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Let’s Use New Forms of Money to Commit to Our Communities
Blockchains are not simply about money. The modern-day alchemists who minted Bitcoin and other digital assets have animated a generation of technologists to reimagine how the financial and commercial world operates. The vision that these technologists aim to bring to fruition is not just about payment systems and other financial instruments. Large ... See more
Aaron Wright • The Rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Opportunities and Challenges · Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy
Money is a technology, invented by humans as a tool to help us get things done. Throughout the ages, money's role has been to provide a readily accessible ("liquid") store of value that acts as a unit of account, to compare the value of different things, and as a medium of exchange between buyers and sellers. In the world today, the curre
... See moreMichael Green • In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)
Bitcoin is the newest technology to serve the function of money—an invention leveraging the technological possibilities of the digital age to solve a problem that has persisted for all of humanity's existence: how to move economic value across time and space.
Saifedean Ammous • The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
In both adoption and ease of use, cryptocurrencies are far behind the traditional banking system. But there are two use cases where cryptocurrencies are far ahead: international payments and micropayments.