I try to look for where there are parallels and where there are differences in the the current banking system and in the crypto world. The challenges for me are to learn where crypto is different because

Yes, agreed! Attention, is the effort or scarce resource that is needed to hold onto good friends. "The Attention Economy"

I had RC issues too when I started a week ago. Then I was lucky enough to where one of the Hivers delegated me 100 HP. I don't think I have been making good use of his delegations from an economics point

Your observations and questions are very astute and they get at the heart of this constant battle between more decentralization vs more centralization. On the one hand you get more security in the form

I was once an economist at the Department of Labor studying and measuring inflation. Not consumer inflation (CPI), but producer inflation (PPI). The printing of money is inflationary "all else

I used to work in retail management and so I have done a lot of analysis on retail competition. You have a lot of great comments about the retail industry. I also use to work at the Department of Labor

Prior to the pandemic there was data that suggests more than half of Americans were living pay check to pay check. Those American's don't benefit from Bitcoin or the stock market. The "recovery"

I agree with this. All asset prices are up--stock, bonds, real estate, cryptos, commodities, and even oil. This explosion in asset prices have been driven by the Federal Reserve liquidity. There are limits

This is a great post! You are right in that when money is the primary incentive it creates a lot of misalignment. You can make more money on here by creating titles that are "click bait". What

I am glad to have found some people to chat with and engage with in this community too--I count you as one of those people that I met here that are supportive and open to both learning and sharing their

Excellent, thanks for pointing the way!

This is a great article! But, I feel that with these various streams, there is a unifying trend that binds them together to create some kind of perfect storm scenario that could very well be the biggest

To add insults to injury--Facebook owns Whatsapp so its a centralization layer on top of centralized services. I need to look into Telegram. I don't use Whatsapp, but I still should start looking for a

Thank you for being supportive. It is nice to find supportive people to interact with.

In order for them to leave they would have to sell their shares and it would be possible that those shares would spread to more people. This could broaden the number of shareholders. It also allows the

!wine

What is the !wine thing?

What kind of grass is that?

I like the term that you use. They are "Cash Out" politicians. In economics they called this "rent seeking behavior", but I like Cash Out more. I think this world that we live in is

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