Read_575 - Wonder if Bitcoin is Alien Technology? [Tomer Strolight]

November 05, 2021 00:39:48
Read_575 - Wonder if Bitcoin is Alien Technology? [Tomer Strolight]
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Read_575 - Wonder if Bitcoin is Alien Technology? [Tomer Strolight]

Nov 05 2021 | 00:39:48

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Show Notes

“I wish people engineered things to be self-replicating, self adjusting, self-governing, and ever-lasting. But nobody has engineered anything to do even one of these, and then along comes Bitcoin and does them all” - Tomer Strolight Bitcoin isn't merely a new innovation in the world of tech, its a wholly unique system that behaves so differently from everything today, the social, the engineering, and the organic systems that we are accustomed to, that one could easily find themselves wondering whether it makes more sense that Bitcoin is an alien technology. Maybe we know that it isn't, but it is certainly hard to learn about Bitcoin without once pausing to wonder... check out this piece plus tons of other great work from Tomer below: https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/why-people-wonder-if-bitcoin-is-alien-technology-f9fda5b018b Mentioned in the episode for further reading/exploring: Brandon Quittem's Mycelium Series Part 1 - https://bitcoinaudible.com/bitcoin-is-a-decentralized-organism/ Part 2 - https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_224---Bitcoin-is-a-Social-Creature--Mycelium-Part-2-e3iq3u Part 3 - https://bitcoinaudible.com/bitcoin-is-the-antivirus/ Part 4 - https://bitcoinaudible.com/bitcoin-is-a-catalyst-for-human-evolution/ Bitcoin is Generational Wealth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rnqst5qCgA For the best products and services to get you started in Bitcoin, our sponsors are literally a handful of those that I use most in this space: • Get Bitcoin rewards on literally everything you buy with the Fold Card (20% discount) • Buy Bitcoin automatically and painlessly with SwanBitcoin • Keep your Bitcoin keys safe on the secure, open source BitBox02 (5% discount code GUY) • Get tickets to the biggest & most exciting Bitcoin conference in the world! Bitcoin 2022 (10% discount code GUYSWANN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

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