by CryptoGuides | Aug 27, 2026 | Articles
The number matters less than you think. The limit matters enormously though! Why are there only 21 million? It sounds strangely arbitrary. Why not 20 million? Or 100 million? Or one billion? Did Satoshi Nakamoto arrive at 21 million through some elaborate...
by CryptoGuides | Aug 6, 2026 | Articles
Two forms of scarce money, separated by thousands of years of technology. I recently had a conversation with an older friend about Bitcoin. He and his wife have owned gold for years and have done rather well from it. He understands why people own it. Gold is scarce....
by CryptoGuides | Jul 24, 2026 | Articles
The Tragic Truth About the Piggy Bank The pig stayed the same. The money didnt. Every one of us was a piggy banker once. If you’re over fifty, there’s a good chance you had one sitting on your bedroom shelf, tucked away in a cupboard or proudly displayed...
by CryptoGuides | Jul 24, 2026 | Articles
“Over the last decade I’ve had this conversation dozens of times with people around dinner tables, in boardrooms, over coffee, and with friends who quietly admit they’ve been putting off learning about Bitcoin because it feels too confusing, too risky...
by CryptoGuides | Jul 23, 2026 | Articles
The Evolution of Money Money is one of the oldest technologies ever invented. We use it every day. We earn it, spend it, save it and invest it. Yet very few of us ever stop to ask where it came from, why it keeps changing, or whether the money in our pocket today is...
