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Adam Smith proposed that the Wealth of Nations was built upon the heels of selling their goods to other countries and buying nothing in return. We’ve seen this isn’t true, China is a great example, they have a funny money system at play and massive trade imbalances. How should we evaluate the wealth of nations then?I […]
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Ethereum https://medium.com/@datarade/problems-with-ethereum-a-100-billion-dollar-protocol-6c77a4937a1a Monetary Policy https://medium.com/@datarade/which-countries-are-printing-fiat-to-buy-btc-68d8199e5e4c Bitcoin’s Proof of Work https://medium.com/@datarade/sure-bitcoin-assumes-a-lot-of-electricity-but-f05de54e85f2 Cryptocurrency Basics https://medium.com/@datarade/what-to-read-who-to-follow-and-what-to-download-to-learn-about-cryptocurrency-d81512d466df Things to Be Cognizant of with ICOs (initial coin offerings) https://medium.com/@datarade/what-is-the-short-medium-and-long-term-future-for-cryptocurrencies-icos-and-blockchains-b5d7e0606968 Bitcoin Systems Abuse https://medium.com/@datarade/crushing-bitcoin-via-a-graph-attack-5bd06cdfd549 Blackbytes vs ZEC https://medium.com/@datarade/i-asked-a-security-friend-what-do-you-think-of-blackbytes-and-zec-c35f0d74fb82 A Telecom Protocol https://medium.com/@datarade/the-ico-that-might-change-telecom-fundamentally-and-why-f58453c00d11 The Long Term Fidelity of Bitcoin https://medium.com/@datarade/the-discrete-things-that-make-me-believe-in-the-long-term-value-of-bitcoin-756e7ac1d98 Interviewing a Crypto Whale https://medium.com/@datarade/interviewing-a-btc-eth-whale-investor-on-twitter-f9030b8286a5 Cryptocurrency Excitement https://medium.com/@datarade/why-im-excited-about-fintech-cryptocurrency-and-viable-liquidity-2c4fd6a63612
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I grew up for periods of time in a country that produced less than 1 Megawatt hour per capita per a year and has an uncomfortably high infant mortality rate.[India] The US produces 12 MWh per capita per a year. I am relatively used to toxic skies, turning on generators, suicides, and rampant death. Suicides […]
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I spend so much time thinking about energy. Every decade or so the hype-scientists want us to be infatuated with the latest technologies instead of real solutions that are viable and work today. Biofuels Are All The Rage They were all the rage until they weren’t. Biofuels didn’t pan out at all, turns out […]
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The closest reminder I have to the fact that we are still engaged in 5+ wars is my daily Uber. If you see an Uber driver with FNU — it means First Name Unknown and they are most likely Afghan or Iraqi. 9 times out of 10 on my evening route, the driver is an […]
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My view of smog above San Francisco on Twin Peaks. Can Solar Power Save Us? A lot of friends ask me if “Solar power can save us?” The answer to this is quite complex, but it is no. In Silicon Valley, when I voice this viewpoint, I am viewed as a heretic who doesn’t […]
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This post is for cryptocurrency folks who take an active interest in ethereum. To be clear, I’m an engineer, not a developer/programmer/or software architect. I do not read code, but I have a way with reading communities to understand systems and I often participate to learn more. Here’s what surprised me about Ethereum by forming […]
Kumar ThanguduI went back to India several years ago and went from North to South India on motorcycles, trains, planes, and buses. India is a viciously resourceful country. The best and brightest Americans and westerners rarely come to India and succeed with flying colors, but the opposite happens in massive high-quantities. In less than 3 decades, Indians […]
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Experiment: “If I were the dictator of a resource rich country, I would do X in this system” In this case, I’m looking at cryptocurrency. I found one reddit thread on the topic. The immediate questions that came to mind: Are there any countries that are printing lots of money and buying BTC? Which countries would it […]
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