The Sunday Crypto Recap – Down the Rabbit Hole 55

Not a week covered in glory from a price point of view. Then again unless you are an active day trader, short-term price action isn’t of any particular relevance. Once more, lots of interest to discuss, reflect on and try to take-in, this past week in crypto.


Picks of the Week

Always good to have a quality report to delve into but even better to spend some quality time with Nick Szabo.


Twitter

The Bitcoin Reformation – also link to full article (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1192534287989583873

Booby Lee – bullish om long-term valuation of BTC:
https://twitter.com/bobbyclee/status/1193342924991410177

Basic math would seem to favour BTC:
https://twitter.com/JBTheCryptoKing/status/1193172906739732480

On UX design in apps:
https://twitter.com/UDIWERTHEIMER/status/1193445574055485440

EOS we have a problem:
https://twitter.com/brain_bit/status/1193592164720300032

A bit of crypto fun:
https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1194034715923075072

Excellent thread on creating a podcast by Peter McCormack:
https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1192361400703897602


Articles

An excellent crypto-ecosystem report – running a mere 134 pages (highly recommended):
https://coinsharesgroup.com/research/2019-crypto-trends-report

Alternative link to report:
https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem/status/1194373561630236672

Arguing for a higher valued Bitcoin:
https://rhythmofbitcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoins-price-doesnt-reflect-its

The Bitcoin Reformation – full article (highly recommended):
https://docsend.com/view/ijd8qrs

Comparing Bitcoin to the early years o the internet:
https://offthechain.substack.com/p/why-bitcoin-and-the-early-internet

A brief breakdown of the Australian crypto investor market – useful reference/snapshot tool:
https://nuggetsnews.com.au/australian-cryptocurrency-investors-tell-all-in-major-research-study/

Money seems to be concentrating in ever fewer hands:
https://www.coinspeaker.com/billionaire-population-surged/

Exploring the psychology of social networks (non-crypto specific):
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/


Podcasts

A crypto education in just over an hour provide by this interview with Nick Szabo (highly recommended):

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nick-szabo-on-cypherpunks-money-and-bitcoin/id1317356120?i=1000455670093


It’s (crypto adoption) all going to take time – and a lot of it:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/two-minute-crypto-wheres-ma-sick-gainz/id1441492450?i=1000455542736


YouTube

Data Dash on BTC’s next halving:


A wide-range of miner’s perspectives on the halving (recommended):


Reflections on BTC’s current chart:


So what is ‘Internet of Things’? (English with French subtitles):


A surprisingly honest analysis of the risks of adopting long-term negative interest rates:


Infographics

Bakkt gaining some market share:

https://twitter.com/BakktBot/status/1194150752215851008/photo/1


Liquidity, anyone?

https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1194485407649394690/photo/1


Website / Utility

Crypto data-sets galore:

https://www.longhash.com/en


That’s a wrap. As always, looking forward to your comments and suggestions.


Note on Sources:

Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier.

Traditional Photography – Stone Owl at Bretton hall lake – Hand tinted print.

Unfortunately the Owl has now been stolen or broken by vandals and is no longer there. I’m not sure about the history behind this place but it looks like an old crypt. situated behind the lake at Bretton Hall near Wakefield West Yorkshire.

The image was taken with a Mamiya RB67 on analogue film. Hand printed onto black and white fibre based paper and then hand tinted with photographic dyes.