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Bitcoin’s Censorship-Resistance Was a Step Change in History
Blockchain technology put rocket fuel into the internet's ability to defy censorship, turning what was once a conversation about the appropriate limits of speech into a matter...
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By Brady Dale
Jul 22, 2021 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
Jul 22, 2021
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South China Morning Post to Mint Historical Records as NFTs
The SCMP introduced its ARTIFACT standard for recording historical accounts and assets on the blockchain as NFTs.
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By Jamie Crawley
Jul 19, 2021 at 11:31 a.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2021
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Nobody Saw Inflation Coming in the 1960s, but It Could Be Back: Economist
Very few of today's bond portfolio managers and traders can remember the last inflation shock, but that does not make a new shock less likely.
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By Damanick Dantes
Mar 16, 2021 at 12:07 a.m. UTC
Mar 16, 2021
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Crypto Is the Libertarian Cheat Code in the Final Battle Over State Coercion
A normie Mario fights Bowser to save Princess Peach; a libertarian Mario builds her an escape hatch.
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By Brady Dale
Feb 4, 2021 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2021
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Cypherpunk, Crypto Anarchy and How Bitcoin Lost the Narrative
The crypto industry tends to give "cypherpunk" vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
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By Brady Dale
Nov 24, 2020 at 12:18 p.m. UTC
Nov 24, 2020
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A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Nov 3, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2020
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8 Historical Analogies That Help Explain the Madness of 2020
From the U.S. presidential elections of 1896 to the dot-com bubble to housing markets in 2006, these historical moments help us make sense of a truly WTF year.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Sep 4, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 4, 2020
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Ethereum History in 5 Charts
Five years ago this week, the first general-purpose blockchain went live on its mainnet. Here are five charts for understanding Ethereum's evolution.
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By Christine KimShuai Hao
Jul 31, 2020 at 3:00 a.m. UTC
Jul 31, 2020
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'Minsky Moments' and the Financial History of Pandemics
As a wobbly recovery tries to take hold, was the coronavirus pandemic simply the pinprick on a larger economic bubble?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
May 19, 2020 at 7:21 p.m. UTC
May 19, 2020
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Is Bitcoin in 2020 Really Like the Early Internet?
Bitcoin may be behind the internet’s timeline in terms of commercial use cases, but it has already achieved comparable social functions.
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By Leigh Cuen
Jan 11, 2020 at 10:20 a.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2020
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