Singularity Hub
The Moral Case for Lightning: A Global Private Payment Network
11+ min · · A cashless society is a surveillance society. But what if the future could be different? What if we could have the digital equivalent of cash? · Shared by 19, including Thomas Power
The New Yorker
Facebook’s Audacious Pitch for a Global Cryptocurrency
8 min · · Libra promises a frictionless way for the unbanked people “who need it most” to move money across the world, but will it simply consolidate the power of the already powerful? · Shared by 22, including Mari Smith, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Facebook’s plan for a cryptocurrency is right to set alarm bells ringing
3 min · · The tech giant now seems to imagine itself a state. Its reach must not go unchallenged · Shared by 25, including Will Preston, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯