Bitcoin Decrypted

Bitcoin Decrypted is an introduction to Bitcoin that spans practical, technical, historical, and social-theory perspectives in an integrated narrative. A Redditor posted it described as:

“One of the most thorough and well-articulated introductions to Bitcoin”

Part I

27 December 2013

Part II

31 December 2013 updated version

Part III

27 December 2013

Please link to this, the main series page: /bitcoin-decrypted

Find follow-up material on the neighboring Bitcoin Theory page.

Konrad S. Graf

Research and writing portal for the work of Konrad S. Graf. Focus areas include monetary theory and bitcoin, legal philosophy, evolutionary health, Japanese translation, and Spacial Dynamics.

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December 2020
- Dec 8, 2020 Texas sues four states for violating the Electors Clause: Initial summary and comment Dec 8, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 24, 2019 New paper: The Bitcoin Block Size Limit, Artificial Scarcity, and Code-Enhanced Public Club Governance Dec 24, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 Sound Money Strikes at the Root: A Review Essay on The Bitcoin Standard Oct 1, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 26, 2019 Justice as distinct from rule through law Apr 26, 2019
November 2018
- Nov 30, 2018 Speaking with one-year-olds and beyond: Age-appropriateness, healthy authority, and social implications Nov 30, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 20, 2017 Why can't I see that Bitcoin Cash is a scam? Dec 20, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 21, 2017 Barbell and beef experiments—Lessons and customizations Nov 21, 2017
October 2017
- Oct 11, 2017 Interview: Bitcoin, blockchains, and economic theory Oct 11, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 20, 2017 BTC plus BCC showing strong combined gains as market attention shifts to next controversy Aug 20, 2017
- Aug 5, 2017 Descendants with modifications: Bitcoin’s new and possibly beneficial evolutionary test Aug 5, 2017
July 2017
- Jul 23, 2017 Additional Issues with the Balance and Accuracy of the Anti-Musk Narrative Jul 23, 2017
- Jul 23, 2017 A Mixed Hero: A Libertarian Reassessment of Elon Musk Jul 23, 2017
- Jul 9, 2017 Outlines of a Unified Evolutionary Theory of Human and Environmental Health Jul 9, 2017
October 2016
- Oct 15, 2016 Yes and Nein: Borrowing the best from German and American cultures (and not borrowing the worst) Oct 15, 2016
- Oct 2, 2016 Ancient travel food meets modern travel: My ultimate paleo travel meal option Oct 2, 2016
September 2016
- Sep 29, 2016 SpaceX can get there, but biology a probable Mars residence limiter Sep 29, 2016
August 2016
- Aug 16, 2016 The curious case of the faster-healing knee and the larger steaks Aug 16, 2016
July 2016
- Jul 10, 2016 Block Size Political Economy Follow-Up 3: Differentiation from the 21-million Coin Production Schedule Jul 10, 2016
- Jul 9, 2016 Block Size Political Economy Follow-Up 2: Market Intervention through Voluntary Community Rules Jul 9, 2016
- Jul 8, 2016 Block Size Political Economy Follow-Up 1: Software Choice, Market Differentiation, and Term Selection Jul 8, 2016
April 2016
- Apr 22, 2016 Only the faster profits: A powerful health measure and why it is unadvertised Apr 22, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 4, 2016 Some misplaced explanations of bitcoins as tradable units Feb 4, 2016
November 2015
- Nov 8, 2015 Announcing new book on bitcoin and legal theory Nov 8, 2015
June 2015
- Jun 20, 2015 Preview: “The market for bitcoin transaction inclusion and the temporal root of scarcity” Jun 20, 2015
March 2015
- Mar 11, 2015 Bitcoin as a rival digital commodity good: A supplementary comment Mar 11, 2015
February 2015
- Feb 15, 2015 Jeff Volek presents research indicating low-carb also best way to improve lipid profiles Feb 15, 2015
October 2014
- Oct 25, 2014 Sidechained bitcoin substitutes: A monetary commentary Oct 25, 2014
September 2014
- Sep 19, 2014 Bitcoin: Magic, fraud, or 'sufficiently advanced technology'? Sep 19, 2014
August 2014
- Aug 27, 2014 A tale of bitcoins and $500 suits: Will a rising-value currency not be used? Aug 27, 2014
- Aug 21, 2014 "Bitcoin 2014 Panel: History of Money & Lessons for Digital Currencies Today" with time-based outline Aug 21, 2014
- Aug 19, 2014 “Bitcoin 2014 Panel: Economic Theory of Bitcoin” with time-based outline Aug 19, 2014
May 2014
- May 21, 2014 Gold standards, optionality, and parallel metallic- and crypto-coin circulations May 21, 2014
- May 20, 2014 The helpful fable of the "bitcoin": Duality models revisited May 20, 2014
- May 1, 2014 Bitcoin weekly weighted average price, July 2010 through April 2014 May 1, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 18, 2014 New paper: "Revisiting conceptions of commodity and scarcity in light of Bitcoin" Mar 18, 2014
- Mar 12, 2014 Another layer of distinction behind Tucker’s humanitarians and brutalists Mar 12, 2014
- Mar 6, 2014 Newsweek uncovers its own lack of integrity in alleged “Satoshi Nakamoto” discovery reporting Mar 6, 2014
February 2014
- Feb 27, 2014 MtGox fiasco highlights advantages of Bitcoin and damage from regulation Feb 27, 2014
- Feb 14, 2014 Summary update on Bitcoin transaction malleability adjustments Feb 14, 2014
January 2014
- Jan 13, 2014 Legal and economic perspectives in the action-based analysis of Bitcoin Jan 13, 2014
November 2013
- Nov 7, 2013 Hyper-monetization reloaded: Another round of bubble talk Nov 7, 2013
- Nov 3, 2013 Expanded "On the origins of Bitcoin" paper with empirical supplements, other revisions Nov 3, 2013
October 2013
- Oct 25, 2013 Strong positive response to "On the origins of Bitcoin" Oct 25, 2013
- Oct 23, 2013 "On the origins of Bitcoin," my new work on Bitcoin and monetary theory Oct 23, 2013
- Oct 3, 2013 Bitcoin and social theory reflections: A review essay between Amsterdam and Atlanta Oct 3, 2013
September 2013
- Sep 15, 2013 The labor, leisure, and happiness game: Psychology, praxeology, and ethics Sep 15, 2013
- Sep 14, 2013 Bitcoin as medium of exchange now and unit of account later: The inverse of Koning's medieval coins Sep 14, 2013
August 2013
- Aug 22, 2013 Recommended: Provocative and important new article on Bitcoin and altcoins Aug 22, 2013
- Aug 21, 2013 A banking risk premium: Mt. Gox XBT/USD spread over Bitstamp Aug 21, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 25, 2013 Tiger cub growing up? Bitcoin weekly average closing prices year over year Jul 25, 2013
- Jul 22, 2013 Bitcoin, price denomination and fixed-rate fiat conversions Jul 22, 2013
June 2013
- Jun 30, 2013 Now in audio on YouTube: Bitcoin and regression theorem article Jun 30, 2013
- Jun 20, 2013 Bitcoins per gold ounce weekly close YTD Jun 20, 2013
- Jun 3, 2013 The m's and b's of millibitcoin redenomination Jun 3, 2013
April 2013
- Apr 13, 2013 Another bump on the road: Bitcoin and bubbles revisited Apr 13, 2013
- Apr 11, 2013 Short-term Bitcoin exchange trends as Rorschach tests of economic views Apr 11, 2013
- Apr 6, 2013 Hyper-monetization: Questioning the "Bitcoin bubble" bubble Apr 6, 2013
March 2013
- Mar 30, 2013 A short Bitcoin commentary on "Deflation and Liberty" Mar 30, 2013
- Mar 19, 2013 IN-DEPTH | The sound of one bitcoin: Tangibility, scarcity, and a "hard-money" checklist Mar 19, 2013
- Mar 15, 2013 Individualism, collectivism, "mere" birds, and how to understand ice hockey Mar 15, 2013
- Mar 6, 2013 Bitcoin and social-theory research highlights: Digging for kryptonite Mar 6, 2013
February 2013
- Feb 27, 2013 IN-DEPTH | Bitcoins, the regression theorem, and that curious but unthreatening empirical world Feb 27, 2013
- Feb 20, 2013 Misesian action theory is an approach to social theory, not just economics Feb 20, 2013
- Feb 16, 2013 Reeva Steencamp's final message, academic hubris, and a legal philosophy view of the case Feb 16, 2013
- Feb 10, 2013 Bank robber chatting with Bill Murray illustrates self-control theory Feb 10, 2013
- Feb 1, 2013 Action-Based Jurisprudence II: Down under (and back again) Feb 1, 2013
January 2013
- Jan 15, 2013 BOOK COMMENT | The Constitution was already perfectly clear to begin with Jan 15, 2013
November 2012
- Nov 8, 2012 Another mummer's farce gone by (and more rumors of wogs and dragons) Nov 8, 2012
August 2012
- Aug 25, 2012 The problem with shouting “Tyranny!” in a crowded theater Aug 25, 2012
- Aug 16, 2012 Resolving the paradox of value Aug 16, 2012
- Aug 10, 2012 IN-DEPTH | Logic takes on the physics paradoxes: Review essay on The Spacetime Model: A Theory of Everything by Jacky Jerôme Aug 10, 2012
- Aug 10, 2012 IN-DEPTH | Ron Paul, Flatland, and the left–right long con: Beyond the Nolan Chart Aug 10, 2012
- Aug 10, 2012 Two types of A Game of Apples Aug 10, 2012
April 2012
- Apr 1, 2012 REVIEW | Liberty message in Hunger Games book much weaker in film Apr 1, 2012
January 2012
- Jan 22, 2012 REVIEW | Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas Jan 22, 2012
- Jan 18, 2012 REVIEW | The Paleo Answer by Loren Cordain Jan 18, 2012
- Jan 18, 2012 REVIEW | Four Laws that Drive the Universe by Peter Atkins Jan 18, 2012
- Jan 13, 2012 Is the left–right spectrum in flatland? A better way to graph Ron Paul Jan 13, 2012
December 2011
- Dec 31, 2011 REVIEW | Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life by Gerald H. Pollack Dec 31, 2011
- Dec 23, 2011 REVIEW | Focused progress with Body by Science, but integration with proper running methods should be possible Dec 23, 2011
November 2011
- Nov 11, 2011 Who was it that lived at the corner of Tech and Humanities? Nov 11, 2011
August 2011
- Aug 30, 2011 On more robust theoretical foundations for legal philosophy Aug 30, 2011
August 2010
- Aug 5, 2010 My top six picks out of the 26 books I read in Jan–Jun 2010 Aug 5, 2010
January 2010
- Jan 3, 2010 REVIEW | Avatar: Storyworld creation, justice and environmentalism on Pandora and Earth Jan 3, 2010
- Jan 2, 2010 2009 H2 reading and audiobook results Jan 2, 2010
December 2009
- Dec 2, 2009 REVIEW | The Gods Themselves and climate-science Orwellianism: Is optimism still possible? Dec 2, 2009
September 2009
- Sep 21, 2009 Getting to the Core of the Energy Debate Sep 21, 2009
July 2009
- Jul 9, 2009 2009 H1 results Jul 9, 2009
- Jul 3, 2009 REVIEW | The Ethics of Money Production by Jörg Guido Hülsmann Jul 3, 2009
February 2009
- Feb 20, 2009 Vaclav Klaus hits the right notes before the European Parliament Feb 20, 2009
- Feb 17, 2009 The miles per gallon illusion Feb 17, 2009
- Feb 17, 2009 "Enemies of liberty" more accurately located Feb 17, 2009
- Feb 4, 2009 IN-DEPTH | President Obama's inaugural address—analysis and commentary Feb 4, 2009
January 2009
- Jan 20, 2009 Open letter to Bloomberg reporters on "economists of all stripes" claim Jan 20, 2009
- Jan 6, 2009 Journalism values dead in US MSM, judging from its coverage of Gaza Jan 6, 2009
December 2008
- Dec 31, 2008 My year by the numbers Dec 31, 2008
- Dec 15, 2008 What can one person do? Dec 15, 2008
November 2008
- Nov 26, 2008 Washington State Constitution: Article I, Section 1 Nov 26, 2008
- Nov 20, 2008 A formula to help with the "Inevitable Question" Nov 20, 2008
- Nov 20, 2008 The perfect crime is the one not detected Nov 20, 2008
- Nov 5, 2008 1% for Obama; 100% for Brother Nov 5, 2008
October 2008
- Oct 31, 2008 "Successes" of intervention; the emotional challenge of looking at the truth Oct 31, 2008
August 2008
- Aug 26, 2008 REVIEW | Law and Revolution II: Religion, law, and economic transformation Aug 26, 2008
July 2008
- Jul 4, 2008 Who needs war and crime? Jul 4, 2008
June 2008
- Jun 24, 2008 REVIEW | Unstoppable Global Warming by Fred Singer and Dennis Avery Jun 24, 2008
- Jun 17, 2008 Prices should be falling Jun 17, 2008
April 2008
- Apr 24, 2008 The gutting of economics as an anti-state force by fear of offending the powers Apr 24, 2008
- Apr 10, 2008 The intellectual disease, and part of the inoculation Apr 10, 2008
February 2008
- Feb 14, 2008 Avoid and scurry: FactChecker's Ron Paul smear distracts from the real issues Feb 14, 2008

Konrad S. Graf

Konrad S. Graf

Konrad S. Graf

Understand Bitcoin in a few videos.

Part I

Part II

Part III

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