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   * [Ross Anderson: Why Bitcoin is Not Cash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HH_dFcoLc) - 2018-04-10 - 📺 walks through why bitcoin is not cash and the complex legal questions it would need to deal with if it wanted to be.
   * [Ross Anderson: Tracing Stolen Bitcoin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlLN0QERWBs) - 2018-03-23 - 📺
 * [Simon Wardley: A Spoiler for the Future of Bitcoin](https://blog.gardeviance.org/2013/11/a-spoiler-for-future-bitcoin.html) - 2013-11-27 - "As you can guess, I'm not a fan of bitcoin. If left unchecked then I find it has the potential to undermine the importance of Government which is actually not good for competition and not good for the market. I hope none of the above happens and would rather see bitcoin disappear in a puff of history." (NB: he predicts massive appreciation in bitcoin and is concerned how it can undermine government and tax revenue.)
+* Kai Stinchcombe series that discusses whether blockchain can solve various real world use-cases better than traditional technologies
+  - [Kai Stinchcombe: Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain](https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100) - 2017-12-23 - "Each purported use case — from payments to legal documents, from escrow to voting systems—amounts to a set of contortions to add a distributed, encrypted, anonymous ledger where none was needed. What if there isn’t actually any use for a distributed ledger at all? What if, ten years after it was invented, the reason nobody has adopted a distributed ledger at scale is because nobody wants it?"
+  - [Kai Stinchcombe: Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future](https://medium.com/@kaistinchcombe/decentralized-and-trustless-crypto-paradise-is-actually-a-medieval-hellhole-c1ca122efdec) - 2018-05-04 - "Blockchain is not only crappy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date is because systems built on trust, norms, and institutions inherently function better than the type of no-need-for-trusted-parties systems blockchain envisions. That’s permanent: no matter how much blockchain improves it is still headed in the wrong direction."
 
 ### Economists
 
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 * Richard Thaler [Economics Nobel prize winner, Richard Thaler: “The market that looks most like a bubble to me is Bitcoin and its brethren”](https://econews.pt/2018/01/22/economics-nobel-prize-winner-richard-thaler-the-market-that-looks-most-like-a-bubble-to-me-is-bitcoin-and-its-brethren/) - 2018-01-22
 * Yanis Varoufakis [Yanis Varoufakis on Crypto & the Left, and Techno-Feudalism](https://the-crypto-syllabus.com/yanis-varoufakis-on-techno-feudalism/) - 2022-01-26
 * Tyler Cowen [The Crypto Crash Strengthens the Case for Crypto](https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/crypto-crash-strengthens-case-for-crypto-s-long-term-future) - 2022-01-27
+* Jesse Frederik [Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing](https://thecorrespondent.com/655/blockchain-the-amazing-solution-for-almost-nothing/84495599980-95473476) - 2020-08-21 - "Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems from a lack of knowledge and understanding. The blockchain is a solution in search of a problem."
 
 ### Ponzi aspect
 
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 ### Crypto and energy consumption
 
-* https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
+* [Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index](https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption)
-* https://newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment
+* [Why Bitcoin Is Bad For The Environment](https://newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment) - 2021-04-22
 * [Energy power usage CryptoArt, ETH, Blockchain spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hzzxMbytOZ1mYl9kLh_SvM6kne6JI_mdCfHIoNapr5M/edit#gid=0)
+* [How Do We Solve Bitcoin's Energy Problem?](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/30/how-do-we-solve-bitcoins-carbon-problem) - 2022-01-30
 
 ### Scams/frauds
 
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 * [Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation](https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/money-and-payments-discussion-paper.htm) - provides a high level overview of the current state of central bank and private sector currencies in the US, and identifies risks and challenges with the implementation of a central bank digital currency. From the paper summary: "The paper summarizes the current state of the domestic payments system and discusses the different types of digital payment methods and assets that have emerged in recent years, including stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies. It concludes by examining the potential benefits and risks of a CBDC, and identifies specific policy considerations."
 
+### Religious angles
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+#### Christian
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+* [What you should know about Bitcoin](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/faqs-know-bitcoin/) by Joe Carter. A well-researched, accurate introduction to Bitcoin from a Christian perspective, 2017-12-27.
+* [Ask the Economist: Should a Christian Invest in Bitcoin?](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christian-invest-bitcoin/) by Greg Phelan, 2021-10-27.
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 ## What is blockchain/web3 etc