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Alright kids, time for Liberty Crypto Reader #1 - Twitter ed, feat:
+egregious money laundering
+lawsuits against fiat price exchange listing sites
+the weaponization of commerce
+mesh network & net neutrality
+DNA tracking
+Bitcoin as the Living Room Revolution
Strap in!
+egregious money laundering
+lawsuits against fiat price exchange listing sites
+the weaponization of commerce
+mesh network & net neutrality
+DNA tracking
+Bitcoin as the Living Room Revolution
Strap in!
2/ For those of you who are like “wtf is this?” the TL;DR I’m collating with @coinmine to bring you the best links about the epic battles of our technological age: privacy vs. surveillance, crypto vs. fiat, etc.
The point? This is about much more than🤑
The point? This is about much more than🤑
3/ First up from the front lines of hypocrisy are Swiss Bank fined $5.1m apnews.com/ed0b616b62354a… & Swedbank implicated in a $5.8b money laundering scheme. svt.se/special/swedba…
But, please, tell me again about all of the criminal activity that Bitcoin enables?
But, please, tell me again about all of the criminal activity that Bitcoin enables?
4/ If you haven’t seen the story of DolarToday - the exchange price listing site that was sued by the Venezuelan government for telling people how much their money was worth, @nic__carter writes about why it’s so fascinating
5/ Speaking of Venezuela, the @nytimes published a first hand account by @Carlos_t815 about how he had used Bitcoin to deal with the collapsing economy around him and his family. nytimes.com/2019/02/23/opi…
6/ A few months ago, the Office of Foreign Asset Control put two Bitcoin addresses associated with Iranian spyware on the sanctions list. @aantonop explains how this is an example of the ‘weaponization of commerce’ and what the implications could be
7/ Go to lunch.
Order a Cuban.
Venmo to pay back friend.
Deal with Venmo questioning your loyalty to America?
It’s all fun & games until you realize that the cost of the convenience of your modern life is being part of a massive surveillance machine.
Order a Cuban.
Venmo to pay back friend.
Deal with Venmo questioning your loyalty to America?
It’s all fun & games until you realize that the cost of the convenience of your modern life is being part of a massive surveillance machine.
8/ The first stop for curating these articles was the feed of Mr. @Gladstein. This week he was talking Bitcoin and China with @Globalcoinrsrch and writing a counter point to an anti-Bitcoin screed published in Foreign Policy. medium.com/@alexgladstein…
9/ @Coincenter is producing so much great stuff that this really interesting editorial in @wired on how Bitcoin could transform the last mile issues of mesh networking and enable a politically immune net neutrality went way too under the radar
10/ If mesh networking for net neutrality feels like a utopian future, well just check out the dystopian present in Uganda, where Museveni’s social media tax has reduced mobile money use by 20%. Surprise surprise, the worse off are the hardest hit. qz.com/africa/1553468…
11/ Then there was the news that China is tracking people via DNA. nytimes.com/2019/02/21/bus…
Reminded me of this real gem of a tweet from a few weeks back:
Reminded me of this real gem of a tweet from a few weeks back:
12/ Lastly, had to shout to @coinmine’s very own @farbood, who penned this missive on why Bitcoin is a ‘Living Room Revolution’ that, with our participation, will transform liberty and sovereignty. Read this & you’ll grok how this newsletter came about. hackernoon.com/bitcoin-the-li…
13/ That’s that for the first edition! You can subscribe and see older issues and our kick off post at the link below. We’ll be back next week with the next edition. If you see things that should be included, plz plz plz tag me!
Until then, #liberty coinmine.com/pages/liberty
Until then, #liberty coinmine.com/pages/liberty
