Today we have a follow up to Nic Carter's excellent piece on Medium, A Most Peaceful Revolution. An incredible article that deserves an exhaustive discussion and easily earns a few ridiculous rants. What could be better for Guy's Take 23?
Other episodes and works mentioned in the show for a deeper dive:
A Most Peaceful Revolution
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_293---A-Most-Peaceful-Revolution-Nic-Carter-e5bfpm
Anatomy of the State
https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_163---A-Cypherpunks-Manifesto-e2ndpc
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html
The Bitcoin Survivor's Book List
https://cryptoconomy.life/bitcoin-survivors-book-list/
Bitcoin and the Promise of Independent Property Rights
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_225---Bitcoin--the-Promise-of-Independent-Property-Rights-e3j6b8
Bitcoin Can't Be Copied
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_291---Bitcoin-Cant-Be-Copied-Parker-Lewis-e58g11
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