Spendo Comes to Europe

[Clinamenic]

But having gnostic insight qua prophecy (intelligence as future-prediction, etc) is something with a clear value proposition, in the context of investing. Being able to suss out which projects stand better chances of being integral to our futures.

 

[Clinamenic]

Knowledge is information and money is information too these days

Money is information, and its also mostly data these days. Most of the money in the US money system exists only as data on ledgers, ledgers maintained by banks.

 

[woops]

Info equals trust

 

[Clinamenic]

Most of the money in the US money system exists only as data on ledgers, ledgers maintained by banks.

Blockchain takes this as the point of departure, whereas the traditional financial system has evolved to this point.

 

[Clinamenic]

Info equals trust

Yeah and we've had to trust banks in order to participate in the economy, for the most part. Bitcoin, for all its downsides, has already proven that this doesn't need to be the reality. If you have internet connection, you can engage in global commerce without needing anyone's permission.

 

[Clinamenic]

@suspended yeah crypto investing culture can be super toxic, especially if you are getting friends and family involved. I've learned this too.

 

[Clinamenic]

Money is information, and its also mostly data these days. Most of the money in the US money system exists only as data on ledgers, ledgers maintained by banks.

That is, only a fraction of the money system consists of physical banknotes, linen money, etc.

 

[Clinamenic]

Instead of a federal government issuing new currency by way of a committee of privately run banks, new currency issuance can be programmed into the fabric of a blockchain from the offset.

@suspended if you want a more tangible sales pitch for your thought, maybe consider sticking with blockchain, using blockchain and smart contracts as a medium for social systems optimization.

 

[Leo]

enough currency talk, we need detail on what @suspended has done in Europe. how he managed to negotiate passage without his wallet (if that even actually happened), odd food he's consumed, faux-pas that have occurred, local cultural norms he's violated (unknowingly or otherwise), hot eurobabes he's been tempted to hit on.

 

[Clinamenic]

Are you “just in it for the tech”?

"The babes," is what he said last time.

 

[entertainment]

The French dispatch was very good

 

[entertainment]

How are things in Lisbon?

 

[sus]

Will answer all inquiries but I'm headed to a show Rich is DJing!

 

[Leo]

Will answer all inquiries but I'm headed to a show Rich is DJing!

spendy going on one of rich's two-day benders, hopefully. photos are manditory.

 

[woops]

spendy going on one of rich's two-day benders, hopefully. photos are manditory.

what's going on with this northern meet up lads

 

[Leo]

like an anthropologist, tagging along to observe the phenomenon at close range but then sucked into Lisbon's dark underbelly.

 

[Leo]

what's going on with this northern meet up lads

wrong thread woops, this one's about Gus' decent into a weekend of Portuguese vice.

 

[IdleRich]

Good stuff. Nice

Will answer all inquiries but I'm headed to a show Rich is DJing!

Will be a great time to get here, band is about to start, far from rammer but a nice number of people for this place and a friendly vibe.
But only good behaviour from me tonight, I gotta drive home with all the records and stuff.
Also I'm afraid that She Who Must Be Obeyed has decreed there is no guest list, sorry about that.

 

[woops]

wrong thread woops, this one's about Gus' decent into a weekend of Portuguese vice.

just astonished that it is easier to connect two continents than to get three northerners down the pub

 

[IdleRich]

Also, I'm being entirely serious here, do not under any circumstances mention that sobriquet to her face.