[P2P-F] The (a)political economy of Bitcoin

[Vasilis Kostakis]

Dear Fiabo,

Thank you very much for your kind words.

Just trying to follow the thread/discussion since I was two days offline :-)

Best,

Vasilis


On 13 July 2013 21:40, Fabio Barone <holon.earth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great article Vasilis,
>
> resumes in very concise manner what I have tried to express so many times.
> Now, I am thinking 5 years how about alternative currencies.
> I am also a software developer, and I believe that we should be able
> to use crypto-currencies for:
>
> "... Commons-oriented currency designed to serve effectively social
> purposes"
>
> So the question really is, how to design such a currency that:
> "Therefore, we, as commoners, conclude that what we need is a digital
> currency premised on a different political economy, one breaking the
> shackles of capitalist opportunism and ushering in a new era of economical
> transaction based on the finer aspects of the human spirit."
>
> I completely agree, and the answer is not technological, but one of design.
> Any idea how such digital currency could look like?
>
>
>
>
> 2013/7/13 olivier auber <olivierauber2 at gmail.com>
>
>> Well done Vasilis! I mentionned your article in a comment on KurzweilAI.
>>
>>
>> http://www.kurzweilai.net/jobocalypse-the-end-of-human-jobs-and-how-robots-will-replace-them
>>
>> hope that Kurweil & Co will not uderstand that we need a Google money ;-)
>>
>> Olivier Auber
>> http://poietic-generator.net
>> http://twitter.com/#!/OlivierAuber
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Vasilis Kostakis <kostakis.b at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > fyi:
>> >
>> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-apolitical-economy-of-bitcoin/2013/07/11
>> >
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