Bitcoin Could Revolutionize Governance, Says Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp
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bitcoin Could Revolutionize Governance, Says Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp
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Jameson Lopp — a crypto industry figure and self-proclaimed professional cypherpunk — described bitcoin (BTC) as the first step in a broader transition to an anarcho-capitalist society. Lopp’s comments were made in an interview on the Stephan Livera Podcast, published Dec. 29. According to Lopp, bitcoin is an experiment that — if successful — could […]
It’s Easter time again, which means it’s time to talk about chocolate. Simaran Sethi at the Los Angeles Times the plight of cacao farmers:
What wasn’t factored into the celebration [over falling chocolate prices] is the deep suffering of the subsistence farmers who grow cacao, the seeds of a pod-shaped fruit that, once harvested, become the cocoa traded on the commodities market and destined for the chocolate eggs and bunnies that fill most Easter baskets.
It’s become somewhat obligatory in recent years to mention cacao farmers every Easter as consumers buy chocolate in especially large quantities. In 2015, for example, on Easter 2015, The Guardian :
In west Africa, cocoa workers scratch a living on small farms, usually no bigger than five hectares. Years of low incomes, uncertainty over land rights and ageing cocoa trees passing their most productive years have shaped an industry ravaged by poverty and child labour.
Cointelegraph.com News “Wall Street’s Bookkeeper” Enters Test Phase of DLT Replatforming Along With 15 Major Banks Post-trade market infrastructure behemoth, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, announced the start of its active test phase to […]
bitcoin News Shrimp, Frogs, and Drugs Are Clogging the Ethereum Blockchain Move over Cryptokitties. The ethereum network has a new batch of games to blame for rising gas fees. Over the past week, the viral […]
