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We all know how that ended – and it seems even the 1% are scheduling some time away from the buffet tables and ski-slopes to fret over the situation. The $170 million InterContinental Hotel in Davos, Switzerland. Complete with barbed wire, motion sensors and security cameras, it is a true mountain fortress. The Bloomberg article quotes Dominic Barton of consultancy McKinsey & Co. as saying that CEOs of major corporations worry that “technology is moving three to five times faster than management.”
Mr. Let's Talk Bitcoin! • Let’s Talk Bitcoin! Episode 013 - Movers &... FAQ | Bitcoin Press Center. ECC2013/Money Stream. Stream 4: Money, Markets and Value Coordinator: Ludwig Schuster General overview Full description Documentation Discussion Group Blog posts UNIQ74732d74a78cbcb-feed-00000000-QINU Money, Markets, Value and the Commons - detailed stream description (DRAFT) Working page for the money, markets and value stream of the Economics and the Commons Conference .
Please read, view, and feel free to edit , comment , add to the list of stream recommended readings and viewings (at the end of this page), or contact the stream coordinator ( Ludwig Schuster ) as appropriate. A stream forum for real time discussions is available on the conference communications site . Introduction Money, markets, and value are some of the core-categories of today's capitalist societies. This stream shall deal with the question what happens if these specific forms are (deliberately) changed.
Motivation ...the two main lines in challenging the monetary logic of the old economy: Objective The objective of this stream is Schedule Tom H. Prediction for a future event: “The Spike” « Real Virtual Currency. Lately the Bitcoin price hasn’t been moving much, at least by Bitcoin standards, and has provided a nice respite from the price parroting that we witnessed in the last big run-up. In it’s place has flourished renewed exploration and discussion regarding the technology itself, how it can be incorporated, implemented, and improved. But don’t think for a minute that Bitcoin is going to plateau long-term around the $100+ mark.
Observing the last two years, we can see that Bitcoin has two basic modes: steady-as-she-goes, and have-you-seen-my-beachball-bonkers. From late 2011 until early 2012, Bitcoin would sit still for months at a single price, occasionally ratcheting up or down depending on the news (i.e. “WordPress now accepts Bitcoin,” or “Bitcoin Savings and Trust is a Ponzi Scheme.”) I’ll define “The Spike” as a price movement upwards of 200% within a 24-hour period, after which the price will not correct below the new level, ever. What do you think? Like this: Like Loading... Bitcoin Foundation: Members. The Bitcoin Foundation is TOXIC and must dissolve, plus a call to action. 19 May 2013 by Mike Gogulski Posted in activism , people | 1 Comment » [ *** If you like this, please click through to Reddit here , upvote the post, and post a reply either there or on bitcointalk.org. Thanks. *** ] My apologies for the length of this post, but I believe that it sums up what is broken with the Foundation, shows it is essentially unfixable, and includes at the end a call to action to form a new, democratically-constituted umbrella organization for the advancement and defense of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin first and foremost among them.
I also believe you will find it valuable reading, if you’re not already closely familiar with the matters at hand. “Outgoing” Bitcoin Foundation Executive Director Peter Vessenes, aka “vess” here, @vessenes on Twitter, states in video from Bitcoin 2013 ( ) at 5:23 that the Foundation will be hiring a lawyer to lobby regulators in Washington DC: As I wrote: Quote: Then: Quote: Triangulation 103. All Discussions - Bitkoins | #1 Bitcoin news and forum site. Bitcoin. Bitcoin P2P Digital Currency.
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