David Canellis

David Canellis

David is an Editor based in the Netherlands focused on data-driven journalism. Previously, he wrote for TheNextWeb's crypto vertical before launching Protos in 2021. He's a reformed hardline Bitcoiner passionate about permissionless and decentralized networks. Contact David at [email protected]

recent news by David Canellis

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DeFiSupply Shock

How Bitcoin survived a DoS attack now worth $24M

Big blockers wasted a bitcoin fortune trying to prove a point

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Supply Shock

What the Greek debt crisis taught us about Bitcoin, 10 years on

Surviving financial doomsday takes some preparation

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AnalysisSupply Shock

Bitcoin's journey to the mainstream started 15 years ago

Bitcoin’s runaway success was partly driven by Slashdot

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MarketsSupply Shock

Bitcoin already sets all-time high against the US dollar index

US dollars might technically be worth less, but it’s still good news

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DeFiSupply Shock

What the Sony Walkman and Bitcoin have in common

“Be your own bank” meets “be your own DJ”

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OpinionSupply Shock

Why the Winklevoss bros should be on Bitcoin’s Mt. Rushmore

Long before BlackRock’s ETF, there was the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust

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MarketsSupply Shock

Bitcoin bull market on track to be second longest on record

Bitcoin has been bullish for nearly 1,000 days

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DeFiSupply Shock

Why the fight for Bitcoin to exist might not be over yet

It took years of struggle to keep encryption free of government control

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MarketsSupply Shock

Bitcoin’s best slogan: It’s a 'hedge against instability'

A Brexit-themed celebration of Bitcoin’s catchphrases

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DeFiSupply Shock

Peter Todd tells Permissionless why people don’t care about Bitcoin

Do stablecoins validate “crypto” beyond Bitcoin?

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AnalysisSupply Shock

If companies, countries and ETFs are buying bitcoin — who's selling?

Searching for someone to blame for bitcoin’s price

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MarketsSupply Shock

Ethereum was close to flipping Bitcoin in 2017 — then never again

The Flippening was always a meme, but for a moment it wasn’t so funny

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Supply ShockWeb3

Happy ₿-Day: Bitcoin’s official Unicode symbol turns 8

Every movement needs a symbol, cryptocurrency or not

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FinanceSupply Shock

When 'George Clooney' crashed bitcoin to below $0.01

This isn’t the worst hack to ever hit Mt. Gox, but it could be the most entertaining

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PeopleSupply Shock

How Ross Ulbricht could’ve been the richest Bitcoiner on Earth

You can’t put a price on freedom, but this comes close

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OpinionSupply Shock

You'll know Bitcoin has won when it's suddenly boring

Onboarding the world to Bitcoin takes a series of firsts

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PeopleSupply Shock

How Peter Todd stored bitcoin in his brain wallet

Few things are more cypherpunk than keeping keys in your brain wallet

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PeopleSupply Shock

We're all still early — but not early enough for the free bitcoin faucet

FOMO can be a multiplayer experience

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DeFi

Everything in Bitcoin is decentralized — except the blocks

Why nobody can ever truly “win” Bitcoin mining

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PeopleSupply Shock

The first Bitcoin baby: how a fertility doctor encouraged early adoption

In 2012, a doctor offered fertility treatment discounts for customers paying in BTC

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