Follow where public money comes from and where it goes.
Qipu — Public money, made legible.
Follow where public money comes from and where it goes.
Ceptr & Holochain - Currencies of Social Coherence. Holography and Distributed Hash Tables vs. Consensus Bottlenecks in Monolithic Blockchains.
“Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about science fiction and money is the different kinds of currencies that are imagined for future worlds: the poscreds of Philip K. Dick’s Ubik, a currency required for every minute transaction such that the door becomes not an item you own but, rather, a provider of services for which you must continually pay, leaving protagonist Joe Chip trapped in his own apartment until someone pays his door to open; the bars of gold-pressed latinum used by the avaricious Ferengi on Star Trek, the only thing that cannot be replicated in this post-scarcity world, useless other than as an atavistic marker of wealth; the reputation- based currency of whuffie in Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, used to replace the social role money plays in creating a hierarchy in another post-scarcity world.
The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money | Backchannel
Steemit is a social network with the radical idea of paying users for their contributions. But in the crypto gold rush, it's unclear who stands to profit.
Gitcoin - Fund What Matters
The trusted directory and reference library for Ethereum public goods funding. Discover funding mechanisms, platforms, and learn what works.
The CIA’s Venture-Capital Firm, Like Its Sponsor, Operates in the Shadows
In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit venture-capital firm that invests taxpayer money in startups developing technology useful to the CIA, provides only limited information about its investments, and some of its trustees have ties to funded companies.
Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system - Fast Company
In China, scoring citizens’ behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law.
PROGRAMMABLE MONEY
The Programmable Money Technology Stack is the Most Valuable Segment of the Cryptocurrency Market
Money Puff | Liam Kelly | Substack
Notes from a postmodern Wall Street. Click to read Money Puff, by Liam Kelly, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
First steps of the PLC organization - Public Ledger of Credentials Organization
One year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credenti…
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Content warning: DHH's words on how the money will be used
Is open source wealth distribution fair?
These concrete value propositions can convince companies to pay open source maintainers.
The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Tran…
A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial chang…
The China Tech Canon—Asterisk
How does the *paideía* of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?
How Solarpunk Could Solve Capitalism's Major Greed Problem
Open Source Money will BUIDL the Open Source Ecosystem
The blockchain revolution is growing open source
Open source is sometimes played within the magic circle. When money enters, it becomes a different game. When switching from one game to another, participants often feel betrayed. So, know which one you want to play and be clear about the rules! blog.zaratan.world/p/the-magic-circle
The Magic Circle
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