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Laurel Murphy

ABOUT AUTHOR

Laurel is a writer, researcher, and designated blockchain explainer at family get-togethers. She has strong opinions about platform security and shoegaze.

Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The good Deflationary Inflation, or the decline in the purchasing power of most currencies, is something we’re all unfortunately familiar with. Over time, the same amount of money tends to buy less and less. One of the reasons people are so excited about Bitcoin is because it is billed as a deflationary currency. With only […]...
4 years ago
Bitcoin
An abridged history of exchange hacks
In this book, we’ve cautioned against holding large amounts of money in online exchanges. The reasoning behind that has a long and storied history of crime, skullduggery, and extremely poor choices. If an institution holds a large sum of money, someone will eventually try to steal some. The cryptocurrency era has seen its fair share […]...
4 years ago