The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with blockchain and crypotocurrency realist David Gerard, author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money.
We talk about Bitcoin, of course, as well as cryptocurrency and blockchain technology more generally, Facebook’s plan to reinvent money, anarcho-capitalism, money laundering, market manipulation, Elon Musk, Philomena Cunk, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the nature of money, and even the nature of art.
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Episode Links
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The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that is based on methodological individualism — the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals.
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In cryptography, a nonce is an arbitrary number that can be used just once in a cryptographic communication.
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John, recently, crypto thought leaders like CoinShares’ Meltem Demirors have opined that Bitcoin can be thought of as a battery. From the 10,000 ft. level, what makes this a concept worth exploring?
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Seven essays about the alt-right, the end of the world, and tentacled computer gods from the future.
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The first comprehensive account of Bitcoin’s underlying right-wing politics
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They're not called Zuckerbucks but Facebook just reinvented digital money. Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency that will launch early next year is more like PayPal than Bitcoin — it's designed to be easy enough for everyone to use. But it's still complicated to understand so I'm going to break it down for you nice and simple.
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Cryptocurrency and high art are cooking up magic beans together with non-fungible tokens.
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The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB scandal) is an ongoing political scandal occurring in Malaysia. In 2015, Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channelling over RM 2.67 billion (approximately US$700 million) from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company (masterminded by Low Taek Jho, commonly referred to as Jho Low), to his personal bank accounts.
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The Fyre Festival was billed as a luxury music experience on a posh private island, but it failed spectacularly in the hands of a cocky entrepreneur.
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The Australian government is preparing to deploy income compliance against disabled people, and eventually a single app for all government services. What could possibly go wrong?
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