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Fat Protocols - Key Reading for all those interested in theories behind Steemit and decentralised apps, bitcoin et al.

Originally published by Union Square Ventures https://www.usv.com/blog/fat-protocols Here's one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of…

Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and the death of democracy

This is a fantastic article and should be as read as widely as possible. As written by Ben Tarnoff In the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/21/peter-thiel-republican-convention…

Steemit has created its own (new) economy!

This is really big! So far there have been very few companies built in the digital space that don’t create their worth by sucking value from the old industrial economy. There are so many examples one…

Jimmy Cauty: The Aftermath Dislocation Principle

Jimmy Cauty: The Aftermath Dislocation Principle Various locations 23 April - 25 December 2016 Review by Benjamin Murphy Jimmy Cauty is an artist who is well known for his nonconformity. Following th…

Inspiring, exciting, interesting quotes from tech leaders I am still thinking about weeks later

"The long-term goal for Ethereum 2.0 and 3.0 is for the protocol to quite literally be able to maintain a blockchain capable of processing Visa-scale transaction levels, or even several orders of mag…

Tend, don’t trade your Crypto

I have been into the crypto scene for a few years now and dabbled in all it’s various iterations. BTC, Eth, Dao, Alt coins, and now Steem. It has been incredible experience but one idea keeps coming…

A message to rest of the world: We're really sorry about our new foreign secretary

Today we should feel happy!

BREXIT: The End of the Empire, and life on the island, by a brit

Once the British Empire was the mightiest in the world. Uncontested it ruled the waves and dominated, by extension, the land. It exported it's values and built an incredible trading network around th…