Philosophy
Why Bitcoin Needs Philosophy
Nov 9, 2020
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The crypto industry tends to give "cypherpunk" vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
Andreas M. Antonopoulos joins the show this week to discuss the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like catalysts now that the fire of blockchain burns bright.
The crypto community is more ideologically diverse than you might think, according to survey results in CoinDesk's Q2 2018 State of Blockchain report.