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Covering Everything from Bitcoin’s History and Influential Figures to Real Life Practical Guides

Who is Nick Szabo? Coin, Commerce, and Cryptography Scholar

Nick is a scholar fascinated by primitive money who theorized about advanced digital gold that guarantees easy international commerce and simple contracts.

Mt. Gox Collapse, the Titanic Disaster of Crypto Exchanges

Mt. Gox collapse happened on Feb 7, 2014, the exchange halted trading and filed for bankruptcy, after losing 850,000 BTC (~$450M) to theft and hacks since 2011.

The Mt. Gox Bitcoin Voyage That Ended In One Huge Shipwreck

Mt. Gox had a troubled voyage from the launch. By 2014, it was leaking Bitcoin and could barely stay afloat. Here is the story of the Mt Gox Bitcoin shipwreck.

Who is Mark Karpelès? The Magician Who Made 6% of Bitcoin Supply Disappear

Who is Mark Karpelès? A French otaku with a superiority complex and a penchant for coding money exchanges from scratch in PHP, a notoriously messy language.

Inside Cambodia’s Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sites

A scam where victims are lured with fake high paying jobs and paid to travel to Cambodia, then kidnapped and forced to run romance and investment scams.

Laszlo Hanyecz: 10,000 Bitcoin, 2 Pizzas and 1 Famous Trade

Laszlo Hanyecs is an early Bitcoin miner and is famous for buying two pizzas for over 10,000 Bitcoin in 2010, the now famous Bitcoin Pizza Day.