Only the Strong Survive – Full Audio
“In this piece we discuss our concerns around the broader “crypto” space beyond Bitcoin. Our arguments revolve around three primary themes: Philosophical, Technical, and Economic. From a philosophical perspective, we discuss the core properties that make Bitcoin work and that make it unique, in our view. From a technical perspective, we evaluate how these properties are lacking to a greater or lesser extent in alternative “cryptoassets,” having been designed out again on questionable philosophical justifications. From an economic perspective, we walkthrough our concerns that “crypto” has not shown a path to establishing a basis for justifiable real-world value, explain why we believe this would be very difficult to ever accomplish, and suggest therefore that their technical flaws are especially vulnerable. Given the complexity of the task we have set ourselves, this piece is intended to bring our arguments into long form and provide a discussion base for good faith disagreement.” – Allen Farrington & Big Al
Section Summaries:
Part 1 – The Innovation From First Principles
Part 2 – Crypto is Not Decentralized
Part 3 – Crypto is Not Finance
Part 4 – The “Investment” Rationale
Part 5 – Layered Architecture and Gall’s Law
Part 6 – Why We Might Be Wrong
Find the original work and further details in the appendices here: https://www.uncerto.com/only-the-strong-survive
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Bitcoin Law – The El Salvador Legal Tender Bill
I may have gotten ahead of myself but the vote is happening right now in El Salvador’s Congress. It’s being discussed and read on the floor & in order to get this out as quickly as possible, we have the reading of the “Bitcoin Law” proposed and soon voted on in El Salvador.
Enjoy.
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Happy HODL Day!
“GF’s out at a lesbian bar, BTC crashing WHY AM I HOLDING? I’LL TELL YOU WHY…” – GameKyuubi
The origins of the greatest meme in Bitcoin history.
For all the rest of the Bitcoin holidays, check out the calendar over at thecryptoconomy.com:
https://thecryptoconomy.com/calendar/
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Bitcoin is One for All – By Parker Lewis
Unabridged, Uninterrupted, & unmatched. Parker Lewis’s most recent installment of the “Gradually, Then Suddenly” series.
Read the original and check out the data accompanying the piece at the Unchained Capital Blog below:
https://unchained-capital.com/blog/bitcoin-is-one-for-all/
Check out the entire Gradually, Then Suddenly playlist on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NRn7e8FbNtoCLSigf8GV4?si=RnrAdkrSTmmMrh6rECxrbg
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Masters & Slaves of Money – By Robert Breedlove
“Money is a tool for trading human time. Central banks, the modern-era masters of money, wield this tool as a weapon to steal time and inflict wealth inequality. History shows us that the corruption of monetary systems leads to moral decay, social collapse, and slavery. As the temptation to manipulate money has always proven to be too strong for mankind to resist, the only antidote for this poison is an incorruptible money — Bitcoin.”
– Robert Breedlove
This is the full, no commentary version of Breedlove’s epic piece, “Masters & Slaves of Money.” Find the link to his medium page and the original publication below:
https://medium.com/@breedlove22/masters-and-slaves-of-money-255ecc93404f
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I AM HODLING!!
I feel like we just got to live through an old piece of history all over again … so I’ll share my rendition of it.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0
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Guy & Car – Bitcoin, Unmentionables, & an Insane 2019
Carcampit from the Friends Against Government Podcast joins me to close out 2019 with a discussion on the crazy changes we have seen this year, both in Bitcoin and in so many other areas. We discuss…
• The Stock-to-Flow model
• Binance & Censoring Coinjoins
• The Eurochain
• Strip Searching your Devices
• The Year of Lightning
• New Media
• A Bright Future for Privacy
& much more!
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Money, Bitcoin, & Time – by Robert Breedlove
Money is the tool that enables human exchange and prosperity…
Bitcoin is a sovereign, sound, digital form of money…
Time is the only true scarcity that exists for humanity…
Listen to a walk through the Bitcoin perspective and the rich history that enlightens the story for Bitcoin’s immense monetary potential. Reading the unabridged audiobook of Money, Bitcoin & Time, written by Robert Breedlove. Link below to the original PDF to explore the data and graphics or the extraordinary list of reads in the sources on pages 89-90.
https://www.parallaxdigital.io/blog
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The Bitcoin Reformation – by Tuur Demeester
INTRODUCTION
At the end of the 16th century, a rag tag group of rebel intellectuals and entrepreneurs founded a country on some of the least desirable land in Europe—so often flooded that it needed hundreds of miles of moats – while fighting an eighty year long war against the largest empire in the world.
From this struggle and melting pot of ideas emerged the Dutch and British golden ages, innovative economic institutions that changed the world, as well as one of America’s most successful socio-economic experiments: New York City.
This report makes the case that the 21st century emergence of bitcoin, encryption, the internet, and millennials are more than just trends; they herald a wave of change that exhibits similar dynamics as the 16-17th century revolution that took place in Europe.
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Author – Tuur Demeester
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Bonus – Who Deserves This? [Ross Ulbricht]
freeross.org
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The Case for Electronic Cash [Jerry Brito]
The full audio version of “The Case for Electronic Cash” by Jerry Brito.
Abstract
Cash is more than a method of payment. It is a fundamental tool for individual privacy and autonomy, and it is necessary for an open society. This paper shows that a cashless economy is a surveillance economy. It also argues that removing the option to freely transact without intermediation greatly limits our economic self-determination, placing our economic lives in the hands of financial institutions and governments. This paper presents several case studies demonstrating the dangers of a completely intermediated payments system and concludes that electronic cash is a tool that should not only be tolerated, but fostered and celebrated.
The Case for Electronic Cash PDF
Coincenter.org
Jerry Brito on Twitter
Cryptoconomy.Life
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My Favorite Bitcoin Holidays? A Walk with Guy Through Bitcoin History
Today we go on an extended walk through some of the most epic days of Bitcoin’s and the Cryptoconomy’s history! Telling some of my personal experiences and the crazy times that were had. Do you know about the origins of some of Bitcoin’s biggest memes? Do you know what started the Blocksize Wars? Do you know when the first shitcoin was born? All this and much more in our discussion of my Cryptoconomy Holiday Calendar.
If you want to celebrate these holidays with me, and want this on your own calendar, feel free to grab the info off of the website. It is obviously free to use and share around. If you would like to save yourself the work, then I have made a calendar you can easily download and import to your own so you can be notified of every one! Find it on Cryptoconomy.life below:
https://cryptoconomy.life/calendar/
Mentioned at the beginning of the podcast were Ansel Linder with the Bitcoin & Markets podcast, and the guys over at the Citizen Bitcoin podcast. If you haven’t explored their work they have some awesome stuff to check out. Not to be missed!
https://twitter.com/btcmrkts
https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin
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