very interesting Mustafa, thanks for posting On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Mustafa Al-Bassam via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote:
> It is easy to not for westerners who live in stable economies to not see > the social benefits of cryptocurrency. But for economies strife with > corruption and hyperinflation, the need for censorship-resistant money > (cryptocurrency) is obvious, as is the need for censorship-resistant > speech. In Venezuela, some people have no choice but to use > cryptocurrency to merely survive and afford basic things > (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/bitcoin-mining-is-popular- > in-venezuela-because-of-hyperinflation.html). > Let's not forget that Bitcoin was first popularised when WikiLeaks used > it to overcome its banking blockade that prevented it from accepting > donations. > > The original adopters of cryptocurrency are cypherpunks - Satoshi > invented Bitcoin partly as a way to overcome the problem of monopolistic > banks that are 'too big to fail' (leading to the 2008 of bailout). Do > not get confused: people who actually need cryptocurrency because of > corruption, hyperinflation or capitalistic monopolies (i.e. Western > Union) couldn't care less the 'blockchain' and 'ICO' hype that is being > taken advantage of by people trying to jump on the bandwagon. > > On 06/11/17 11:08, helen varley jamieson wrote: > > > > looking at the environmental impact of it all is really important, > > because huge amounts of resources are being devoted to something that > > - as far as i can see - serves very little actual purpose. with the > > exception of projects like julian's, the focus seems to be > > predominantly on personal wealth gain & speculation & any supposed > > social benefits of the technology are just a way to justify it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Ours Lingages documentation <https://aabrahams.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/ours-lingages-documentation/>: *video trailer,* full edit, script and more. Annie Abrahams, Daniel Pinheiro, Isabel Costa, Igor Stromajer, Outranspo - Lily Robert-Foley - Camille Bloomfield - Jonathan Baillehache, Jan de Weille, Rui Torres, Helen Varley Jamieson, Anna Tolkacheva and the readingclub.fr. *Interview* Addictive behaviours Interview with Artist Annie Abrahams <http://www.furtherfield.org/addictive-behaviours-interview-artist-annie-abrahams/> by Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett for *Furtherfield.*
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