Ai Unchained

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Read_753 – Bitcoin Timestamp Security [Jameson Lopp]

"Bitcoin is often referred to as a secure timestamping service. We never had a global record of truth with trustworthy timestamps, so how did this come about? It’s generally...

Read_752 – Bitcoin Becomes the Flag of Technology [Balaji S. Srinivasan]

"Bitcoin represents the explicit encoding of previously implicit values of the tech community. It's not just software — it is a Schelling point and a symbol. As such, it...

Read_751 – Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]

"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Other networks are “dumb” — they...

Read_749 – Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]

"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known monetary hot potatoes that need to...

Read_750 – Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]

"To do our best to minimize the economics jargon once again, we might simply ask: what are you going to do with your time? Are you going to create...

Read_748 – Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]

"While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the...

Read_748 – Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]

“While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the motivations behind the movement that spawned bitcoin and share its vision for the future.”

Context matters. If you don’t know the history of the cypherpunks and where we are coming from. Then you may not really know where we are today. Listen to Lopp’s amazing piece from 2016, Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks.

Check out the original article at: Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks

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Read_747 – The Bondholder’s Burning Platform [Croesus]

"Since 1800, in 51 out of 52 cases where a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio reached 130%, the country eventually defaulted. The only exception is current Japan, who is frankly in...

Guy’s Take #68 – Lightning & the Ai Economy

Ai agents are going to be able to seek out, delegate, and pay for micro services from an ecosystem of other agents & services. But the resources being share...