The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
BIG QUESTION: Gold or Virtual Currencies? As anticipated, we’re on the brink of a global economic depression (again). There’s a strong possibility that a long running global depression will lead to a reshuffling of the global economic and political landscape. IF that happens, many of the fiat currencies we currently use will simply evaporate. Given …
What Happens When Anonymous Gets a Bank? Dominic Basulto on May 18, 2011 bigthink The same people who brought you Wikileaks are back, and this time, they’ve created a virtual currency called Bitcoin that could destabilize the entire global financial system. Bitcoin is an open-source virtual currency generated by a computer algorithm that is completely …
Some random items of interest: Digital Black Market: The Silk Road. Uses bitcoins (the decentralized, but not anonymous, crypto-currency that’s useful for transactions — see wiki for more) and eBay style reputation rating to grease the wheels of unrestricted e-commerce. Requires TOR (the anonymizing network) to connect to the site. “Right now you can …
4 Trends Shaping the Emerging “Superfluid” Economy Venessa Miemis | May 9, 2011 This post originally appeared on CNN.com’s Global Public Square. Humanity and technology continue to co-evolve at an ever increasing pace, leaving traditional institutions (and mindsets) calcified and out of date. A new paradigm is emerging, where everything is increasingly connected and the nature …
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emergent by design 10 Projects Moving Us Towards a Superfluid Economy March 22, 2011 What is the future of money? And not just money, but currencies in general – from virtual currencies to timebanks to social currencies based around trust, identity, reputation, expertise and relationships. And not just currencies, a.k.a. tools that are supposed to represent …
What are the fundamental requirements and building blocks of a distributed internet? In preparation for the Contact summit in NYC 20 October 2011, we want to understand the current landscape of projects/initiatives building a distributed internet and the fundamental requirements so we can better coordinate efforts. ANSWER ONE: Michel Bauwens Here is a proposed definition …
SOURCE: P2P Foundation Category:P2P Infrastructure This is a specialization of our general Technology section, focusing more explicitely on the ‘true internet’ or distributed P2P infrastructures. It is being updated over the next week or so. On the overall perspective of the P2P Foundation: What Digital Commoners Need To Do, a meditation on the strategic phases …
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