Jon Matonis's Blog

e-Money Researcher

Jon Matonis is an e-Money researcher and crypto economist focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies. His career has included senior influential posts at Sumitomo Bank, VISA, VeriSign, and Hushmail.

Bitcoin Prevents Monetary Tyranny

Bitcoin is not about making rapid global transactions with little or no fee. Bitcoin is about preventing monetary tyranny. That is its raison d’être.

Air Guitars and Bitcoin Regulation

No one really sends or receives bitcoin. They merely transfer their ownership and specific control rights to the block chain on the giant public ledger in the cloud.

Why Are Libertarians Against Bitcoin?

Why are some prominent libertarians and even Austrian economists coming out against bitcoin? To be fair, it's not all but some.

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