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Only the Strong Survive - Full Audio
"In this piece we discuss our concerns around the broader “crypto” space beyond Bitcoin. Our arguments revolve around three primary themes: Philosophical, Technical, and...
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Read_565 - Isaiah's Job [Albert Jay Nock]
"The line of differentiation between the masses and the Remnant is set invariably by quality, not by circumstance. The Remnant are those who by...
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Read_564 - Only the Strong Survive - Part 3 [Allen Farrington & Big Al]
“As Gall’s Law suggests, we believe the general principle favoring Bitcoin’s layered architecture is not one of software engineering so much as engineering entirely...
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Read_563 - Only the Strong Survive - Part 2 [Allen Farrington & Big Al]
"Lyn Alden captured this well in her excellent piece, An Economic Analysis of Ethereum, which we highly recommend in addition to our own. Similarly...
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Read_562 - Only the Strong Survive - Part 1 [Allen Farrington & Big Al]
"The consensus is what matters. The breakthrough of proof-of-work and the difficulty adjustment is far more about harnessing energy and existing communications infrastructure to ...
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Read_561 - The Village and the Strongman [Alex Gladstein]
“Sandwiched between Guatemala and Honduras, El Salvador — the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America, with an average GDP per capita...