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👨‍💻 About Me

Hi, I’m Michael Pichura, a research associate at Fraunhofer IML in Dortmund, Germany. I studied computer science and work on blockchain technologies, Bitcoin, and Web3 applications.

🧠 What drives me

I don’t explore technology, economics, and society because I have to, I do it because I want to. I try to understand how things actually work, from technical basics to their impact on the world around us.

Before asking "What does this mean for us?", I ask: "What is it made of? How does it work?"

📉 Against surface-level thinking

But most new technologies are treated like buzzwords or reduced to clichĂ©s and misunderstandings. For example:

  • Bitcoin? Only used by criminals.
  • Blockchain? We’ve had databases for decades.
  • Artificial Intelligence? Just a fancy name for algorithms that guess.
  • Quantum Computing? Sounds cool, but will never be practical.
  • The Metaverse? A billion-dollar joke no one asked for.

These are often dismissed or mocked, not because they don’t matter, but because people don’t understand them.

Many just repeat headlines or follow confident voices, even if those people aren’t actual experts in the field. That’s how important ideas get misunderstood, misused, or ignored too soon.

But these technologies aren’t hype. They are tools we can use to shape the future - our future - for the better. If only we take the time to understand them.

✍️ Why I write

We scroll. We click. We react.
But we rarely stop and ask why.

This blog is my way of slowing down. I enjoy learning, connecting ideas, and thinking things through, in a clearly and carefully way.

And I believe others feel the same.

🔎 What I write about

My favorite topics:

  • Bitcoin & money
  • Blockchain & Web3
  • Computer science & development
  • Technology & society
  • Big-picture economics

I don’t have all the answers. But I ask questions and try to answer them as clearly as I can. Maybe I’m wrong sometimes, but that’s how we grow:
by learning, understanding, and improving over time.

If this speaks to you, I’m glad you’re here.

Thanks for visiting.