Paul Ford, Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy’s Last Safe Haven Maybe Bitcoin’s devotees are right, and it’s the currency of the future. Or perhaps it’s a ridiculous joke—a speculative, hilarious enterprise taken to its most insane conclusion. Given that the founder is nowhere to be fo...
A strong society that accepts human nature without moralizing will always have anonymous cash. And who does such a system benefit? Not the part-time sex worker, trying to make ends meet in a down economy. Not the bellman at the airport, whose tips might disappear after the transition ...