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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,...

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First 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...

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Bitcoin 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...

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How 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...

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BitPay 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...

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The 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...

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The 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,...

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Dark 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...

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Lex 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...

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How 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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