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How to solve a problem like Sudan? In the same way that Bitcoin incorporates a multitude of disciplines within it that extend beyond just money, the Sudan conflict has a hornet’s nest of problems beyond just power struggles. As a…

Ready for another installment of notes to brighten your weekend? This one is also based on a dream I had last night that is out of this world. Too soon? Bad joke? This one goes like this. We lived in…

I woke up and settled into my day to day routine. I immediately smoothed the bed. I was aware that I was not on script. I had diverged from the set piece, the tracks laid down to trap me into…

This time we have a jumble of dreams all mixed in together. Call it a Creole jambalaya. Yum. First ingredient is Red. There’s a girl’s night, at night. The setting of the story is London. I will ignore the squeak…

Matteo, I had a dream last night and you were in it. Nothing inappropriate, don’t worry. I know you are a married man. But as a Bitcoiner, I think you will like it 🙂 You and I are sitting in…

Today, after making a multitude of calls, first to McLean Police Station, then the Central Dispatch and finally, Central Records, I managed to track down the two officers who committed the crime. Yes, you read that correctly. Police officers who…

Please find my heartfelt objection to FINCEN-2023-0016. My main argument is centered on the law of unintended consequences. As we know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. On the face of it, this proposal seems sensible and…

Bitcoin is the answer to the problem of financial inclusion for the world’s poorest members of society including access to technological innovations. If the advent of mobile computing devices taught the world anything, it is that countries can leapfrog over…

I was watching one of my favorite podcasts called “What is Money?” This episode happened to be a compilation one, whereby Robert, a man after my own heart, puts together snippets from past shows as he talks to guests about…

Since I was a child, my father instilled in me a love of reading. I used to have a picture of myself holding up a book, in Arabic, wearing one of my favorite dresses, long and floral with short sleeves…