Adam Hayes

Adam graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science, and is currently working towards his Masters in Economics in New York City and is also a CFA Level III candidate. An early Bitcoin adopter, he has taken up the study of digital currencies and the Bitcoin ecosystem from a finance and economics viewpoint. Adam has over a dozen years of professional experience in the financial markets and enjoys writing about finance, economics, technology, and of course Bitcoin.

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  • Bitcoins Value: Subjective Factors
    Bitcoins Value: Subjective Factors
    21 Mar 2015

    Aside from the motives of miners and speculators, who do not behave as economic theory might predict, there are also subjective attributes of bitcoin that may confer value to individuals as a use-value.

  • Bitcoins Value: Mining
    Bitcoins Value: Mining
    13 Mar 2015

    The decision to mine for bitcoin comes down to profitability. A rational individual would not undertake mining if they incurred a loss in doing so.

  • Bitcoins Value: Altcoins
    Bitcoins Value: Altcoins
    5 Mar 2015

    Despite the many differences among the altcoins, they all share a common lineage back to Bitcoin, and that means a set of common attributes that can be measured, compared, and analyzed.

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