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I've just read one of the most lucid, wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary critiques of cryptocurrency and blockchain I've yet to encounter. 1/
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The presence of "externalities" in Rosenthal's title is key. 4/
This is an important critique of libertarianism. 5/
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That democracy itself is incompatible with liberty, since it lets workers vote to limi their bosses:
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This expense, in turn, compensates miners for the money they pour into defeating Sybil attacks. 21/
This profound wastefulness is a feature, not a bug. 25/
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I. Permissioned blockchains can stop Sybil attacks without cryptocurrency and have no significant externalities; 50/
III. To be successful, permissionless blockchains require proof-of-work or some other deliberately wasteful system, making externalities inevitable; 51/
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More from Cory Doctorow RIGHT-CLICKING WORDCEL MENTALITY
Inside: Stop saying "it's not censorship if it's not the government"; Trump's swamp gators find corporate refuge; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/7JMcAbaULj
#Pluralistic
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Monday night, I'll be helping William Gibson launch the paperback edition of his novel AGENCY at a Strand Bookstore videoconference. Come say hi!
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Stop saying "it's not censorship if it's not the government": I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
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If you think "It's not censorship unless the government does it," I want to change your mind.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 24, 2021
It's absolutely true that the First Amendment only prohibits government action to suppress speech based on its content, but the First Amendment is not the last word on censorship.
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Trump's swamp gators find corporate refuge: The Swamped project.
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Have you seen the stories about how Trump administration officials and staffers for Ted Cruz are finding that no one in the private sector will hire them because they are forever tainted by their former bosses' disgraceful behavior?
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 24, 2021
They're bullshit.https://t.co/XvYDPpR9yd
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#15yrsago A-Hole bill would make a secret technology into the law of the land https://t.co/57bJaM1Byr
#15yrsago Hollywood’s MP loses the election — hit the road, Sam! https://t.co/12ssYpV46B
#15yrsago How William Gibson discovered science fiction https://t.co/MYR0go37nW
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Inside: Privacy Without Monopoly; Broad Band; $50T moved from America's 90% to the 1%; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/QgK8ZMRKp7
#Pluralistic
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This weekend, I'm participating in Boskone 58, Boston's annual sf convention.
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Tonight, on a panel called "Tech Innovation? Does Silicon Valley Have A Mind-Control Ray, Or a Monopoly?" at 530PM Pacific.
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Privacy Without Monopoly: A new EFF white paper, co-authored with Bennett Cyphers.
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Today, @EFF published "Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability," a major new paper by Bennett Cyphers and me. https://t.co/Ma2FE2vZ9u
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 13, 2021
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Broad Band: Claire L Evans's magesterial history of women in computing.
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One of the most Monkey's Paw things about my life is my relationship to books. When I was a teenager, I read all the way through the school and public libraries, spent everything I had on books, and still couldn't get enough and dreamt of more.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 13, 2021
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$50T moved from America's 90% to the 1%: The hereditary meritocracy is in crisis.
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Inequality requires narrative stabilizers. When you have too little and someone else has more than they can possibly use, simple logic dictates that you should take what they have.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) February 13, 2021
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Inside: Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight; How apps steal your location; Understanding /r/wallstreetbets; Knowledge is why you build your own apps; and more!
Archived at: https://t.co/6BOyhL3tEj
#Pluralistic
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Join me this afternoon for the launch of the print edition of my 2020 book HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM!
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Mexican indigenous telco wins spectrum fight: First Nations treaties do not sign away electromagnetic franchises.
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In the early 2000s, dramatic shifts in radio spectrum allocation for mobile data applications, combined with advances in radio transmission and receiving prompted some networking engineers to propose a radical rethink of radio.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 27, 2021
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How apps steal your location: A deep dive into the murky depths of surveillance markets.
https://t.co/mV7u2FYylT
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A new research report from @seanodiggity and @expressvpn in honor #DataPrivacyDay reveals the incredible extent of commercial location tracking hidden in everyday apps.https://t.co/eKRquZjxP7
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 28, 2021
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Understanding /r/wallstreetbets: More than a bull run, a symbiosis of a market maker and market destroyers.
https://t.co/7zr1N4vkjV
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There is no shortage of takes about what's going on with Gamestop (and other surging stocks), Robinhood and Reddit's r/wallstreetbets, many of them contradictory - at least on the face of them. But I think it's possible for most of these takes to be right. Here's how.
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 28, 2021
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1/ Getting started with crypto and want to check prices/projects? https://t.co/LFnk4vukxj has info on just about every crypto you'll need :)
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2/ Search over 6000+ cryptocurrencies available on the market. You can see what's trending in the space as well.
Researching by categories? Filter (left side) -> Select categories -> DeFi, DOT ecosystem, Exchange-based tokens, NFTs - anything!
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3/ Lets say you're looking at #Bitcoin https://t.co/g205lj03pG
At a glance you get:
- Price
- Mkt Capitalization (valuation)
- Circulating/Total supply
- 24h trading volume
- Links to websites, social media, block explorers
- Calculator
Next - check valuation?
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4/ Market cap is used to rank coins, and we'll show you how its calculated - Hover over Circulating Supply (?) for breakdown.
Note: used @chainlink as example here - https://t.co/Jc46fe79Ag
While MC is important also consider product fit, narrative, team, community etc.
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5/ If you're trading on AMMs like @Uniswap or @SushiSwap, you can copy the contract address directly to your clipboard.
Using @metamask_io? Add the token directly so it shows as one of the "Assets" that you own in the wallet.
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Introducing an effortless way to add tokens to your @metamask_io wallet \U0001f4e5
— CoinGecko (@coingecko) February 8, 2021
Skip the hassle of copying/pasting contract addresses to your wallet. Add an asset and it'll appear in your wallet with just a click - tap the \U0001f98a and try it out for yourself! pic.twitter.com/u26BA29ubs