Ariel Deschapell

Ariel Deschapell is content manager for blockchain real estate startup Ubitquity, and a recent Henry Hazlitt fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Follow Ariel: <a href="https://twitter.com/notasithlord">@NotASithLord</a>.


Ariel is an investor in bitcoin, and has stock in Ubitquity (<a href="https://qa.coindesk.com/editorial-policy/">See: Editorial Policy</a>).

Ariel Deschapell

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Programming Blockchain Can Change How You See Bitcoin

Jimmy Song's Programming Blockchain workshop taught me about a lot more than bitcoin.

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Strip Clubs, Lambos and Code: A Tale of Two Bitcoins

A conference in Miami played host to evidence of a growing schism in the crypto community between passionate developers and fly-by-night traders.

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Bitcoin's Real Bottleneck

Bitcoin's markets may be booming but it's the network's rare development talent that may be most valuable.

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Segwit2x Is Doomed to Fail

Developer Ariel Deschapell argues that the Segwit2x bitcoin fork is a broken attempt to change bitcoin, and that it's destined to fail.

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The Economic Case for Conservative Bitcoin Development

A look at bitcoin's scaling debate and what the history of money can teach us about the best path forward for protocol development.

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ICOs: Foolish Mania or Market Discovery? (They Might Be Both)

As ICO mania subsides, CoinDesk contributor Ariel Deschapell argues the increased experimentation that will result is likely an industry boon.

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Miami's Third Bitcoin Hackathon Was All (OK, Mostly) Fun And Games

Gamification emerged as a major trend at the third-annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon this week. Here's our summary of the event:

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The Blockchain: An Experiment in Governance Without Power

Cryptocurrencies aren't just an experiment in monetary theory, but also a radical experiment in decentralized governance, says Ariel Deschapell.

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Decentralization & Governance: Can Bitcoin Have the Best of Both?

In this opinion piece, contributor Ariel Deschapell asks, can bitcoin have decentralized governance without defining decentralization?

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Why a 1MB Block Size May Be Right for Bitcoin Today

Are bitcoin's short-term scaling issues holding back adoption? Contributor Ariel Deschapell argues the answer is no.

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