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Joseph Voelbel
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Author, PAY ATTENTION TO BITCOIN: The Rise of Digital Gold and its Place in the Evolution of Money (2024), NINETEEN STORIES (2017).
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josephvoelbel 2 years ago
most of these politicians are str8 up savage Id rather buy bitcoin and dollar cost average
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josephvoelbel 2 years ago
Great Bitcoin 101 reading from @Saifedean Ammous Spotlight takeaways: — Bitcoin is the only decentralized peer-to-peer store of value system — Proof of Work blockchain is electric power converted into immutable contracts — Bitcoin may fail, depends on adoption — Bitcoin provides an alternative to monetary inflation from centralized fiat-mills (much as gold has done historically) One down on my bitcoin basics reading list✊📚👀🤓 image
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josephvoelbel 2 years ago
I wrote this essay last year called, 'The Evolution of Money'; this is the first in a collection that will become a book. 📚 "Perhaps money’s fluid nature spawned its numerous water-based terminologies. Assets which cannot move are said to be frozen. A person who is highly liquid has lots of cash. Holding an asset valued at less than its initial cost means you’re underwater. Just as boats are collectively stored in a port, a collection of stocks is called a portfolio. Products priced to move are said to be on sale, admittedly a mere homonym, though akin to the sails that move windblown vessels across the seas of commerce. Currency, (from Latin currere, meaning “to run”), shares the same root as current." image