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12 Best Decentralized Social Media Networks in 2020

9 Aug 2020 8 minute read 4 comments BitShills

Over the past few years, there has been a boom in Decentralized Social media networks. New platforms are springing up making the competition for the growing audience even stiffer. Every platform is in a race to offer the best features to ensure users...

Flavors of the Crypto-Epiphany

8 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: Everyone’s path is different. Everyone’s moment of epiphany is different. Everyone’s epiphany is the same. There comes a point in the journey towards the Crypto Futura where one realizes that the arrival of crypto-economic systems is inevitabl...

The Balkanization of America?

7 Aug 2020 3 minute read 3 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: From “melting pot” to an emerging land full of tribal areas with local chieftains, America’s path is winding. I dropped off my car the other day for an oil change and started chatting with the woman behind the counter. A Muslim immigrant from...

Images of the Fiat Money End Game

6 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment jer979!!

tl;dr: Is the Economist the tombstone for fiat? A cover that will life in infamy. Someone asked me the other day, “are you excited about Bitcoin’s rise?” My answer: “I’m really much more saddened by the fact that people are having their wealth and pu...

Money Printing and Climate Destruction

4 Aug 2020 2 minute read 1 comment jer979!!

tl;dr: Efforts to save the economy are going to accelerate climate destruction. The uncomfortable paradox. As I write this, we are on the cusp of yet another stimulus bill from the US government. the Fed is meeting, and yesterday, they announced the...

Top Things You Should Know About Reserve Rights (RSR)

4 Aug 2020 7 minute read 5 comments MuyAsk

Hey guys :) I’m back with another comprehensive Q&A piece, this time for the decentralized stablecoin protocol – Reserve Rights (RSR). Reserve is a decentralized stablecoin project that’s backed by a pool of stablecoins managed by a set of smart cont...

The Surveillance Economy Rebellion

4 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: The digital personal protection market and the surveillance economy. A new image cloaking tool hits the market. Among privacy advocates, the question is often posed: When will ‘regular’ people care about privacy? When will people recognize t...

Why Centralized Finance is Bad and How Crypto is the Answer

2 Aug 2020 4 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey

   I'm going to do a lot of assuming in this argument. I'm going to do a lot of reaching. I'm not going to provide any evidence for or against my argument because I want you to go find it for yourself instead of taking my word. Ready?      You may ha...

Token Engineers Make It Better

1 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: Underappreciated and misunderstood, the token engineers of today merge best practices with the unique elements of crypto-economic systems. They will be the heroes of tomorrow. Amidst all of the excitement around crypto-economic systems, decent...

The SEC’s Faster Horse

31 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: The desired outcome is noble, but the SEC’s latest regulatory initiatives only serve to highlight the inherent weaknesses when compared to the native strengths of crypto-economic systems.. There was an op-ed in the WSJ a few days ago by the cu...