Bitcoin Doesn’t Care About Your Politics: Why Bitcoin Has More Ideological Fl...
NLW is joined by three philosophy professors for a discussion of bitcoin, ethics and politics.
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Mastercard president Rob Reeg admits he doesn’t particularly care for bitcoin, but thinks the blockchain holds promise. In a recent interview with the Business Standard, Reeg opened up about some of Mastercard’s ongoing projects surrounding blockchain technology, and how they plan to implement further security for card holders. Presently, the credit conglomerate is working on two separate blockchain pilot projects; one combines aspect of both public and private ledgers, while the other is strictly private. Regarding the blockchain, Reeg went on to state: “It is an interesting technology....
One thing to be aware of in our world is, sadly, politics. Yes, Politics. It's 'smart-people' term for 'yelling about government.' Take it from me, Calvin Tran. I was oddly fascinated with politics in 3rd grade with the election of George Bush VS John Kerry. I was the typical brainless child who stood by his parents's opinions and with no real understanding of politics. This came back in 2011 when I discovered Ron Paul, and (yes, I can see your eyes rolling) I became enthused with the Libertarian ideals of free market principles and social freedoms. Since then, I've been enthralled by....
When one considers the state of the Union today, it doesn’t really seem like there is a viable path to affect change via the political process.
A U.S. author and academic has written a book on how bitcoin supports the spread of extreme right-wing political views in a deceptive manner, claiming distributed ledger technology’s resistance to centralized control is an extreme right-wing concept. David Golumbia, an assistant professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University’s English department, denounced bitcoin in a blog post titled, “Trump, Clinton and the Electoral Politics of Bitcoin.” Golumbia also recently published a book, “The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism.” An Insidious Force. Golumbia claims bitcoin....
There are various things occurring that many may consider bearish; it appears that bitcoin just doesn’t care.