NPR
The 'Strange, Unduly Neglected Prophet'
6 min · · Meet Silvio Gesell, who inspired a worldwide movement to create money that expired. After nearly a century of obscurity, he's making a comeback. · Shared by 480, including Ward Plunet, Emin Gün Sirer🔺, 瑞拿頭, ahg, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola, Matthias Lampe, Marcos
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
Why Everyone Missed the Most Mind-Blowing Feature of Cryptocurrency
17+ min · · There’s one incredible feature of cryptocurrencies that almost everyone seems to have missed, including Satoshi himself. · Shared by 303, including Lukas Stickelberger, Mathias Böhm, Marcos, Alain, Rhys, Michael R. Nall, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Manos Hatzimalonas, Chintan Shah, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Leslie D, Björn Ognibeni, Christopher Allen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, David Smooke, Bernhard Huessy, Thomas Euler, Martin Howard, DonDahlmann, Daniel Bentes
TechCrunch
TechCrunch – Startup and Technology News
5 min · · TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news. · Shared by 284, including Mike Butcher, Nicolas Babin, Keith Keller, Alexia Bonatsos, Under30CEO, John Rampton, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Gabriele, Jim Marous 💯, Stefano ₿Ξrnardi 🌲🏴, Korben, Matt Navarra, Dr. Manu Kumar, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, John Hall, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Scott Brinker, Oliver Pitsch, Alex Iskold | 2048.vc, Esther Schindler
medium.com
A most peaceful revolution
20+ min · · Bitcoin is a slow-burning but potent nonviolent rebellion. · Shared by 156, including Jameson Lopp, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Thomas Power, Oleg Baskov, Ryan Selkis 🪳, notsofast, Matthias Lampe, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, 瑞拿頭, Jon Matonis
a16z
Crypto Fund II
5 min · · We’re excited to announce a new $515 million fund that will be used to invest in crypto entrepreneurs, networks and businesses. · Shared by 92, including علي, Thomas Power, Marc P. Bernegger, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Billeter, Meltem Demirors, 瑞拿頭
Project Syndicate
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
4 min · · After the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive… · Shared by 90, including Bertrand Maltaverne, @toxi@mastodon.thi.ng, Faik Ersoy, 瑞拿頭, Mark Little, Mariana Mazzucato, Howard Getson
The Atlantic
This Is Not a Recession. It’s an Ice Age.
3 min · · No one alive has experienced an economic plunge this sudden. · Shared by 86, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, Gerd Leonhard, Howard Getson, Ezra Klein, Johannes Lenz, Christopher Lauer™, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Visual Capitalist
All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization
10 min · · Did you know you can use this visualization? · Shared by 67, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Ben Collins, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Artnome, Chris Gledhill, erik spiekermann, Thomas Power, Ste Davies, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Pippa Malmgren, Stefan Weber, BrendanEich, krisdahn.eth, 瑞拿頭
CoinDesk
Nic Carter: The Last Word on Bitcoin's Energy Consumption
6 min · · What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist. · Shared by 64, including Sebastien Meunier, Stephan Werner, notsofast, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, Ric “el pony esponjoso”, Ser Jeff Garzik, 瑞拿頭, Christopher Mims 🤌, Neeraj K Agrawal, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Antonio Vieira Santos
BBC News (World)
Blockchain: The revolution that hasn't quite happened
4 min · · Blockchain was hyped as a secure and cheap way to store or retrieve data, but it is yet to take off. · Shared by 64, including 瑞拿頭, Bertrand Maltaverne, Sebastien Meunier, Jonathan Kogan, Stephan Woodtli
lcamtuf.coredump.cx
The hyperinflation gallery
5 min · · We learn history through the prism of the lives of charismatic leaders and the ideologies they preached. But over time, biographies turn into myths and the ideas turn into slogans; the complex and… · Shared by 54, including 瑞拿頭
WIRED
'Mirror Worlds' Creator Wants to Displace Facebook—With Blockchain
5 min · · Computer science professor David Gelernter envisaged social networks long before Facebook. Now, he wants to reclaim the concept, using blockchain technology. · Shared by 53, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, 瑞拿頭, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Backchannel, Ward Plunet
medium.com
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
· With the price of a bitcoin surging to new highs in 2017, the bullish case for investors might seem so obvious it does not need stating… · Shared by 51, including Tuur Demeester, tcherno, 瑞拿頭, Alain, Brian Armstrong 🛡️
bisq.network
Bisq - The decentralized Bitcoin exchange
1 min · · Bisq is an open-source desktop application that allows you to buy and sell bitcoins in exchange for national currencies, or alternative crypto currencies. · Shared by 39, including 瑞拿頭, Helmi, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Gilbert Orbe
The Block
China's central bank digital currency is "ready" after 5 years of development
· A senior official at China’s central bank announced at the China Finance 40 Group meeting today that the country will soon roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC.) Mu Changchun, Deputy Chief… · Shared by 35, including Crypto Rand, 瑞拿頭
medium.com
Why Decentralization Matters
8 min · · Centralized platforms have been dominant for so long that many people have forgotten there is a better way to build internet services. · Shared by 35, including Francesco Corea, 瑞拿頭