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NOTE: This is the conclusion of a 4-part series of articles on Bitcoin and inflation. Part 3 can be found here. For all the bad things you can say about inflation, at least it has one redeeming quality: it’s fair. Everyone’s dollars are worth the same amount. So whether you’re a billionaire or just scraping by, inflation is the same for everyone. Except, actually, it isn’t. Inflation isn’t fair at all. Because while it may apply...

NOTE: This is the third in a series of articles on Bitcoin and inflation. Part 2 can be found here. Throughout history, inflation in government money has caused hardship in families and communities, and even led to the overthrow of governments and entire societal orders. Bitcoin was intentionally designed to reject inflationary pressures. A programmed distribution schedule and maximum supply cap ensure that one Bitcoin never feels like it’s shrinking as it sits in your wallet....

NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles on Bitcoin and inflation. Part 1 can be found here. Bitcoin was designed not just as a digital currency, but as a characteristically different kind of currency. For example, in the way it functions... It operates programmatically. All the rules for how it works are written into open source computer code. Those rules are specially designed to maintain its value. ...and the way it’s organized... Nobody controls it....

Your future economic well-being depends on hearing clearly the message today's inflation rate has for you. Let us decode it for you in simple terms. Throughout naval history, the blockade has been an effective means of warfare and subjugation. By keeping food and goods out, you apply pressure to those within. In 1774, for example, King George III deployed the world’s greatest navy to prevent “landing and discharging, loading or shipping, of goods, wares, and...

Before you look at the extraordinary chart below, ask yourself - if you could go back to any point in history and buy any one thing, what would you choose? One good option would be a famous relic. Find the Buddha, Mohammed, Cleopatra or Shakespeare, and swipe something from their house or cut off a lock of hair. That kind of thing will always be highly prized. It’s difficult to prove the authenticity of such...