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Plain-English articles on bitcoin, the crypto ecosystem, its wildest stories, and the rules taking shape around it.
What Are Smart Contracts? Vending Machines for Money
A smart contract is a program that holds money and releases it when conditions are met — no lawyer, no middleman. Here's how they work.
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The Man Who Wasn't Satoshi: How Craig Wright's Decade of Claims Collapsed in Court
For eight years an Australian computer scientist insisted he invented bitcoin — and sued people who doubted it. Then a judge read the evidence.
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NFTs, Explained Without the Hype
The NFT mania came and went, but the underlying idea — provable digital ownership — quietly stuck around. A sober look.
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WikiLeaks, the Banking Blockade, and Bitcoin's First Real Test
When the card networks cut off WikiLeaks in 2010, bitcoin became its lifeline — and Satoshi Nakamoto begged them not to do it.
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What Is a DAO? Companies Run by Code and Community
A DAO is an internet-native organization: its treasury is a smart contract and its decisions are token-holder votes. How well does it work?
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Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht: Bitcoin's Darkest Chapter and Its Longest Sentence
The dark market that gave bitcoin its outlaw reputation, the double life sentence that made its founder a cause, and the 2025 pardon that ended it.
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