Morten Schaiffel-NielsenBitcoin Was Never an Inflation HedgeDo you think that Bitcoin should be a hedge against inflation and wonder why it performed so poorly during the record high inflation of…Feb 25, 2023Feb 25, 2023
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenWhy You Should Read Great Books Many Times and Good Books Only OnceIf you like to read books to learn, then you have undoubtedly faced the eternal dilemma: “Which book should I read next?”. The options are…Jan 31, 2023Jan 31, 2023
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenThere Is No Trade-Off Between Work and LeisureHave you ever contemplated your ideal work-life balance — the optimal number of hours allocated to work and leisure respectively, so you…Jan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenPutting It on a Blockchain Does Not Make It DecentralizedSatoshi Nakamoto solved the Byzantine Generals Problem — the problem of reaching consensus between participants in a distributed network…Nov 8, 2021Nov 8, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenBitcoin Is Not Volatile — Adoption IsBitcoin is a 12-year-old novel form of money. Suppose for the sake of the argument, that Bitcoin will one day become the dominant global…Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenDo Your Savings Have Counterparty Risk?Fiat money is debt and comes with counterparty risk. Bitcoin is a bearer instrument and therefore does not. In this piece, we explore the…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenWhy You Should Study BitcoinMoney serves a dual purpose: It facilitates trade through space and through time; it lets us trade with others and with our future selves.Sep 29, 2021Sep 29, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenWhy You Should Go On a Low-Information DietIf you are a creative person, you must commit to a low-information diet. A high-information diet destroys your ability to do great work…Sep 28, 2021Sep 28, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenWhy We Need to Kill the 40-Hour WorkweekThe 40+ hour workweek is a relic from the industrial age, where the production function of the individual employee was linear in time spent…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
Morten Schaiffel-NielsenDo You Trust the Science?Then I have bad news for you: You probably should not.Sep 15, 2021Sep 15, 2021
