Jean Rousseau
The Finxter mission is to help you stay on the right side of change. In this article, I’ll philosophize on the question: Why do some benefit from change while most do not? It’s tough to see through the many layers of societal and cultural obfuscation. But simplification helps, so here’s a simplified categorization into three … Read more
We live in fascinating times. Turn on the news, and it often feels like the world is on a downward spiral. Stock markets wavering, geo-political tensions, and the looming specter of inflation. But let me let you in on a secret: there’s a significant mismatch between perception and reality. The Rise and Rise of Tech … Read more
BTC Ownership Percentile Calculator BTC Ownership Percentile Calculator Enter your BTC amount: Calculate Percentile 👤👤👤👤👤👤👤👤👤👤 We used the following Bitcoin ownership distribution from the Bitcoin rich list: Balance, BTC Addresses % Addresses (Total) Coins USD % Coins (Total) (0 – 0.00001) 3637113 7.44% (100%) 18.48 BTC $499,973 0% (100%) [0.00001 – 0.0001) 9669214 19.78% (92.56%) … Read more
🧑💻 TLDR: The BitVM whitepaper by Bitcoin developer Robin Linus introduces a method to implement Ethereum-like smart contracts on Bitcoin without a hard fork. BitVM proposes a system where contract logic is executed off-chain but verified on Bitcoin, similar to Ethereum’s optimistic rollups, BitVM enables Turing-complete Bitcoin contracts. The architecture employs fraud proofs and a … Read more
Disruptive innovation, a concept introduced in 1995, has become a wildly popular concept explaining innovation-driven growth. The Disruptive Innovation Model Clayton Christensen’s “Disruptive Innovation Model” refers to a theory that explains how smaller companies can successfully challenge established incumbent businesses. Here’s a detailed breakdown: 📈 Disruptive Innovation refers to a new technology, process, or business … Read more
💡 TLDR: GPT-4 with vision (GPT-4V) is now out for many ChatGPT Plus users in the US and some other regions! You can instruct GPT-4 to analyze image inputs. GPT-4V incorporates additional modalities such as image inputs into large language models (LLMs). Multimodal LLMs will expand the reach of AI from mainly language-based applications to … Read more
Imagine you have three nations A, B, and C. Nation C considers an attack. Nation A has stored most of its assets in BTC. Nation B has stored most of its assets in commodities like gold. In this scenario, Nation A’s assets in Bitcoin deter attack from hostile Nation C due to the low benefit-to-cost … Read more
OpenAI’s GPT-4 has revolutionized the AI landscape and opened up numerous opportunities for individuals to make money. In this article, we will explore 20 ways to leverage GPT-4 and generate income. Whether you’re a freelancer, social media influencer, or aspiring entrepreneur, these strategies will help you tap into the potential of GPT-4 and make money … Read more
Billionaire investor Charlie Munger is famously quoted as saying, “The first $100,000 is a bitch, but you gotta do it. I don’t care what you have to do – if it means walking and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon, find a way to get your hands on $100,000”. For most people, … Read more
Price is a function of supply and demand. Increase demand and price goes up. Increase supply and price goes down. Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million coins forever. So we don’t need to worry about supply, it is 100% predictable and limited to 21,000,000 BTC in the year 2140. With fixed supply, the … Read more
Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network (V) is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (N²). In this article, I’ll develop a Bitcoin price prediction (V) in the year 2030 based on the average growth rate of the number of Bitcoin nodes (N). General Intuition Metcalfe’s … Read more
Quick Fix: Python raises the ImportError: No module named ‘anyio’ when it cannot find the library anyio. The most frequent source of this error is that you haven’t installed anyio explicitly with pip install anyio. Alternatively, you may have different Python versions on your computer, and anyio is not installed for the particular version you’re … Read more