Fighting for Web 3.0: Digital wallet wars are the new browser wars
The same way the browser became the window into the early internet, digital wallets are becoming the interface for the decentralized internet, or Web 3.0. Most people might not remember that websites once had icons that said, “This site has been optimized for Internet Explorer,” but, two decades ago, it wasn’t uncommon.Just like today’s battle between Web 2.0 monopolies and Web 3.0 communities, at the beginning of the early consumer internet, there was a similar battle waged over who would own the portal to it: A closed-source global monopoly, or an open-source nonprofit.A battle for the....
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If nation-states held their reserves in Bitcoin, instead of fiat, they would be less incentivized to go to war, says chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. Alex Gladstein, the chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, says that if Bitcoin was adopted as a global reserve currency, nation-states would be less incentivized to start wars. According to Gladstein, the United States was able to sustain its "forever wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan mainly by borrowing capital. That was possible largely because of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy,....