The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
MaidSafe – Their aim is to make the internet a more secure place and to store data permanently on users’ computers… Meet the men who have rewritten the internet The autonomous network they created – called SAFE – has just, after 10 years development, been released as a minimum viable product consisting of a launcher, a …
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Cryptosecession and the limits of taxation Cryptosecession is the use of cryptographic and blockchain-based technologies (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitnation) to economically secede from incumbent institutions—namely, the state. Jason is at the 2016 Public Choice Society conference at the moment, where he’ll be presenting a paper in which we show that the threat of cryptosecession exerts an even greater limitation on …
When it comes to Blockchain technology everyone is equal. Sure some might have more hash power than others but that does not mean that that they are unequal because there is nothing stopping them from obtaining more hashes themselves if need be. For instance, if the Governments were to embrace Bitcoin or Ethereum or others …
UN Working Paper Explores How the Blockchain Can Empower Global Communities A recent working paper released by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), titled “How Can Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Play a Role in Building Social and Solidarity Finance?,” explores the potential of distributed ledgers to help create a global world order …
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How Blockchain Technology Might Decentralise Everything (Not Just Currency!) Do you know that blockchain technology could decentralise everything and not just currency? Do you even know what Blockchain is? One example that you just might have heard of is Bitcoin, the online currency. That in itself may not enlighten you to what blockchain is, however. …
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This is about de-centralising the net, distributing the data to the periphery where it’s needed, rather than running everything through big data pipes and central servers… HTTP is obsolete. It’s time for the distributed, permanent web HTTP is broken. It’s time for the distributed, permanent web. The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a new hypermedia …
There’s a blockchain for that! The code that secures Bitcoin could also power an alternate Internet. First, though, it has to work. For now, think of it as a way of transferring a digital message from one party to another, where both parties can count on the integrity of the message, even when they don’t …
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