The Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek wanted to denationalize money. David Chaum, an innovator in the field of cryptography and electronic cash, wanted to shield it from surveillance. Their goals were not the…
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The Future of Energy? Brooklyn's Bitcoin-Heated Bathhouse
Behind the scenes of a traditional bathhouse in Brooklyn, something extraordinary is taking place: The pools, heated to 104 degrees, are not warmed by conventional means but by computers mining for bitcoin….
Debate: Bitcoin Is the Future of Free Exchange
Bitcoin Is an Effective Tool for Liberty Affirmative: Alex Gladstein Joanna Andreasson There was a time when it was fair to question whether bitcoin was an effective tool for liberty. In its…
Nostr and the Decentralized Future of Social Media Is Here: Live with NVK, Will Casarin, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller
What is Nostr, the fledgling software project to which Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey gave 14 bitcoin (worth approximately $245,000 at the time) in December following Elon Musk’s controversial Twitter…
FTX Meltdown and the Future of Crypto: Live With Kraken Co-Founder Jesse Powell
When a cryptocurrency exchange holding $16 billion worth of customer deposits suddenly collapses, what does that portend for the future of the crypto industry? How did Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old founder of…