Day: December 3, 2019

The Island of Stone Money

Does money need some alternative utility? Is there an example of virtual money that could be hundreds of years old?

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The God Protocols

“Imagine the ideal protocol. It would have the most trustworthy third party imaginable — a deity who is on everybody’s side. All the parties would send their input to this god. God would reliably determine the results and return the output. In addition, God, being the ultimate in confessional discretion, would ensure that no party would learn anything more about the other party’s input than they could learn from their own input and the output.”  – Nick Szabo

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Understanding the Technical Side of Bitcoin

Curious about where to start or what to possibly focus on when learning Bitcoin, Lightning, and the fundamentals of the most important tools in this ecosystem? Look no further, today we read and discuss Pierre Rochard’s excellent piece that breaks it all down.

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The Economic Nervous System – Money, Bitcoin, & Time – Part 3

Today we continue our journey through Robert Breedlove‘s thorough work by completing section 1 on the incredible history & profound nature of money.

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Money is a Social Network – Money, Bitcoin & Time – Part 2

The network effects that tie society together through its community, language, and money are both incredibly powerful, and very difficult to measure. We continue with Robert Breedlove‘s broad piece covering all of the core ideas that make Bitcoin the powerful innovation it is, and detailing exactly what it is changing, with a deep historical context.

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Money, Bitcoin & Time – Part 1

Today we start into an amazing and broad work that tackles the entire argument for Bitcoin, from the origins and nature of money, to the cost and value of time, by Robert Breedlove titled, “Money, Bitcoin and Time.

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Proof of Life

“Ralph Merkle… made the argument that Bitcoin is the first example of a new form of life. In this article series, I intend to take this claim seriously, explore it further, and see what can be gleaned from viewing Bitcoin as a living organism.”

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Bitcoin is the Antivirus

Our monetary system has confiscated trillions in resources and value by corrupting the very incentives that keep our economy healthy and resilient… in that world, what role does Bitcoin play?

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Invalid Blocks Need Not Apply

Everything that defines the Bitcoin network is in the validation rules, and the nodes are its enforcers.  An impenetrable fortress of validation.

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The Right to Read

Do we live in an age of liberty, where information is freely accessible, or an age of heavy-handed copyright restrictions where we are losing the ownership of the very devices we hold in our hands? If I had to judge, it’s probably a bit of both.

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