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The Boiling Frog

Martin Enlund
9/26/24

The boiling frog is a simple tale that illustrates the danger of gradual change: if you put a frog in boiling water, it will quickly jump out to escape the heat.

Why is counterfeiting problematic? Most respondents to such a question would likely come up with the following answers: 1) it could undermine trust in the financial system, 2) counterfeit money could fund criminal activities, 3) counterfeit money could cause inflation.

The imperial boomerang

Martin Enlund
4/10/24

We have earlied pondered the likelihood of a financial event horizon (warning: Swedish) for the United States.

Bitcoin and the waterwheel

Martin Enlund
3/31/24

Biologist Stuart Kauffman introduced the concept of the “adjacent possible” in evolutionary biology in 1996 .

Pride comes before a fall

Martin Enlund
3/31/24

The Governor of the Swedish Central Bank, Erik Thedéen, recently expressed significant skepticism about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a phenomenon, dismissing Bitcoin as “an instrument for pure speculation.

We are all Josef K

Martin Enlund
11/24/23

TL;DR: We are increasingly treated like Josef K, the protagonist in Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial.

Sweden's first Bitcoin gallery is open

Martin Enlund
7/21/22

We have proposed a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust.