Stories by SGBarbour on Medium

30 Jan 2023

Over the weekend I stirred shit up on twitter (like usual) and riled up some of the bitcoin core development community with this tweet: ### Steve Barbour on Twitter: "Bitcoin development is not a

9 Feb 2022

#### There is a life hack available that for once isn’t a scam.  Bitcoin roundabouts are hyper efficient and super safe, unlike

5 Sep 2021

Coal, oil and natural gas get a bad rap due to the carbon emitted during combustion, but these wonderful resources add a enormous amount of value to society that far exceed the costs of pollution.

24 Feb 2021

What happens when all the bitcoins are mined? Well, what happens when it stops raining?  > An ocean full of life. >

14 Feb 2021

### The Futility of Canada’s Carbon Tax #### Carbon tax is not merely ineffective, it is doing incremental harm to the environment. Let’s explore a better alternative.

13 Feb 2021

#### Soon, fiat money dies. The bitcoin price continues to soar and its steady exponential ascent upwards will soon approach a critical point of no return. This is the inflection point.

9 Feb 2021

### Bitcoin — an ultra-efficient financial settlement layer #### A better metric to consider when valuing the energy cost of bitcoin mining. Detractors of Bitcoin will commonly cite the

6 Feb 2021

Today the wife and I went on a gorgeous hike in beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui to check out some of the worlds finest Fiat Art known as ‘Wind Turbines’

18 Jan 2021

#### An essay exploring the sexy side of bitcoin mining — engines and power generation. A bitcoin mine can be deployed to monetize electricity wherever it is generated and thus yields

23 Jun 2020

### There will be bitcoin.  Black, digital gold. ### The future of bitcoin mining is oilfield. There is no greater quantity