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Blockbuster And The Infrastructure Of Digital Value
The collision between Blockbuster and Netflix was between physical and digital business models. The winner was inevitable.
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Matthew Pettigrew
February 2022
Aspirational Inflation Rates and the CPI
Everything is getting more expensive. What prices you care about are the prices that matter most.
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Matthew Pettigrew
January 2022
Digital Scarcity And A Lesson From Nissan
Digitally scarcity is a profound innovation, and is the foundation of the 21st Century economy
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Matthew Pettigrew
Google Maps & Understanding Bitcoin As A Digital Asset-Class
Afixing the term "digital" to legacy words is an exponential change, not a linear change.
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Matthew Pettigrew
December 2021
The Next Countries That Should Adopt Bitcoin
Now that El Salvador has adopted Bitcoin, which countries are most likely to follow suit?
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Matthew Pettigrew
November 2021
Digital Over Physical
Bitcoin's digital nature is not detrimental to its value, it is among its greatest features
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Matthew Pettigrew
What is Backing Bitcoin?
Base-layer monies are not backed by assets, they are backed by ideas.
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Matthew Pettigrew
October 2021
How Money Stores and Exchanges Value
Examining the properties of money provides an understanding of value
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Matthew Pettigrew
What is Money? It's a G.A.M.E.
To understand Bitcoin’s significance, applicability, and potential, it is worthwhile to first understand money.
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Matthew Pettigrew
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