This is what we think we are doing: This is what we are actually doing: This is what we could be doing: Liquidity incentives are broken. We (the SP and STEEM shareholders) are collectively paying $29,979,720

The Problem: Liquidity incentives are being gamed by liquidity "providers" buying and selling SD back and forth among themselves by using two accounts that they control and a large war chest (a large amount

Hello Steemit! This is something I put together on Bitcointalk and I thought I would share it here on Steem. I thought that perhaps some of you may be interested in my thought process when speculating

The Problems: Steem allocates 9 STEEM to Steem Power (SP) stakeholders for every 1 STEEM it creates to fund growth through contribution incentives. [1] Assuming over 90% of STEEM has been converted to

Those of you that have Bitcointalk accounts should post in this thread and show your support for Steem! "Synereo vs Steem, which one will lead the decentralized social media revolution?"

Sock Puppets = Bad More Sybil Resistance = Good What is more important... convenience and privacy, or more fairness in content curation? People hand over their identities to legacy social networks without