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Read With Me: Andreas Antonopoulis – “The Internet of Money” Chapter 5: Dumb Networks, Innovation, and the Festival of the Commons

By Brian in Chicago on August 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

This is part 5 of the Internet of Money series I’ve been posting.

I’ve been reading one of Andreas Antonopoulis’ books “The Internet of Money.” As I am reading it, I am understanding the underlying fundamentals of bitcoin/cryptocurrencies in a much more real-world context. Bitcoin is not just digital money- it’s an underlying technology than enables human behavior in a way we’ve not had, on a scale we’ve not had…ever. It is these reasons that gets me so excited for bitcoin. It is not only an expression of value, it is an expression of human sovereignty and cooperation that allows for anyone, and everyone, to participate, and in a non-coercive way.

The book is composed of individual talks Andreas gave, and many of them have an accompanying video. I will be sharing these in a series of posts.

Enjoy, and be well, Everyone. Go bitcoin.

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From Chapter 5: Dumb Networks, Innovation, and the Festival of the Commons

In this talk, Andreas speaks about permissionless innovation in Bitcoin’s network architecture, and the economics of open systems that enable a festival of the commons.

This talk was delivered on January 27th 2015, at the O’Reilly Radar Summit “Bitcoin and the Blockchain” in San Francisco, CA