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Philosophy

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Decentralization
Did Laozi Dream of Blockchain?
The ancient Daoist philosopher has lessons for the crypto age, in the latest essay for Crypto Questioned.
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By Eliza Gkritsi
Jul 30, 2021 at 4:41 p.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2021
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Bitcoin mining
Love Bitcoin? Mine Your Values
Mining bitcoin can guide the network to sustainability, protect it from being commandeered and maintain decentralization.
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By Andrew BaileyTroy Cross
Jul 28, 2021 at 6:28 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2021
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Technology
Building Systems We Don’t Understand
As much as we love decentralization and technological advancement, where do these aims fail us? Are we creating more problems than solving them?
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By Adam B. Levine
Jul 24, 2021 at 3:15 p.m. UTC
Jul 24, 2021
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Politics
What Is Bitcoin Freedom?
Bitcoin is not just for libertarians or progressives. It's a system firmly rooted in the republican notion of non-dominance.
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By Burak Tamac
Jul 23, 2021 at 2:27 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2021
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Free expression has been made more complicated with the times and the tech.
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History
Bitcoin’s Censorship-Resistance Was a Step Change in History
Blockchain technology put rocket fuel into the internet's ability to defy censorship, turning what was once a conversation about the appropriate limits of speech into a matter...
Free expression has been made more complicated with the times and the tech.
By Brady Dale
Jul 22, 2021 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
Jul 22, 2021
HistoryPhilosophy
Dogecoin was forked from Lucky Coin – a fork of Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin.
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Hard-forks
Hard Forks Are Fan Fiction
If the Bitcoin network is a collectively told story, as the philosopher Craig Warmke argued, wouldn't hard forks be fan fiction?
Dogecoin was forked from Lucky Coin – a fork of Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin.
By Bradley Rettler
Jul 16, 2021 at 1:32 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2021
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Politics
Ethereum's Political Philosophy Explained
Conceptions of Bitcoin's political philosophy are well known. Paul Ennis examines what ideology animates Ethereum.
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By Dr. Paul J. Ennis
Jul 9, 2021 at 5:07 p.m. UTC
Jul 9, 2021
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Opinion
Debasing the Currency: Putting Crypto in Context
Introducing a new series exploring the philosophical limits of cryptocurrency.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jul 9, 2021 at 5:06 p.m. UTC
Jul 9, 2021
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin Is Batman
Another way of looking at the philosopher Craig Warmke's conception of Bitcoin as a fictional substance.
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By Brady Dale
Jun 1, 2021 at 4:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 1, 2021
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