BITCOIN: An introduction to the peer-to-peer, open source, censorship- resistant, immutable, permissionless, decentralized, global, digital monetary network of the 21st century
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You can get your copy at the Villareal Hall (College of Law) in Silliman University, or order online thru the links below:
“When people pay online for goods from Lazada, or lodging at Airbnb, or bills with Gcash, or food with Grab, they are using government-issued money from their credit/debit cards. Put differently, they are using the payment rails of the traditional or legacy financial system regulated by government… (continue reading)
“Bitcoin, on the other hand, is both a global currency and a global payments network. It is acceptable in any place all over the world where people and businesses are willing to accept it. One bitcoin in Penang, Malaysia is equivalent to one bitcoin in Sagada, or Okinawa, or Oahu, or the McMurdo Station in the Antarctic… (continue reading)
“This permissionless architecture of Bitcoin can only promote a culture of free exchange, enhancing human agency. It is an environment where self-interested participants can interact with one another in a way that allows them to maximize their freedoms… (continue reading)
The monetary network that is Bitcoin has been online since 2009 and yet so few have a sufficiently comprehensive understanding of what it is and what it does. A human rights advocate complains, ““[n]early everyone has heard about Bitcoin, but only a tiny few are aware of the deep impact the digital currency is having around the world.” This is both frustrating and unfortunate, though understandable. Several reasons account for it. Click here to download PDF
Watch: #FACTSFIRST Interview by Christian Esguerra (Charter Change)
Introduction to BITCOIN: Navigating the Future of Money is now available on AMAZON.
“Hilbay’s book is a blueprint for a different kind of future, where the world operates on one digital currency standard, beyond the control of any one country or alliance of countries, where the most valuable and technologically advanced money is something that will be accessible to anyone: a refugee or a billionaire, equally. Where foreign lenders and dictators cannot simply ‘devalue’ a local currency to crack the whip on local workers, or where an empire cannot force their currency to be the only one that energy producers accept. If everyone is on the same footing, Hilbay explains, then the world gets a whole lot more equal.”
— Alex Gladstein, Human Rights Foundation
Watch: #FACTSFIRST Interview by Christian Esguerra (Maharlika Fund)
16 Jul 2023
One Semester of Teaching Bitcoin
I teach a course on Money & State at Silliman University, College of Law. It is a course on the history of money and an introduction to the Bitcoin monetary network from an inter-disciplinary perspective…. continue reading
Listen: Florin Hilbay on Bitcoin | Block to the Future Podcast
Get his book at https://florin.hilbay.net/ Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fthilbay ——— Block to the Future is an ANIMA Podcast. Follow Harry on Twitter: @harryinitiative For questions and comments, email us at intocryptoversepod@gmail.com
25 May 2023
Lecture at the House of Representatives: BITCOIN for Filipinos and the Philippines continue reading
Watch: Frameworks for Understanding Bitcoin (Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law)
Watch: Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay Talks about #bitcoin (with Coach Miranda Miner)
01 Apr 2023
Saving in Satoshi
This is Atan and Paul, my companions at Kalayaan Homestead. Every month this year, they’ve been receiving Sats or Satoshis in addition to their salaries. Like half of the Philippine population, they belong to the “unbanked”… continue reading
Watch: Bitcoin Island Retreat 2023 (Boracay, Philippines)
This is the first meeting of The #Bitcoin Society of the Philippines. The goal is to promote Bitcoin education and adoption. Our home node is Silliman University.
23 Mar 2023
The Mission
Last year, while still a homesteader and not affiliated with any institution, I posted a note inviting people to the farm for a lecture about things I’ve learned… continue reading
20 Mar 2023
Note 2: Study Bitcoin to Learn About the Current Economic and Monetary System
One of the best ways to understand any system is by studying the alternative to that system… continue reading
16 Mar 2023
Note 1: The University as Home for Bitcoin Education
Let me start by saying I’m happy to claim full responsibility for the events narrated in this short piece… continue reading
09 Mar 2023
We’ve officially launched BITCOIN: An introduction to the peer-to-peer, open source, censorship- resistant, immutable, permissionless, decentralized, global, digital monetary network of the 21st century. continue reading
About the author
Florin T. Hilbay holds a degree in economics from the University of Santo Tomas, and in law from the University of the Philippines. He ranked 1st in the 1999 Bar examinations, and obtained his master’s at Yale Law School… (continue reading)
