Kjedebrev november 2022

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”
― Mark Twain (1835–1910)

Singapore vows to become crypto asset hub without cryptocurrency trading, speculations, XinhuaNet, 2022-11-05

"Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another."
― Alex Ferguson

Bitcoin’s Economy Is Already Is Circular, Bitcoin Magazine, 2022-11-11

"Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity."
— Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002)

Web3 firms make up two thirds of Disney accelerator participants, Ledger Insights, 2022-11-11

“America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.”
― Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

Exclusive: At least $1 billion of client funds missing at FTX, Reuters, 2022-11-12

“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
― Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)

The invention of national banks, DelanceyPlace, 2011-11-14

"The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception."
― Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

The financial reset is near, Asia Times, 2022-11-14

“Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence—those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are overconsuming the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster.”
― Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

Global crypto world and (ir)responsibilities, Daily Sabah, 2022-11-23

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
― Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

Risky digital wallets help Argentines fight inflation, Rest of World, 2022-11-23

"Monetary inflation not only raises prices and destroys the value of the currency unit; it also acts as a giant system of expropriation."
― Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995)

William Pesek: China’s gold stockpiling is dollar warning sign, Asia Times, 2022-11-24

“Hyperinflation is a form of economic disaster unique to government money. There was never an example of hyperinflation with economies that operated a gold or silver standard”
—Saifedean Ammous

Department of Energy researches blockchain for electricity grid cybersecurity, Ledger Insights, 2022-11-24

"If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology."
— Bruce Schneier

Bitcoin’s Energy Revolution Could Happen Sooner Than We Think, Bitcoin Magazine,2022-11-27

“Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve.”
― Vaclav Smil

Putin Calls for International Settlements Based on Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Bitcoin.com,2022-11-27

"Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs. It's about deliberately choosing to be different."
—Michael Porter

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