sidko

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Coronalinks – Slate Star Codex(slatestarcodex.com)
1 points by sidko 6y ago|0 comments
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Some misconceptions about wage stickiness(econlib.org)
1 points by sidko 6y ago|0 comments
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The Case for Alternate Systems of Money in Today's World(hackernoon.com)
3 points by sidko 7y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 7y ago
It doesn't matter that a business isn't making a business decision based on altruism. What matters is that the incentives of the users are aligned with those of the business
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Hyperinflation in Venezuela(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by sidko 7y ago|0 comments
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People are falling in love with a simple productivity system using pen and paper(qz.com)
31 points by sidko 7y ago|6 comments
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The Shrinking World of the Stamp Collector (2012)(themidtowngazette.com)
48 points by sidko 7y ago|38 comments
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Explaining Sex Rate Changes(overcomingbias.com)
259 points by sidko 7y ago|530 comments
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Social Money: Redefining the Next Generation of Content Creators(medium.com)
1 points by sidko 7y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
The loss of privacy in this case may not be worth using a public ledger. In general though, I think it would be an interesting experiment if individuals can hold central bank money directly instead of going through commercial banks.
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Looking for Syllabus 2.0(usv.com)
2 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
How do you define "1$ USD peg"? As of right now, the price of DAI is $0.98, 2% off its "peg". Asking as a serious question, since I see this statement a lot.
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by sidko 8y ago
Banks have existed long before fractional reserve though. You really don't need fraction reserve for banks to exist.
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by sidko 8y ago
The value of Bitcoin comes from social consensus. You cannot fork that. You can only fork a code repository. End of the day, it is just a bunch of 1s and 0s without a social consensus of value.
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A $240B-a-Day Market Is Leaving London Over Brexit(bloomberg.com)
2 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
Only a fraction of Brave users use BAT though, so not sure it should be counted as a blockchain app. You don't need BAT to use Brave, the browser.
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It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly(wired.com)
1 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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Coinbase’s listing of 0x draws scrutiny; Ties to VC promoting 'asymmetric info'(theblockcrypto.com)
2 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
> Well, Journal uses zero-knowledge encryption that ensures Journal employees can’t read or decrypt the information of the user. This isn't an actual zero-knowledge proof, just regular encryption as the image below describes. Not s
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Fidelity Starts Crypto Unit to Serve Wall Street Customers(bloomberg.com)
3 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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The Tyranny of the U.S. Dollar(bloomberg.com)
1 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
>That’s insane. That’s more than Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet’s 2017 net income combined. That's not insane, that's false. Just Apple's 2017 net income was $48.35B [1], more than the $45B in the parent comment. [1] https:&
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by sidko 8y ago
Protonmail.
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by sidko 8y ago
How would you send him/her dollars?
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Blockchain Firm R3 Is Running Out of Money, Sources Say(fortune.com)
3 points by sidko 8y ago|0 comments
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by sidko 8y ago
Can you explain how you see that happening?
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by sidko 9y ago
Your reply almost implies that Google is a charity and is providing "the amount of free services" as a public good. It is not.
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by sidko 9y ago
>Has been discussed for years with nothing to show Yes, it's literally an overnight success. I think they started coding this last night, and it's in beta today /s On a more serious note, a lot of work has firstly gone int
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by sidko 9y ago
If you're a Coinbase user, please don't use Coinbase to buy. The fees are really high. Instead, use GDAX. Your Coinbase account is sufficient to register with GDAX and all your privileges like limits, KYC, etc. is carried over. It
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by sidko 9y ago
>They are interested in it due to the pretty charts and slick interface of coinbase and robinhood You got to be kidding if you think Coinbase has a slick interface/user experience. You would need to explain why in-spite of such a t

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