Why Charles Stross Doesn't Know a Thing about Bitcoin

Why Charles Stross Doesn't Know a Thing about Bitcoin

Science fiction writers excel at predicting the future. Jules Verne imagined rocket ships long before rockets were blasting into space. William Gibson foresaw the rise of the internet in Neuromancer. Arthur C Clark wrote about satellites decades before one ever shuttled a call to a cell phone. At its core, sci-fi writing is about imagination, about....


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