1190 sats \ 11 replies \ @lightwalker 9 Sep 2023 \ on: Daily discussion thread
Reading an extract from "The Broken Money" by Lyn Alden.
"There are over 160 different currencies in the world, each with a local monopoly over its own jurisdiction. But aside from the top handful of them, most currencies rapidly devalue over time and have little acceptance outside of their own borders." ... "How did we get here? Why isn’t our money better than this in the 21st century?"
Just started the book last night. That's why I missed the snail call for the second day in a row.
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It's my new favorite book in the space. I had assumed the pending one from the btc philosophers would be my favorite, but Lyn's will be hard to unseat.
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This one -- announced a long time ago, but takes a long time to do a book to an academic standard put out by an academic press. They're being super rigorous about it, which I love.
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I have never heard of this either. Thanks for posting the link.
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Happy to help.
The guys have been on a number of podcasts, if you want to get a sense for how they think and how they approach the space. What Bitcoin Did has a number of go-rounds with them, highly recommended if you dig podcasts.
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I have spent the last two days visiting with very old friends. I barely picked up my phone. Sometimes a break is necessary, but I do miss the snail interaction. Gotta get up earlier.
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