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                                                                    Read_715 - Clear and Present Danger [Joel Bowman]
"Thus was the dubious “clear and present danger” standard born. Holmes himself sought to redefine the standard later that same year when he dissented...
                                                                    Basics_05 - The Node
Bitcoin is ultimately just a piece of software, the network – the global, censorship resistant, immutable system – is ultimately just a collection of...
                                                                    Read_714 - Bitcoin's Meme Wars [DerGigi]
"The question that the fiat system answers is the following: who is allowed to counterfeit currency, and how much? Further, who is allowed to...
                                                                    Read_713 - How the Fed "Went Broke" [Lyn Alden]
"The financial system in the United States, and for most of the rest of the world for that matter, can basically be thought of...
                                                                    Chat_79 - The Spirit of Bitcoin with John Vallis
I joined John today for an over 2 hour rip on the nature of Bitcoin, numerous technical developments, the trade offs of those in...
                                                                    Guy's Take #64 - No Way Back, Only a Way Out
There is no magic wand. There is no such thing as a free lunch. When we bail out an institution, a bank, or "depositors"...