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2025/04/02

Why the Ethiopian government shouldn't mine Bitcoin

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This is more of a draft of talking points or notes rather than a properly written article. So apologies to my regular readers.  I've bee...
2025/02/28

On the real costs of Bitcoin mining

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Someone is wrong on the Internet! A recent article  on a website called NFT Evening has been circulating, claiming that it costs $1,986.20 t...
2025/01/23

Datacenter potential in Ethiopia

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Where is Africa in this picture?  It's a fraction of the "rest of world" slice.   A bit of history:  Until the lat...
2024/07/30

Free at last

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On the evening of Sunday July 28, 2024, the Ethiopian government made a historic Macro-Economic Reform Program Policy Statement . Early Mon...
2024/07/07

Five books: Asia

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Once in a while, I notice in my unplanned readings a cluster, theme. When this happens, it's time for a "five books" blog post...
2024/04/25

Bitcoin mining in Ethiopia: the good, the bad and the ugly

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In the last few months, media have been buzzing about Bitcoin mining in Ethiopia. For Bitcoiners, it is part of the story of Africa as the n...
2023/11/11

Startups in Ethiopia: 5 obstacles the government should remove

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"Addis, we have a problem." According to one report, the total venture capital invested in Ethiopia in 2022 was $4M. Less than a s...
2023/06/03

The mother of all distortions: Ethiopia's foreign currency peg

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Check your ideology at the door Perhaps the biggest economic topic in Ethiopia today is foreign currency. Sadly, much of the discussion arou...
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