John Pitts

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John Pitts is ensconcing himself in the BitCoin community via projects like Hilarist (iOS Test Flight) and SLictionary, writing articles as he researches the many facets of BitCoin, and deploying any and all skills—picked up during his career as a technology research analyst for a Manhattan hedge fund and his short stint as a nuclear engineer on USS Houston SSN-713—in his pursuit of BitCoin happiness.

Articles By John Pitts:

Editorial 2 December 2020

Commodity barter is legal—so is BitCoin

BitCoin was legal at creation; commoditizing data with protocol rules violates no laws—anymore than inventing the container, John Pitts writes.

Editorial 25 November 2020

Meet the new money; same as the old money, we won’t get fooled again

BitCoin gets its value similar to how gold and silver got their value, but with one very important difference, John Pitts writes.

Editorial 3 November 2020

3 Wrights don’t make a wrong

Like the Wright Flyer of 1903, BitCoin is an incredible elegant invention which is one of the greatest creations of our era, and possibly THE greatest, John Pitts writes.

Editorial 21 July 2020

BitCoin: Zen Yotta Mond Data

In his latest post, John Pitts discusses how the Bitcoin network provides a commodity marketplace for computation.

Editorial 29 January 2020

Proof of Work: The Heart of BitCoin and Money

John Pitts explains why a commoditized computation like Bitcoin doesn’t go away.