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adam

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This is a big deal. Thoughts?

http://fintechnews.ch/1314/blockchain_bitcoin/nationwide-transaction-platform-tunisia-postal-service/

Posted on October 8, 2015 at 8:54 AM

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• rtylersmith

  

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  Adam, I agree with you! This is a big deal, but I feel like no one is plugged into Open Transactions because it is not a "blockchain" in the strictest definition. I love that you continue to bring OT into the discussion on the podcast because I feel people are ignoring a really fantastic complimentary techonology to bitcoin and other blockchains.

  I was a little disappointed in Andreas (who I think is fabulous generally) and Stephanie when you guys discussed the release of Monetas in Tunisia. They came off as completely anti-government and would not even entertain the idea that Monetas had made a breakthrough in getting a government to launch a real life pilot test of a crypto-finance platform. Have we become so focused on our political philosophies that we cannot see the significance and celebrate the successes of non-cypherpunk related projects?

  In my mind, acceptance of things like Monetas/Open Transactions in mainstream commerce brings us one step closer to mass adoption of more decentralized technologies. And for that I say, CONGRATULATIONS Monetas!

  Posted on October 16, 2015 at 8:43 AM
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• adam

  

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  @rtylersmith Adam, I agree with you! This is a big deal, but I feel like no one is plugged into Open Transactions because it is not a "blockchain" in the strictest definition. I love that you continue to bring OT into the discussion on the podcast because I feel people are ignoring a really fantastic complimentary techonology to bitcoin and other blockchains.

  I was a little disappointed in Andreas (who I think is fabulous generally) and Stephanie when you guys discussed the release of Monetas in Tunisia. They came off as completely anti-government and would not even entertain the idea that Monetas had made a breakthrough in getting a government to launch a real life pilot test of a crypto-finance platform. Have we become so focused on our political philosophies that we cannot see the significance and celebrate the successes of non-cypherpunk related projects?

  In my mind, acceptance of things like Monetas/Open Transactions in mainstream commerce brings us one step closer to mass adoption of more decentralized technologies. And for that I say, CONGRATULATIONS Monetas!

  It's always funny when Andreas and Stephanie make me feel like a real moderate by comparison!

  Posted on October 16, 2015 at 8:52 AM
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• cherapple

  

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  I found myself speaking Stephanie's and Andreas's words before they said them. Especially Stephanie. That was quite fun. :)

  Posted on October 16, 2015 at 9:13 AM
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• eitheror

  

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  This could be a big deal. Knee-jerk skepticism of government involvement in crypto projects feels somewhat naive and hubristic considering how little evidence there is that Bitcoin can be an effective currency in a working economy, and how important governments are for organising economies and influencing their level of freedom.

  Of course wariness of these types of third-world projects is justified, and Monetas has provided next to no details of what their technology has become since diverging from OT. I have a feeling that they are hoping to sneak a more open, multi-asset ready system into Africa with the support of government and philanthropic agencies. It might work.

  Posted on December 8, 2015 at 9:11 AM
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