Read_170 – If Games Drive Crypto Mass Adoption, Then it Will be Grassroots [Tony Sheng]
There seems to be something inherently complementary between scarce digital goods in the video game world, and the systems that ensure the scarcity of cryptocurrency tokens. But do games like Fortnite and other incumbents have any incentive to adopt a crypto model? Today we read Tony Sheng’s article exploring the ins and outs of scarce digital goods, and why if crypto does ever make waves in the gaming world, it will have to start from the ground up.
Don’t forget to check out Tony Sheng’s other work on his website and follow him on Twitter:https://www.tonysheng.com/crypto-adoption-gameshttps://twitter.com/tonysheng
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Read_169 – Neutrino: The Lighter Side of Lightning [Bryan Vu]
Another awesome post on the Lightning Labs blog, this time breaking down Alice’s search for privacy and a great mobile user experience with Bitcoin. Neutrino might be the solution she has been waiting for! Listen to find out more.
Check out the blog for other information and details on the lnd and desktop wallets! Plus if you aren’t following the accounts below on Twitter you are missing out:Neutrino: The Lighter Side of LightningBryan Vu @bvuLightning LabsOlaoluwa Osuntokun @roasbeef
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Guy’s Take_002 – The Lightning App I Want to Use
Lightning is slowly coming into its own. With simple working wallets, and dedicated plug-and-play nodes around the corner, its time to talk about the #LightningNetwork apps that I think could make waves in the early days. Listen to this “Guy’s Take” episode to find out more!
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Read_168 – Prices Keep us From Squandering Resources [Jacob Dowell]
“this system of prices is not an organized institution or structure that was created by any single person’s design. It was simply a natural consequence of trade between people even before money in a barter economy.” – Hayek
A short article from FEE.org introducing the workings of the market price system by Jacob Dowell.
Links to the article and other great works to dig deeper into this topic of study:How Prices Keep Us From Squandering ResourcesJacob Dowell’s pageHuman Action on Mises.orgRobert Murphy’s Choice
Later Additions:Economics in One Lesson – Henry HazlittBasic Economics – Thomas Sowell
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Read_167 – Strong Federations & Foundations of Liquid [Johnny Dilley]
Today we read “Strong Federations, Foundation of Liquid, Whitepaper Release,” on Blockstream.com & take a deep dive all about the system that secures the operation of @Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain. If you want to know more about Liquid, don’t miss this episode!
Check out the official @Blockstream page for more details and the Whitepaper on Strong Federations to dig even deeper into the processes involved in securing the first production #Bitcoin sidechain:https://blockstream.com/2017/01/16/strong-federations-paper-released-liquid.htmlhttps://blockstream.com/strong-federations.pdf
Authors Johnny Dilley, Jonathan Wilkins, and Marta Piekarska
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Read_166 – Liquid Network Launch and Thoughts from Lucas Nuzzi
Blockstream’s Liquid, a federated, production sidechain, has officially launched with exchanges accounting for more than half of the global Bitcoin exchange volume! In today’s episode we read and expand on the official announcement from the Blockstream Blog, as well as dive into what it could mean with a short Twitter thread from @LucasNuzzi. Don’t miss a fun episode.
Check out and follow the official @Blockstream Blog and @Excellion to stay up on their incredible work:https://blockstream.com/2018/10/10/liquid-launch.htmlhttps://twitter.com/Excellion
And see the other threads discussed in the episode below:https://twitter.com/LucasNuzzi/status/1050181396591972353https://twitter.com/PMillerCoin/status/1050197853421723648
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Read_165 – Why Privacy Matters [Alex Hardy]
Privacy isn’t just about being safe and keeping our data secure, its also a deeply fundamental aspect of being human. The unconscious pressures from being endlessly surveilled create a cage for our minds, killing creativity and expression in place of social conformity and obedience.
Today we read Alex Hardy’s article “Why Privacy Matters”https://proofoftake.substack.com/p/why-privacy-matters-proof-of-take-006https://twitter.com/CantHardyWait
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Read_164 – Bitcoin Optech’s Scaling Bitcoin Special
The Bitcoin Optech Newsletter takes a break from their usual technical foray to summarize and discuss the amazing new proposals and technology at the Scaling Bitcoin Conference in Tokyo. Don’t miss the awesome stuff in today’s episode.
Don’t forget to join the Newsletter to stay up to date on the awesome work Bitcoin Optech is doing, and follow them on Twitter:https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/10/09/https://twitter.com/bitcoinoptech
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Guy’s Take_001 – Poor in a World with Bitcoin, or Rich in a World Without It?
Would you give up $1,000,000 in Bitcoin today, to guarantee its success and that our future was one of sound, decentralized money? My answer would have to be ‘yes,’ and here’s why.
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Read_163 – A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto [Eric Hughes]
“Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.” – Eric Hughes
Required reading for anyone entering and exploring the Cryptoconomy. If you are looking for the ideas that brought this technology to life and started a movement, and now a technological revolution. Here is Eric Hughes’ declaration of intent, A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto.https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html
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Read_162 – The Untold History of Bitcoin, Enter The Cypherpunks [Petri Basson]
“Although there was never complete agreement on any one thing, this was an open forum where personal privacy and personal liberty were ultimately placed above all other considerations.” -@PetriB2
Check out Petri’s work and follow him on Medium and Twitter (and drop some appluase for this article) at the links below:https://medium.com/swlh/the-untold-history-of-bitcoin-enter-the-cypherpunks-f764dee962a1https://medium.com/@Petri.basson/https://twitter.com/PetriB2
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Read_161 – Bitcoin, The Untold History [Petri Basson]
“I have always believed that to really understand something and where it is going, you have to understand where it came from.” -@PetriB2
Today we read the first of Petri’s short series on the untold history of Bitcoin and the blockchain. Plus, my experiences with Bittorrent and first discovering Bitcoin.
Check out the full article and his other work on his LinkedIn and/or his medium page:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/untold-history-blockchain-petri-basson/https://medium.com/@Petri.basson/the-untold-history-of-blockchain-30238a89be5d
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