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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 of engineering.
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By Brady Dale
Jul 22, 2021 at 4:01 p.m. UTC
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Dogecoin was forked from Lucky Coin – a fork of Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin.
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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?
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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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Jul 9, 2021 at 5:07 p.m. UTC
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Debasing the Currency: Putting Crypto in Context
Introducing a new series exploring the philosophical limits of cryptocurrency.
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Bitcoin Is Batman
Another way of looking at the philosopher Craig Warmke's conception of Bitcoin as a fictional substance.
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Jun 1, 2021 at 4:28 p.m. UTC
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The Reflexivity of ‘Number Go Up’ Technology
A crash course in mimetic theory as it relates to Ethereum's latest price surge.
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May 4, 2021 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
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Why Care About Bitcoin? Here's One Philosopher's Take
Peter Wolfendale is one of the deep thinkers of the social media age. He sees crypto as a new social and monetary force.
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May 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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The Node: Bitcoin Is Real, Fictional Money
Ever wonder if bitcoin is real money? You're not alone.
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Apr 27, 2021 at 5:03 p.m. UTC
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Fascism on the Blockchain? The Work of Art in the Age of NFTs
The same fascistic tendencies Walter Benjamin saw in the rise of mass media are at play in the NFT "revolution," too, culture critic Jonathan Beller writes.
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Mar 23, 2021 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Is the Libertarian Cheat Code in the Final Battle Over State Coercion
A normie Mario fights Bowser to save Princess Peach; a libertarian Mario builds her an escape hatch.
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Feb 4, 2021 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
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