Month: July 2018

Ethereum, FOMO3D, and Dangerous Game Theory

“This game, underlying FOMO3D (F3D), is called “The War of Attrition” and it can produce some insanely irrational outcomes… Human beings tend to play terribly and lose.” Don’t miss Matt Stephenson’s great piece on how FOMO3D exploits “dangerous game theory.”

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Visions of Bitcoin

Many different and often conflicting ideas of what Bitcoin is, and what it’s future should be, have emerged throughout the years. Here @nic_carter‘s and @hasufl‘s exploration of past, present, and future narratives that molded Bitcoin into what it is today.

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Deep Dive into ETF Disapproval and SEC Commissioner’s Dissent

The SEC has disapproved the Winklevoss twin’s second attempt at a Bitcoin ETP for traditional markets. Rife with contradictions & misunderstandings, a thorough rebuttal comes in a “Letter of Dissent” from none other than the SEC Commissioner herself! Don’t miss today’s episode!

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Securing Property with Owner Authority

Bitcoin is the first truly decentralized registry for property ownership. The first application of which is value in its most abstract form, money. But how can we extend this to physical property and titles outside of political institutions? Who better to explore the topic with than Nick Szabo (@nickszabo4)? “Securing Property Titles with Owner Authority.”

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How Central Banking Increased Inequality

With the huge number of conversations and claims of income inequality, the central banking monetary policy, which directly benefits the wealthy and financial sector, is almost entirely ignored. What if it’s the largest piece of the inequality puzzle? Listen to Louis Rouanet’s piece from Mises.org.

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Coindesk & Jake Chervinsky on the Bitcoin ETFs

Today we have a dual QuikRead with Nikhilesh De’s Coindesk article regarding the Direxion ETF and the SEC’s decision to postpone until September. Plus Jake Chervinsky’s comments and clarification on SEC processes in his informative Twitter thread. Listen for more details!

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Nik Bhatia on the Future of Bitcoin Financial Markets

The Lightning Reference Rate, Changes in Lightning Tech #eltoo, Returns without Counterparty Risk, CFA Institute Enters Crypto, ETFs on the horizon, Futures, and a revolution in Financial Markets.

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Announcing Bitcoin OpTech

“We’re as excited about Lightning, Schnorr signatures, Taproot/Graftroot and scriptless scripts as any other Bitcoin engineers, but the project’s focus is on technology that can be deployed by companies today.” – @bitcoinoptech

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Schnorr Poised to Become Bitcoin’s Biggest Change Since SegWit

Thanks to the incredible work by Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) and others, #Schnorr signature scheme has an official proposal. Despite still much work and testing to be done, schnorr is poised to grant #Bitcoin a plethora of amazing improvements.

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Bitcoin & our Friends Against Government

The future of #Crypto, Bitcoin, New Developments, Shitcoins?, and really really Bad Movies! Don’t miss a great time with the FAGcast crew! Follow them on Twitter! @CarCampIt @birdarchist

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