Money Memos: Recent Episodes

Crypto Mafia

On the reinvention of money.

Season 1 - Crypto Classics: Bitcoin whitepaper, Ethereum whitepaper, CryptoAnarchist manifesto, DarkFi manifesto. Season 2 - Agorism in the 21st Century by Paul Dylan-Ennis, Jaya Klara Brekke, Nick Land, Amy Ireland, Harry Halpin. Season 3 - Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky.

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  1. Windows 3.0 Buzz: "Microsoft has finally nailed this product. Try it. You’ll like it."

by Steven Sinofsky – February 19, 2021

audio version, 2022

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  1. Zero Defects: Infinite Bugs

by Steven Sinofsky – February 16, 2021

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  1. Keeping Busy with Cross-Platform OOP: My introduction to the tech industry "hype cycle"

by Steven Sinofsky – February 14, 2021

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  1. Everything Is Buggy: “What Intel gives, Microsoft takes away” 

by Steven Sinofsky – February 10, 2021

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  1. Klunder College: Writing Bulletproof Code

by Steven Sinofsky – February 6, 2021

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  1. SteveSi: "Where did 'steven' go?" 

by Steven Sinofsky – February 3, 2021

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  1. Becoming a Microsoftie: "Steven, Bill Gates called. Call him back." [Chapter 1]

by Steven Sinofsky – February 1, 2021

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Prologue. Becoming a Hacker: “Stop clicking ... stop beeping.”

by Steven Sinofsky – January 28, 2021

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Author's Note: The Why and How of Writing "Hardcore Software"

by Steven Sinofsky – January 28, 2021

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Introducing "Hardcore Software": Inside the Rise and Fall of the PC Revolution (a serialized work)

by Steven Sinofsky – January 28, 2021

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"Pandemos" by Harry Halpin

Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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"Scrap Metal and Fabric: Weaving as Temporal Technology" by Amy Ireland

[0] Prophecy

[1] Artificial Intelligence

[2] Camouflage

[3] Space-time

[4] Politics

[5] Identity

[6] Patchwork as Artificial Intelligence

Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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"Cold Anarchy" by Nick Land, §0-26

Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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"The Market as a Gun to your Head, Tool in Your Hand, or Escape Route from Hell" by Jaya Klara Brekke

  • Markets as coercive constructs
  • Gun to your Head
  • Tool in Your Hand
  • Escape Route from Hell

Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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"An Introduction to Agorism in both Theory and Practice" by Dr. Paul Dylan-Ennis & W.W. Barlowe

  • a Brief History
  • What is Agorism?
  • Phase 0-4
  • in Practice
  • Konkin's Relevance
  • Conclusion

Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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Agorism in the 21st Century: a Philosophical Journal – February 2022

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Audio of the Agorist, 1st Edition (2022)

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"The Coming Storm" by Dark.Fi – October 2021

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"The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto" by Timothy C. May – 1988

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Miscellanea And Concerns Modified GHOST Implementation Fees Computation And Turing-Completeness Currency And Issuance Mining Centralization Scalability Conclusion

"Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform" by Vitalik Buterin – late 2013

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  • Token Systems
  • Financial derivatives and Stable-Value Currencies
  • Identity and Reputation Systems
  • Decentralized File Storage
  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
  • Further Applications

"Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform" by Vitalik Buterin – late 2013

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  • Ethereum Accounts
  • Messages and Transactions
  • Messages
  • Ethereum State Transition Function
  • Code Execution
  • Blockchain and Mining

"Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform" by Vitalik Buterin – late 2013

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"Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform" by Vitalik Buterin – late 2013

  • History
  • Bitcoin As A State Transition System
  • Mining
  • Merkle Trees
  • Alternative Blockchain Applications
  • Scripting

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"Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" by Satoshi Nakamoto – October 31, 2008

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