Original reporting + critical analysis on the world of crypto & non-national currency, monetary & banking reform, & how tech is catalyzing a new economy
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Originally conceived as a peer-to-peer technology, the brunt of blockchain’s potential still lies in its ability to serve as the technological underpinning for the sharing economy.
#blockchainforimpact #socialimpact
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The California Public Banking Alliance has launched to advocate for a special charter that would enable cities or regions to use a specific Public Bank license to create Public Banks. #YesPublicBanks #YesCAPublicBank @YesCAPublicBank #CPBA
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"…there is nothing about Bitcoin that makes it a good store of value. That line of narrative is incredibly dangerous.”
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Functionally, ERC20 as a token standard has created a path dependency where orgs need to put their less-liquid token on Ethereum.
ERC20 creates a very a high opportunity cost in the form of vastly reduced liquidity for *not* using the #Ethereum blockchain and it's ecosystem.
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Have you seen this new initiative "The Lake District Pound." It is our region’s new local currency designed to celebrate everything we love about this place & help keep our region special. People can spend it in local businesses around the Lake District buff.ly/2jpXzqy
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An interview with @nomiprins: "Bankers are playing an increasingly large role by virtue of being able to fabricate or conjure trillions and trillions of dollars of cheap money, and basically decide where it goes."
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Interesting. Yap stones are still used by islanders. "When it comes to high ranks, you have to use stone money": bbc.com/travel/story/2018050…
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Starting a #money transfer agency requires careful planning and an organized approach. It also helps to know the #regulations like the palm of your hand. https://teapawt.net/t.co/0fInKQBT1g #moneytransfers #payments #remittances #remittance
This was a really interesting episode on an upcoming fast-clearing blockchain using tendermint consensus, where the native token will be a stablecoin.
It's a thought-provoking model for a stablecoin with no collateral. teapawt.net/JosemotaQ/status/99497…