02-22-2025 
Neil Smith
Author
Neil has worked in financial markets for nearly 30 years in various roles from trading to investment strategy. He is currently Head of Research at London-based Altus Investment Management. In a recent sojourn in academia he was awarded a PhD for his thesis, ‘Complementary Currencies: A Systems Theory Approach to Monetary Macroeconomics”.
Article by Neil Smith
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7 December, 2022
‘Crypto’: Just another burst bubble, but good for the original Bitcoin System
The original Bitcoin System is the primary key to spurring innovation, including providing the economic incentive needed to power up...
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29 December, 2021
Bitcoin through the looking glass: A 21st century language-game
The story of Bitcoin is a strange manifestation of the kind of wordplay seen between Alice and Humpty Dumpty, later...
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13 September, 2021
Bitcoin: The deficient market hypothesis
Many people ask why is BSV so cheap compared to BTC? Such questions are at the heart of the Efficient...
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31 August, 2021
Babysitting Bitcoin
A better parable to connect real-world economics and blockchain is the Capitol Hill babysitting co-op, Neil Smith writes.
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9 August, 2021
‘The Bitcoin Standard’: A review
Online reviews, social media posts, and Twitter bios echo similar sentiments: the book is apparently revelatory and life-changing, putting people...
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27 July, 2021
The ESG-washing of BTC Core: Hayek, Aristotle and Lauderdale’s paradox
Today, the only function of BTC is to create a scarce digital asset representing ‘spurious riches’ that can be traded...
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