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Coinmonks

From zero to a million: the first six months of MyFirstBitcoin and beyond

On September 24th MiPrimerBitcoin had its first class in El Salvador. We brought fold-up chairs into a yoga studio, borrowing the space…

Apr 6, 2022

From zero to a million: the first six months of MyFirstBitcoin and beyond

Apr 6, 2022

Nine years a Bitcoin hodler

Time can seem to behave differently with Bitcoin. Since I wrote Eight years a Bitcoin Holder, it seems a decade has passed.

Apr 6, 2022

Nine years a Bitcoin hodler

Apr 6, 2022

Building a Bitcoin Nation

El Salvador is the front line of the next war

Oct 22, 2021

Building a Bitcoin Nation

Oct 22, 2021

Bitcoin becomes rallying cry for Salvadoran protests against authoritarianism

The cryptocurrency’s promise of subverting state power is being challenged in first nation to adopt it as legal tender

Oct 18, 2021

Bitcoin becomes rallying cry for Salvadoran protests against authoritarianism

Oct 18, 2021

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Coinmonks

The first weeks of a Bitcoin Nation

I’ve been in El Salvador for a month, and already so much has changed

Sep 30, 2021

The first weeks of a Bitcoin Nation

Sep 30, 2021

Glitches, protests as Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

Bitcoin is now officially legal tender in El Salvador, but the country’s landmark adoption of the world’s largest cryptocurrency got off to…

Sep 10, 2021

Glitches, protests as Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

Sep 10, 2021

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Geek Culture

El Salvador Speeds into the Unknown

First impressions at the dawn of a Bitcoin Nation

Aug 30, 2021

El Salvador Speeds into the Unknown

Aug 30, 2021

Published in
Coinmonks

All eyes on El Salvador

Why I’m moving there to start a non-profit and help Bitcoin succeed

Jul 12, 2021

All eyes on El Salvador

Jul 12, 2021

How I Lost Money Trying To Spread Crypto Education To The Global South

Lessons from a hack and reasons to continue

May 17, 2021

How I Lost Money Trying To Spread Crypto Education To The Global South

May 17, 2021

Pandemic Privilege

Usually privilege hides in plain sight, sometimes it’s obvious though

May 14, 2021

Pandemic Privilege

May 14, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

NFTs won’t warm the planet — they’ll kickstart decentralized energy

The proof-of-work technology the underpins Bitcoin and Ethereum will decentralize energy and that’s a good thing

Apr 16, 2021

NFTs won’t warm the planet — they’ll kickstart decentralized energy

Apr 16, 2021

Ecuador weighs two very different economic visions in election

Voters head to the polls tomorrow (11 April) for the run-off election between presidential candidates Andres Arauz, a left-wing economist…

Apr 10, 2021

Ecuador weighs two very different economic visions in election

Apr 10, 2021

A tale of two pandemics

Near the peak of US deaths, I moved to Ecuador

Mar 18, 2021

A tale of two pandemics

Mar 18, 2021

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DataDrivenInvestor

Eight years as a Bitcoin hodler

An hour after I first heard of Bitcoin, I knew it would change the world. That was eight years ago.

Mar 2, 2021

Eight years as a Bitcoin hodler

Mar 2, 2021

Published in
DataDrivenInvestor

A Revolution In How We Perceive Value

The meteoric (and illogical) rise of GameStop is just the beginning

Jan 27, 2021

A Revolution In How We Perceive Value

Jan 27, 2021

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Curious

The Curious Case of $2 Bills in Ecuador

It’s my last night in Ecuador and I’m leaving a bar with some friends when one of the bartenders runs out after us.

Jan 22, 2021

The Curious Case of $2 Bills in Ecuador

Jan 22, 2021

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An Injustice!

My First Revolution

In April 2005 I was living in Cuenca, Ecuador, teaching English. I had just graduated college in the United States and was still very new…

Jan 14, 2021

My First Revolution

Jan 14, 2021

A Diary of Jubilation: NYC Nov 8, 2020

My window was open, and I heard a cacophony of celebration pour in from outside. It didn’t build but exploded all at once as if the entire…

Nov 8, 2020

A Diary of Jubilation: NYC Nov 8, 2020

Nov 8, 2020

The problem with voting

Or, how to cede your power in one easy step

Oct 22, 2020

The problem with voting

Oct 22, 2020

Monero and Decred are the new Bitcoin

Their focus on privacy and decentralization carry forth the original Bitcoin vision

Sep 15, 2020

Monero and Decred are the new Bitcoin

Sep 15, 2020

John Dennehy

John Dennehy

Writing about social movements, international politics and cryptocurrency — often from South America or Asia. Author of Illegal https://amzn.to/38NQveX

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