The physics of Bitcoin: Institutional gravity vs. Lightning's velocity
Bitcoin faces a crossroads in 2025: institutional adoption rises, but Lightning shows promise for preserving its open, peer-to-peer ethos.
All about bitcoin
This is an index of posts about Bitcoin including its technical and economic foundations. Topics include managing block size, understanding Runes and Ordinals, the relationship between hashrate and price, supply dynamics, the impact of halving, and the components and significance of Bitcoin ETFs. These articles aim to provide a comprehensive overview of Bitcoin's infrastructure, market influences, and emerging trends.
21 Capital and the bitcoin-first economy
21 Capital’s bitcoin-native metrics mark a turning point in how institutional investors measure success.
Bitcoin versus bitcoin ETFs: Not all crypto is Open Money
Not all crypto products are created equal. Here's why a bitcoin ETF isn’t the same as owning bitcoin — and what that means for Open Money.
When markets break, bitcoin blinks back
As global markets stumble under geopolitical weight, bitcoin holds steady. Is this the beginning of a long-awaited decoupling — or just a pause before the plunge?
Bitcoin as infrastructure | Open Money Grid
Unpacking the concept of an Open Money Grid and the idea of revolutionizing global finance by using Bitcoin as secure and seamless infrastructure.
Bubble market dynamics
If history is a teacher, technology grows in booms and busts. This seems particularly true of network technologies. It seems even more true when you combine financial assets with network technologies.