One of the origins of BitTorrent was a project called Mojo Nation, of which had a digital cash (albeit centralized) component! 💫
As detailed in chapter 12 of this book 📚:
Braydon Fuller
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"Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it."
—Motto of Ludwig von Mises
One of the first articles on digital cash from 1995:
Extropy Issue 15 mentions Magic Money and an article about Free Banking that inspired Bit Gold and then B-money.
https://github.com/Extropians/Extropy/blob/master/Extropy-15.pdf?raw=true
More issues of Extropy available at:
Extropy Issue 15 mentions Magic Money and an article about Free Banking that inspired Bit Gold and then B-money.
https://github.com/Extropians/Extropy/blob/master/Extropy-15.pdf?raw=true
More issues of Extropy available at:
GitHub
GitHub - Extropians/Extropy: PDF issues of the late lamented Extropy Magazine,
PDF issues of the late lamented Extropy Magazine,. Contribute to Extropians/Extropy development by creating an account on GitHub.
Extropy #15 (1995):
https://github.com/Extropians/Extropy/blob/master/Extropy-15.pdf?raw=true
Tropic Square will be at BTC Prague, I wonder if Trezor will have any related annoucements!?
Tropic Square | Tropic Square at BTC Prague 2025
"Our TROPIC01 chip has been on the market since February 2025, when we started supplying the first samples. During the second quarter, we will start supplying chips in tens of thousands of pieces, ie in sufficient quantities for serial production of the first products with our chip." (Translated)
Forbes
Český startup mění pravidla hry. Světu nabízí první „průhledný“ bezpečnostní čip
V rozhovoru s šéfem startupu Tropic Square Janem Pleskačem jsme probrali nejen plány firmy, unikátnost čipu TROPIC01 a otevřenost jako nový...
"Just do it." —Shia LaBeouf
Another classic book! And also funny.
Classic book!
The "Live Not By Lies" documentary series is pretty good.
Has there ever been a case in which a free software project trademarked a term entirely for defensive purpose and then released all exclusivity via a license?
For example if the term JavaScript were trademarked prior to Oracle's claim, and then released for all to use. The closest seems to be Linux, however even such a term will require a sublicense for several types of use, for example Debian does not use it, however Arch Linux does (assuming with a sublicense).
Don't trust, verify.
Not your keys, not your coins.
Run a node, or sovereignty will erode.