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An in-depth look at what happens when you undermine utility.
I want to fully analyze the talking point that "Bitcoin is a store of value," because it's one that I see very frequently and people have different views on how the value of an asset is generated. This one is also fun because I get to put on my Economist hat instead of my Computer Engineering hat which has always been a strong secondary interest of mine. Please buckle in, because this is a longer read, but if you have any doubts about how value is generated, I really think it's a worthwhile one. Other Assets that Bitcoin is Frequently Compared To I'm going to (mostly) skip some of the more common comparisons of cryptocurrency to (Beanie Babies, Tulips, Pets.com, etc.). I'll only briefly address it here in saying: Beanie Babies are a poor comparison because they had only had perceived scarcity in the way they were distributed so they were heavily undermined from the supply side. Tulips have a debatable history in general as far as the magnitude of purchase, and even if that history is fully accurate, their utility was only really derived from a brief social fad... not a continuing stable utility. Lastly, Pets.com is closer to being apt, except that they arguably had no major utility from the start in that it was (almost) always more expensive and slower to order through their service as opposed to going to the local pet store. The Basis of the "Store of Value Argument So the main argument of "Bitcoin [being] a store of value" is rooted in Bitcoin being scarce... with utility not playing a major role. The counterpoint against this view is that it takes both scarcity and utility to give a premium value to a good or service. So let's try to separate out the two factors. We'll first look at a good that has premium value due to both utility and scarcity where neither factor has been undermined. Utility Plus Scarcity We'll start by taking a look at a good that has both utility and scarcity. I think the one thing in the world that best exemplifies this status, (and my friends over at /magicTCG can attest,) is the Black Lotus. This is the mack-daddy of all Magic cards and as of this year, a mint condition version from the earliest set can fetch a six digit price point. First, let's talk about the Lotus' scarcity: Wizards of the Coast has a strict reprint policy where no card functionally identical to the Black Lotus may be reprinted. That means with the rare exception of an undetected fake, the pool of Black Lotuses will never get larger, and in the case of damage or destruction, will certainly get smaller. Next we'll talk about the Lotus' utility: As arguably the most impactful card in the game, anyone wanting to play Vintage format on a competitive level absolutely needs to have a Black Lotus as well as (almost) every other power-nine card. If you want to see people still playing with pieces of cardboard worth over $10,000+ each, you absolutely can. Even though these cards have utility for only a select few and the price outpaces their direct value-earning potential, the fact that they also have maintained utility means that someone will very likely be willing to purchase this card down the road at the same or higher price than the person that owns it now. Because utility is maintained, the value willcontinuallyincrease. I'm not saying this price rise will continue forever though; Something could happen to undermine the utility or scarcity of MTG cards. The pool of people playing Vintage, or MTG at all could shrink, Undetectable counterfeits could surface, WotC could suddenly change the reprint policy. Etc. In fact, if you would like further information about the Black Lotus from an economic standpoint, I recommend listening to the Planet Money episode: The Curse of the Black Lotus Scarcity with Shrinking Utility What about a good that is still just as scarce as it ever was, but has experienced a reduction in utility? The best example of this phenomenon is probably the New York Taxi Medallion. Taxi Medallions were first introduced around the great depression where less than 12,000 were made. That number has increased to somewhere in the mid 13,000 range today. Regardless, this is clearly a scarce commodity - especially with the extreme growth of NYC itself and thus, the increased demand for cabs. NYC enforced the medallion law relatively strictly for many years, but the introduction of Uber and Lyft also came with less enforcement of the Medallion law. That has caused the value to plummet. I strongly recommend two podcasts that deal with this exact topic: The first is another Planet Money episode: "The Taxi King" The second is a New York Times Daily titled "The Taxi Driver's Plight" If you don't want to listen to the entirety of each episode, I think the most poignant take-away is in the Planet Money episode at timestamp 13:40:
"You can understand where the banks are coming from, they were lending Friedman money based on the rarity of the Taxi Medallions. Those precious taxi medallions. But now, if you can operate something that works pretty much exactly like a taxi without a medallion, the banks are figuring that these medallions are not worth as much as they used to be."
The banks absolutely understand that even though the rarity has not changed at all, their value is based quite heavily on their utility. With less utility comes less demand, and the price has, in response, suffered greatly. In fact, in the update to that podcast, they note that the price of a taxi medallion is now below $200,000 and they not it doesn't look like things will be better anytime soon. Value Requires Both Utility and Scarcity It is pretty clear that value is not based upon scarcity alone. I hope that users entering this space take a long look at what each cryptocurrency they are buying is useful for. Cryptocurrencies that do the best job of maximizing their utility while remaining relatively scarce will do quite well. Cryptocurrencies that don't increase or expand their utility will certainly have their value proposition undermined. TL;DR: Value clearly comes from both utility and scarcity. Invest responsibly. Edit - ty for the gold, it's much appreciated. From here on out I would prefer tips as I am attempting to spur crypto adoption in my community. Now that BCH has good PoS solutions, it's great to have demo / tiny giveaway balances.
posted by me a few times per month (if I don't post it for more than 7 days, someone else should post it)
please participate in the activities below, and also come up with ideas for new activities
ideas will be added to future threads, therefore this thread will become better and better
do not critique the ideas of others, even if they're bad; brainstorming is about selecting the best ideas, not about putting down the bad ones
whenever you do an activity, please consider writing in the comment section "I did something", while providing some details too if you wish (for example the link of your social media post, so that others share/retweet it); try to do something every day, not just in the days when this thread gets posted; let's become the most active and fast-growing community on the internet! while other crypto communities are becoming more apathetic because of the long bear market - let us do the reverse!
If you manage a newsletter, or if you have a business that sends transactional email, or if you simply use the worldwide email system, add this to the signature (can we improve the text btw?):
Upgrading the global monetary system: Nano is a deflationary digital currency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Always report bugs that you find in apps or scripts from the Nano ecosystem, and if you're a developer try contributing with code as well. A simple pull request means "There are others that care". A 0.1 NANO donation means the same thing. For those receiving them, it keeps them going!
Whenever you need to make a payment to someone (examples: debt repayment, rent, purchase of second hand item), ask if you can pay with NANO. Afterwards, proceed to explain what it is and emphasize why it's much better than Bitcoin.
If this is going to be a cryptocurrency and not another HODLER-TOKEN, aka ponzi where everybody holds and hopes that the price will go up because others are buying, actually use it for payments!https://usenano.org or donate to projects that are helping the Nano ecosystem
Chapter 2 - Infrastructure | Payment Gateways
Contact CoinPayments on a random selection of these emails or through other methods, and ask them to implement Nano payments (Nano actually won their Coin Vote long ago, someone donated a big sum for it to happen, and they still haven't implemented it).
Contact MyCryptoCheckout.com and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Search on Google for "cryptocurrency payment processor", contact one or a few of them, and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Chapter 3 - Infrastructure | Exchanges
Contact the big exchanges that still haven't implemented Nano and ask them not just to implement it, but to also pair all the other tokens with it! Don't bother with small exchanges, they'll just waste the valuable time of the dev team and they won't withstand the competition in the long term anyway.
Contact exchanges that have already implemented Nano, and ask them to pair everything else with it.
Chapter 4 - Infrastructure | POS
Contact the teams that are developing POS systems for various cryptocurrencies, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 5 - Infrastructure | ATM
Contact the companies that are building cryptocurrency ATM's, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 6 - Usability | Hardware Wallets
Progress here looks nicely. But Ledger still needs to implement Nano into Ledger Live (app) and Ledger Blue, therefore please contact them about that, or tag them in a tweet where you request it. Also send a friendly request to the companies that haven't implemented Nano at all: Trezor, KeepKey, CoolWallet, ARCHOS, BitBox, bitfi, BitLox, SBiyP, BitFreezer, maybe Opendime too - even though they seem to be Bitcoin maximalists.
Contact your favorite media channels - not just from USA, and ask them to research Nano, and do specials about it. For example, if you're listening to a certain NPR podcast that is a good fit... tell them about it! Example: Planet Money
Chapter 10 - Social Media
post the signature from Basics on your social media channels from time to time; here's a ready-made variant for Twitter:
Upgrading the global monetary system: $NANO is a deflationary #cryptocurrency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Lobby those in power so that cryptocurrencies become legal tender, and certain environmentally-friendly cryptocurrencies (NANO and soon ETH) become usable for the purpose of paying taxes.
This won't be a popular opinion, but I'm putting it out there anyway: while donating to ecosystem projects is helpful, donating to entities that will convert to fiat is not: that means charities, Wikipedia, poor people, ICO's etc. We're not stable yet, activities that exert a downward pressure on the price are not helpful.
Are you a hacker? Then try to break Nano or the products of Nano Wallet Company! They're giving bounties for that and it helps a ton! If you can be nice about it (a white hat), go after third party apps and platforms! Go after Canoe! Go after NanoVault! Go after BrainBlocks! Go for small exchanges listing NANO!
Thought this might be helpful here: a curated list of my favourite business and entrepreneurship podcasts.
There are thousands of podcasts available on the inter-webs. Finding one with high-quality content is no easy task. Here at Briefed we’ve created a list of our top favourites, in no particular order: 1. Reply All Overview: In short, it’s about the internet. Every week they cover a new story related to the web. One week you’ll find out about the real owner of porn.com, the next how Instagram watch brands actually make money or how you can find Bitcoin hunters. You’ll get it once you listen to the podcast. Why you should listen to it: Expert storytelling through founders, leading experts and generally A+ content. Link: Website 2. How I built this Overview: Produced by NPR, this is THE podcast to listen to if you want to understand how Airbnb, Instagram and even Southwest Airlines started. You’ll get to hear from the founders themselves in hour long segments. Why you should listen to it: Do you know a billionaire who can sit down with you and explain how they started a business from scratch for a good hour? No? Thought so – this podcast is the next best thing. Link: Website 3. Startup Overview: Startup is all about the world of business and by Gimlet Media (a podcast media company). The first season is one of the best. You get to follow the journey of how the business was built. These guys are experts at story-telling, with the founder having worked at NPR’s Planet Money. Why you should listen to it: Why you should listen to it: You’ll get to understand the true entrepreneur mindset and journey. Hearing how it’s like to pitch to your first investor, pitching the idea to your wife and even negotiating with your co-founder on equity. Link: Website 4. Business Wars Overview: A new podcast – these guys show how large companies have been in secret ‘wars’ with each other. Like Blockbuster vs Netflix or Nike vs Adidas. You get to hear what happened behind the scenes and the real story of how and why these businesses reached new heights or rock bottom – coughs Blockbuster coughs. Why you should listen to it: Business Wars doesn’t tell us what happened – they go into the details, all the way to the unauthorised conversations between executives and the internal politics these brands faced. Link: Website 5. How to start a startup Overview: Sam Altman and the folks from Y Combinator offer up an amazing course in “How To Start A Startup” at Stanford. This is the full course but in Podcast form. Why you should listen to it: Didn’t get into Y Combinator? Get knowledge from industry leaders for free. Seriously. Tonnes of gold in this one. Link: Website 6. IndieHackers podcast Overview: Not all businesses need $50B in investment. Okay, slight exaggeration. Still, many businesses exist from bootstrapped founders- the IndieHackers podcast interviews such people and how they acquired initial customers. Why you should listen to it: There’s thousands of opportunities out there which don’t need huge investment. Get to hear the strategies these smaller companies use and apply them to your business today. Link: Website 7. The Pitch Overview: Real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money. Think of Shark Tank, Dragons Den or any other TV investment show. Now picture it in a podcast — more detail, more raw and in audio format. Why you should listen to it: TV versions of such shows are always edited like crazy. This version shows the entire process behind the investment and pitch, understand exactly how real founders approach investors. Link: Website What do you guys think? Know about any other business podcasts? Hope you found this useful! Ali4k. Sign-up here. for our weekly newsletter and get all the business and tech news you never knew you needed. If not, no worries – break our heart, it’s cool.
posted by me a few times per month (if I don't post it for more than 11 days, someone else should post it)
please participate in the activities below, and also come up with ideas for new activities
ideas will be added to future threads, therefore this thread will become better and better
do not critique the ideas of others, even if they're bad; brainstorming is about selecting the best ideas, not about putting down the bad ones
whenever you do an activity, please consider writing in the comment section "I did something", while providing some details too if you wish (for example the link of your social media post, so that others share/retweet it); try to do something every day, not just in the days when this thread gets posted; let's become the most active and fast-growing community on the internet! while other crypto communities are becoming more apathetic because of the long bear market - let us do the reverse!
If you manage a newsletter, or if you have a business that sends transactional email, or if you simply use the worldwide email system, add this to the signature (can we improve the text btw?):
Upgrading the global monetary system: Nano is a deflationary digital currency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Always report bugs that you find in apps or scripts from the Nano ecosystem, and if you're a developer try contributing with code as well. A simple pull request means "There are others that care". A 0.1 NANO donation means the same thing. For those receiving them, it keeps them going!
Whenever you need to make a payment to someone (examples: debt repayment, rent, purchase of second hand item), ask if you can pay with NANO. Afterwards, proceed to explain what it is and emphasize why it's much better than Bitcoin.
If this is going to be a cryptocurrency and not another HODLER-TOKEN, aka ponzi where everybody holds and hopes that the price will go up because others are buying, actually use it for payments!https://usenano.org or donate to projects that are helping the Nano ecosystem
Chapter 2 - Infrastructure | Payment Gateways
Contact CoinPayments on a random selection of these emails or through other methods, and ask them to implement Nano payments (Nano actually won their Coin Vote long ago, someone donated a big sum for it to happen, and they still haven't implemented it).
Contact MyCryptoCheckout.com and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Search on Google for "cryptocurrency payment processor", contact one or a few of them, and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Chapter 3 - Infrastructure | Exchanges
Contact the big exchanges that still haven't implemented Nano and ask them not just to implement it, but to also pair all the other tokens with it! Don't bother with small exchanges, they'll just waste the valuable time of the dev team and they won't withstand the competition in the long term anyway.
Contact exchanges that have already implemented Nano, and ask them to pair everything else with it.
Chapter 4 - Infrastructure | POS
Contact the teams that are developing POS systems for various cryptocurrencies, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 5 - Infrastructure | ATM
Contact the companies that are building cryptocurrency ATM's, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 6 - Usability | Hardware Wallets
Progress here looks nicely. But Ledger still needs to implement Nano into Ledger Live (app) and Ledger Blue, therefore please contact them about that, or tag them in a tweet where you request it. Also send a friendly request to the companies that haven't implemented Nano at all: Trezor, KeepKey, CoolWallet, ARCHOS, BitBox, bitfi, BitLox, SBiyP, BitFreezer, maybe Opendime too - even though they seem to be Bitcoin maximalists.
Contact your favorite media channels - not just from USA, and ask them to research Nano, and do specials about it. For example, if you're listening to a certain NPR podcast that is a good fit... tell them about it! Example: Planet Money
Become the Andreas Antonopoulos of Nano! We need a good public speaker to let the world know about Nano.
Chapter 10 - Social Media
post the signature from Basics on your social media channels from time to time; here's a ready-made variant for Twitter:
Upgrading the global monetary system: $NANO is a deflationary #cryptocurrency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Lobby those in power so that cryptocurrencies become legal tender, and certain environmentally-friendly cryptocurrencies (NANO and soon ETH) become usable for the purpose of paying taxes.
This won't be a popular opinion, but I'm putting it out there anyway: while donating to ecosystem projects is helpful, donating to entities that will convert to fiat is not: that means charities, Wikipedia, poor people, ICO's etc. We're not stable yet, activities that exert a downward pressure on the price are not helpful.
Are you a hacker? Then try to break Nano or the products of Nano Wallet Company! They're giving bounties for that and it helps a ton! If you can be nice about it (a white hat), go after third party apps and platforms! Go after Canoe! Go after NanoVault! Go after BrainBlocks! Go for small exchanges listing NANO!
Hopefully subscribers start pitching in, and we'll see some comments here about it.
I've curated a list of the best business podcasts. Hope you enjoy!
There are thousands of podcasts available on the inter-webs. Finding one with high-quality content is no easy task. I’ve created a list of my top favourites, in no particular order: 1. Reply All Overview: In short, it’s about the internet. Every week they cover a new story related to the web. One week you’ll find out about the real owner of porn.com, the next how Instagram watch brands actually make money or how you can find Bitcoin hunters. You’ll get it once you listen to the podcast. Why you should listen to it: Expert storytelling through founders, leading experts and generally A+ content. Link: Website 2. How I built this Overview: Produced by NPR, this is THE podcast to listen to if you want to understand how Airbnb, Instagram and even Southwest Airlines started. You’ll get to hear from the founders themselves in hour long segments. Why you should listen to it: Do you know a billionaire who can sit down with you and explain how they started a business from scratch for a good hour? No? Thought so – this podcast is the next best thing. Link: Website 3. Startup Overview: Startup is all about the world of business and by Gimlet Media (a podcast media company). The first season is one of the best. You get to follow the journey of how the business was built. These guys are experts at story-telling, with the founder having worked at NPR’s Planet Money. Why you should listen to it: Why you should listen to it: You’ll get to understand the true entrepreneur mindset and journey. Hearing how it’s like to pitch to your first investor, pitching the idea to your wife and even negotiating with your co-founder on equity. Link: Website 4. Business Wars Overview: A new podcast – these guys show how large companies have been in secret ‘wars’ with each other. Like Blockbuster vs Netflix or Nike vs Adidas. You get to hear what happened behind the scenes and the real story of how and why these businesses reached new heights or rock bottom – coughs Blockbuster coughs. Why you should listen to it: Business Wars doesn’t tell us what happened – they go into the details, all the way to the unauthorised conversations between executives and the internal politics these brands faced. Link: Website 5. How to start a startup Overview: Sam Altman and the folks from Y Combinator offer up an amazing course in “How To Start A Startup” at Stanford. This is the full course but in Podcast form. Why you should listen to it: Didn’t get into Y Combinator? Get knowledge from industry leaders for free. Seriously. Tonnes of gold in this one. Link: Website 6. IndieHackers podcast Overview: Not all businesses need $50B in investment. Okay, slight exaggeration. Still, many businesses exist from bootstrapped founders- the IndieHackers podcast interviews such people and how they acquired initial customers. Why you should listen to it: There’s thousands of opportunities out there which don’t need huge investment. Get to hear the strategies these smaller companies use and apply them to your business today. Link: Website 7. The Pitch Overview: Real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money. Think of Shark Tank, Dragons Den or any other TV investment show. Now picture it in a podcast — more detail, more raw and in audio format. Why you should listen to it: TV versions of such shows are always edited like crazy. This version shows the entire process behind the investment and pitch, understand exactly how real founders approach investors. Link: Website What do you guys think? Know about any other business podcasts? Hope you found this useful! Ali4k. Sign-up here for our weekly newsletter and get all the business and tech news you never knew you needed. If not, no worries – break our heart, it’s cool..
posted by me a few times per month (if I don't post it for more than 11 days, someone else should post it)
please participate in the activities below, and also come up with ideas for new activities
ideas will be added to future threads, therefore this thread will become better and better
do not critique the ideas of others, even if they're bad; brainstorming is about selecting the best ideas, not about putting down the bad ones
whenever you do an activity, please consider writing in the comment section "I did something", while providing some details too if you wish (for example the link of your social media post, so that others share/retweet it); try to do something every day, not just in the days when this thread gets posted; let's become the most active and fast-growing community on the internet! while other crypto communities are becoming more apathetic because of the long bear market - let us do the reverse!
If you manage a newsletter, or if you have a business that sends transactional email, or if you simply use the worldwide email system, add this to the signature (can we improve the text btw?):
Upgrading the global monetary system: Nano is a deflationary digital currency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Always report bugs that you find in apps or scripts from the Nano ecosystem, and if you're a developer try contributing with code as well. A simple pull request means "There are others that care". A 0.1 NANO donation means the same thing. For those receiving them, it keeps them going!
Whenever you need to make a payment to someone (examples: debt repayment, rent, purchase of second hand item), ask if you can pay with NANO. Afterwards, proceed to explain what it is and emphasize why it's much better than Bitcoin.
If this is going to be a cryptocurrency and not another HODLER-TOKEN, aka ponzi where everybody holds and hopes that the price will go up because others are buying, actually use it for payments!https://usenano.org or donate to projects that are helping the Nano ecosystem
Chapter 2 - Infrastructure | Payment Gateways
Contact CoinPayments on a random selection of these emails or through other methods, and ask them to implement Nano payments (Nano actually won their Coin Vote long ago, someone donated a big sum for it to happen, and they still haven't implemented it).
Contact MyCryptoCheckout.com and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Search on Google for "cryptocurrency payment processor", contact one or a few of them, and ask them to implement Nano payments.
Chapter 3 - Infrastructure | Exchanges
Contact the big exchanges that still haven't implemented Nano and ask them not just to implement it, but to also pair all the other tokens with it! Don't bother with small exchanges, they'll just waste the valuable time of the dev team and they won't withstand the competition in the long term anyway.
Contact exchanges that have already implemented Nano, and ask them to pair everything else with it.
Chapter 4 - Infrastructure | POS
Contact the teams that are developing POS systems for various cryptocurrencies, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 5 - Infrastructure | ATM
Contact the companies that are building cryptocurrency ATM's, and ask them to implement Nano as well.
Chapter 6 - Usability | Hardware Wallets
Progress here looks nicely. But Ledger still needs to implement Nano into Ledger Live (app) and Ledger Blue, therefore please contact them about that, or tag them in a tweet where you request it. Also send a friendly request to the companies that haven't implemented Nano at all: Trezor, KeepKey, CoolWallet, ARCHOS, BitBox, bitfi, BitLox, SBiyP, BitFreezer, maybe Opendime too - even though they seem to be Bitcoin maximalists.
Contact your favorite media channels - not just from USA, and ask them to research Nano, and do specials about it. For example, if you're listening to a certain NPR podcast that is a good fit... tell them about it! Example: Planet Money
Become the Andreas Antonopoulos of Nano! We need a good public speaker to let the world know about Nano.
Chapter 10 - Social Media
post the signature from Basics on your social media channels from time to time; here's a ready-made variant for Twitter:
Upgrading the global monetary system: $NANO is a deflationary #cryptocurrency that has instant transactions and zero fees: https://nanolinks.info
Lobby those in power so that cryptocurrencies become legal tender, and certain environmentally-friendly cryptocurrencies (NANO and soon ETH) become usable for the purpose of paying taxes.
This won't be a popular opinion, but I'm putting it out there anyway: while donating to ecosystem projects is helpful, donating to entities that will convert to fiat is not: that means charities, Wikipedia, poor people, ICO's etc. We're not stable yet, activities that exert a downward pressure on the price are not helpful.
Are you a hacker? Then try to break Nano or the products of Nano Wallet Company! They're giving bounties for that and it helps a ton! If you can be nice about it (a white hat), go after third party apps and platforms! Go after Canoe! Go after NanoVault! Go after BrainBlocks! Go for small exchanges listing NANO!
Hi All, I have come to realize that there is nothing I enjoy more than podcasting and cryptos. Well err besides my girlfriend. I have stumbled across 3 podcast episodes related to crypto and have THOROUGHLY enjoyed them all. Do you have any episodes of a similar style that you are willing to link to feed the addiction?
So bitcoin has been in the news recently (more than usual) with the apparent crash of MtGox, the largest bitcoin exchange in the world. This story had me thinking because I recently heard a planet money podcast in where two economists made a wager on whether or not bitcoin would be significant within the next 5 years. The terms: In 5 years time, 10% of people (as polled by planet money) will have purchased something with bitcoin in the last month. Obviously, this is meant to be informal but nonetheless it had me thinking. In light of the recent crash (or not) what do you think will be the fate of cyrpto-currencies such as bitcoin, what side of that bet would you fall on? This question both involves economics and computer science so I thought it was appropriate for this sub
Here's the letter I just sent to Planet Money indicating that I would like to donate to their pledge drive in DOGE.
Preamble: For those of you who may not know of Planet Money, it's an NPR backed Podcast that specializes in economics. It's well respected and very popular (as in, the 10th most popular Podcast on iTunes, out of ALL podcasts). As with all NPR programs right now, they are in the middle of a pledge drive. I have offered to give them 100,000 DOGE if they put a Dogecoin address on their website. Maybe you'd like to donate too? Maybe you'd like to let them know that you have some DOGE for them? Email: [email protected] twitter: @planetmoney Planet Money does amazing work, and I will probably support them regardless of whether they accept DOGE. But I do think that if we can get their interest they will realize that there's an amazing story here that's worthy of their coverage. Dear Planet Money team, By now you are probably aware of Dogecoin, the new crypto currency that's getting a lot of attention lately. I would like to tell you why I am personally committed to Dogecoin, and how Dogecoin may benefit Planet Money directly.
Dogecoin is altruistic. The Dogecoin community believes in spreading the wealth and has donated to many causes including the Jamaican Bobsled Team and various experiment.com projects. People routinely tip small amounts of Dogecoin to others simply because they liked something they made or enjoyed their comment on Reddit.
Although it wasn't planned, Dogecoin has stumbled into an amazing strategy for generating support for the currency. Tipping creates good will among the Dogecoin community, and introduces people to Dogecoin. Tip somebody a small amount of Dogecoin and they become curious to know more. Soon they realize that Dogecoin is fun, and it's the fun that makes the currency valuable. People are proud to be affiliated with Dogecoin. When was the last time that people were rooting for a currency to succeed, simply because it makes them feel good?
Dogecoin is a brand. This wasn't planned in advance, but the tongue-in-cheek nature of the currency has created a lot of fan art which helps feeds back into community good will and more tipping. For example: here, here, and here. I challenge you to name one currency, or anything in economics for that matter, that has inspired fan art?
Dogecoin solved one of Bitcoin's biggest problems: hoarding. Tipping and donating is a central to the Dogecoin community so the currency flows much more fluidly than Bitcoin. Although Dogecoin is actively traded, its value is remarkably stable for a currency that's only 3 months old.
Finally, I would like to propose an experiment. Since you're in the middle of a pledge drive right now, give your listeners who use Dogecoin a chance to show their generosity. All you need to do is put a Dogecoin wallet address up on your website. If you need help figuring out how to get an address, you can read the "getting started" guide or I can personally help you out. The cost to you is nothing, except for the small amount of time it takes to put the address on your site. If you set up a Dogecoin address and post it publicly, I will personally pledge 100,000 Dogecoins to Planet Money. Converting Dogecoin to USD is not difficult, but you may want to use some of the Dogecoins to participate in the Dogecoin economy. I bet the experience would make a fascinating podcast! To the moon, [my name]
2. Subscriptions: Podcast subscriptions have sprung up in a few different forms in recent years, but are by no means new.It’s a simple enough concept – if you put your podcast behind a paywall ... The “Planet Money” podcast from National Public Radio (NPR) is all about the economy: what affects it and how it, in turn, can affect your life. The show tackles complex financial ideas – rent control, the wealth tax, Bitcoin – on a level that ordinary people can understand. NPR: Planet Money Podcast. star star star star star. Money makes the world go around, faster and faster every day. On NPR's Planet Money, you'll meet high rollers, brainy economists and regular folks -- all trying to make sense of our rapidly changing global economy. Cardiff Garcia of NPR's new podcast, The Indicator, from Planet Money has the story of one cryptocurrency that started off as a joke. CARDIFF GARCIA, BYLINE: Jackson Palmer is a product manager in ... Coinciding with this publication, Planet Money, a podcast that NPR produces two days a week invited Nathaniel to be its guest in its 708th episode, aptly titled “Bitcoin Divided”. NPR (National Public Radio) is an American non-profit media organization. The program starts with the host, David Kestenbaum, explaining to the listeners how ...
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In the early 1600s there was one stock market with only one company’s stock in it, and it didn't take long before someone tried to manipulate the price. Four... This clip compiled by BestOfTheLeft.com Subscribe to the full show this clip is from at www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=94411890. Among the topics discussed were imagining a time without money, the invention of money, the gold standard, the European debt crisis, America's middle class and much more. Loading... Planet Money Mar 30 2018 Podcast Planet Money Mar 30 2018 Show. 2008 New Business Models for News Summit at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. ... NPR's Planet Money: ... (Startup Podcast, Planet Money & This American Life): ...
