Articles

Bitcoin Mempools Cleared: Is Nobody Using Bitcoin?

Bitcoin mempools have cleared before and there's no immediate reason to panic.

R1 vs. o1: AI as Commodity or Moat

Is DeepSeek's R1 an existential threat to OpenAI?

Monetary System Enshittification

Is the US monetary system experiencing enshittification? And how do we solve it?

Minimum UTXO Value

A look at what Bitcoin dust is, historical fee rates, how fees are calculated, and a decision on a minimum UTXO value to stay above the dust threshold.

Removing a Drive from a Btrfs Array

If a drive is failing in an array, Btrfs could block attempts at removing the drive due to corrupted files. A quick write-up of how to get it removed.