The Candlemakers’ Petition
The Mises Circle will be closing out the semester with a throwback reading from the great French economist Frédéric Bastiat. “The Candlemakers’ Petition” from his seminal 1845 work, Economic Sophisms,...
View ArticleFirst Meeting: The Bitcoin Revolution with Special Guest Jeffrey Tucker
After a long summer, the Mises Circle is back for its fourth semester of engaging economic discussion in the tradition of the Austrian school. This semester we are continuing to fuel our obsession with...
View ArticleBitcoin and the Origin of Money with Special Guest Konrad Graf
Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. - Carl Menger Money is an indispensable...
View ArticleHow Bitcoin Works with Daniel Krawisz
Any visitor to the Mises Circle will quickly recognize that we here see Bitcoin as a revolutionary monetary and payment system. However, Bitcoin is even more than that. Bitcoin solves many interesting...
View ArticleBitPay and the Death of Credit Cards
Credit Cards weren’t designed for the Internet. - Tony Gallippi, BitPay CEO Join the Mises Circle for a discussion with BitPay developer Jason Dreyzehner on how Bitcoin and BitPay are helping...
View ArticleThe Economics of the Silk Road
The Silk Road was a Tor hidden service and digital, anonymous marketplace where users could buy all sorts of illicit goods: drugs, paraphernalia, fake IDs, etc., even weapons for a short time. All...
View ArticleThe Economics of Bitcoin Mining
After 4 and a half years, the Bitcoin network hashrate reached 1 petahashes/second. Two weeks later it was 2 petahashes. A week later, 3. From CPUs to GPUs to ASICs, Bitcoin mining has exploded,...
View ArticleDark Wallet with Cody Wilson
UPDATE: Cody’s travel plans got shifted, so he will be unable to join the meeting. We will instead discuss the price surge over the past week. Bitcoin is a paradigm-shattering protocol rendering the...
View ArticleLex Cryptographia with Justus Ranvier
The Mises Circle is back for its fifth semester. Join the Mises Circle for a special evening with Bitcoin expert Justus Ranvier as we discuss his vision for a stateless digital legal system known as...
View ArticleHow Tor Works
Join the Mises Circle for a discussion about the inner workings of the Internet anonymizing network Tor. We will talk about the encryption methods involved as well as how Tor succeeds and where it...
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