Today I received this t-shirt from Re-Thinking The Dollar (@rtd) - That's about the expression I would imagine George would have when faced with the reality of what his nation has become. "The

Accra, July, 2018. A typical loan application from the ubiquitous Savings and Loans agencies dotted all around the city may take mere minutes or days. They collect the savings of people who normally generate

Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have power... Here begins the "enumerated powers" granted to the Congress. Each clause directs to a specific, or enumerated, power. Clause 2: To borrow

First we need to understand a bank and the service it provides. Essentially, a bank’s role is to extend money in the form of credit. Imagine the global monetary system as a network; banks are the nodes

--This OP has been edited. Good background can be found here (courtesy APMEX): In the United States there is a distinction between silver coins and rounds. A "coin" is a reserved term deriving

Weekend time again folks. Not much happening, everything is running smoothly, crypto prices have sort of gone sideways from yesterday and there are no waves in our ocean. Calm waters around. Today i asked

I have learned a lot from the Steem community. It is hard to believe it’s been over a year and this is my 1000th post! I don’t always find people I connect with in my day-to-day life so to those of you

July 4th, 2018 - a call monetary independence. 242 years of formal American Independence from the British Monarchy. Now, instead of a King, in the United States we have a document called the Constitution.

Trust-less is a concept that is used frequently in the cryptoasset world. I first found it referenced in this Quora post circa 2014 With the advantage of four years since that post was answered I hope

What is a stake? ( If this digital representation of a steak makes you hungry, then you may not have eaten enough at your last meal. Anyways, I think you'll be hungry for some of this information about

SCOTUS will not review Ulbricht's case. Full article @reason:

That's the current power-level of the most busiest, most resilient and most incorruptible blockchain on the planet. Talking about BitShares new transaction record obviously. Source: Crypto Services 🔥LITT

Hey Graham, In this video: you mention that a Voluntaryist society would lose grounding for a legal system. Would you be kind enough to expand on that thought? I recognize how a justice system would be

Rewards delegated to @rtd Interesting history about US paper money. Thank you Mike for the knowledge. @pocketchange how does this fit in with your Coinage Theory? It's always in the fine print. Would you

Over the past couple weeks my steem friend @ronaldoavelino and I have been saving and exchanging steem in order to accumulate BitShares. Here is a brief summary. The BitShares account "nelson-hunt"

Great conversation in the Dlive comments today! Click the thumbnail to watch on DLive! Join me LIVE to discuss Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision for Bitcoin compared with the prevalent attitudes in the

Professor Hayek: Advocating the use of alternative currencies as early as 1960: Though I am convinced that modern credit banking as it has developed requires some public institutions such as the central

Do you want to win some Yensesa tokens? What are you supposed to do to win this wonderful giveaway? All you need to do is to make a Double Exposure Design and make a post about how you made your design

In early 2018 the Yensesa team began working to solve the biggest issue facing Steemians and other crypto believers in the African community: Converting hard-earned Steem / SBD into fiat currency without

Worker proposals are how things get done around the BitShares DAC. When each proposal reaches a threshold number of votes then bts can be released to reward the labor. My suggestion is to have a 'minor-league'