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cryptocurrencies are here to stay. so, what happens now?
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cryptocurrencies are here to stay. so, what happens now?

Cryptocurrencies were going to be the future of money. Why haven’t they lived up to their own hype?

how cryptocurrencies are trying to perform an act of economic necromancy
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how cryptocurrencies are trying to perform an act of economic necromancy

Cryptocurrency advocates are trying to change the world with a paradox of new technology and an idea we've outgrown after thousands of years.

why bitcoin is not doomed, but not it’s not the next global currency either
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why bitcoin is not doomed, but not it’s not the next global currency either

Bitcoin isn't about to crash, but it's very unlikely to scale up to a currency freely used around the world.

the oddly familiar world of bitcoin economics
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the oddly familiar world of bitcoin economics

Bitcoin is supposed to be a whole new way to manage money. But the humans handling it are still the same and falling into old habits with this new currency.