Standing from a promontory on the eastern side of the Hellespont, the strait separating Europe from Asia, Xerxes must have been met with an impressive sight. Standing before him, as the historian Herodotus tells us, lay the grandest army ever

On November 4th, 2020 a crowd descended upon the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Phoenix. They held flags, picket signs, and rifles, chanting pro-Trump messages to protest what they believed to be a flagrantly stolen election. Having served as an

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Stablecoins have moved into the pole position to replace traditional cryptocurrencies as the digital currency of the future. This development has caught the attention of the central banks, who have been calling for the Fed to immediately implement restrictions and

"Blockchain Visualized" is a mind-map style review of the blockchain field. This interactive visual overview includes introductory articles, seminal papers, community websites, company white papers, and other useful resources for navigating the blockchain space. Your browser is not able to display

It’s a chilly Tuesday morning at the start of November. You get out of bed to inevitably check your phone, and a slew of notifications reminds you that today is Election Day. Reminiscing about the distant times of chaotic, hour-long

Cryptocurrency is no longer the obscure, esoteric concept once associated with finance nerds, market enthusiasts, and message-board techies. After the seminal 2009 paper written by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto about the prospect of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (the most famous and valuable

What do Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Whole Foods have in common? One answer that may surprise you: all of these stores now accept Bitcoin as payment. Indeed, the growing acceptance of Bitcoin should be a boon for the average consumer—low transaction

In 2009, Bitcoin became the first cryptocurrency in existence. Today, just over ten years later, the currency has a market capitalization of over $700 billion, and thousands of other cryptocurrencies, collectively known as altcoins, have been developed. Nevertheless, the focus