Author: Vasil Kanev The case with the Republic of North Macedonia is becoming increasingly urgent, and no solutions are being proposed, despite the changed approach of the new government. Why is the Bulgarian side not understood, what are the Bulgarian interests and what can we change to protect them and resolve the case? I define myself as a patriot, …
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"What will you give us, history...?"
The debate for or against adopting the euro concerns the fate of the leva as the Bulgarian national currency. From this point of view, it seems logical to support the opinions expressed with arguments from the monetary past. The monetary history of Bulgaria is a matter that does not lend itself easily to a short and meaningful presentation. It …
More »From traditional smoking tobacco to non-combustible nicotine alternatives
The annual lost economic benefits (in 2019) associated with cigarette smoking amount to 4.4 billion BGN or 3.7% of GDP; Estimates show that smoking increases the risk of coronary heart disease (2 to 4 times), stroke (2 to 4 times), lung cancer …
More »Will there be electricity in Bulgaria after the political realignment?
The Bulgarian energy sector is in a special state, which according to Assoc. Prof. Krasen Stanchev[1] can already be called a crisis, while according to former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov[2] it is pre-crisis. The facts are that Bulgaria is still a significant producer and exporter of electricity, but, due to foreign policy circumstances, a significant share of our …
More »Bulgarian economists, the market and power
One of the important questions about the social order is whether ideas determine the actions of the authorities or do the representatives of the authorities order the ideas they need? The question, posed in this way, is so general that any answer can be both right and wrong. There are enough world authorities who take opposing positions, …
More »What is Bitcoin Part IV: Double spend attack, transactions and fees
Author: Stilgar This is the fourth part of our series "What is Bitcoin?". You can read the previous parts here, here and here. In the last part of the series, we posed the main problem that blockchain technology solves in the field of digital currencies - "double spend". But what would the so-called "double spend" attack actually look like...
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