From a41177df8918ed10b6a3670d5a795cb73162d1b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Set Hallstrom Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:53:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated '_posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md' via CloudCannon --- _posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md b/_posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md index 203dbe4..63325d9 100644 --- a/_posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md +++ b/_posts/2020-11-30-yeah-we-take-bitcoins.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ Without the good services of [Alsenet.com](http://www.alsenet.com/){: target="_b > **Bitcoin**(**₿**) is a [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency) invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name [Satoshi Nakamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#cite_note-whoissn-20) and started in 2009 when its implementation was released as [open-source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software). It is a decentralized [digital currency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_currency) without a [central bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_bank) or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the [peer-to-peer bitcoin network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_network) without the need for intermediaries.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#cite_note-JSC-12) Transactions are verified by network [nodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_(networking)) through [cryptography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography) and recorded in a public [distributed ledger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_ledger) called a [blockchain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Blockchain). Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as [mining](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Mining). They can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#cite_note-22) – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin) -While it doesn't change our position as a non-profit foundation, enabling our community to support us financially in ways that align with our vision of self-governance, data-sovereignty and autonomy is a move we have long been waiting to make. Longing for it. Simply because non of the existing systems have met our ethical requirements. While there are plenty of tools for Artists and Performers to ask for support, these tools all leverage traditional banks and stake-holders that we consider on a path of obsolescence in the 21st century. Basspistol strives for societal change and decentralization. Nothing express these goals better than the concept of Cryptocurrencies. +While this doesn't change our position as a non-profit foundation, enabling our community to support us financially in ways that align with our vision of self-governance, data-sovereignty and autonomy is a step we have long been waiting to take. Simply because non of the existing systems have met our ethical requirements. There are plenty of tools for Artists and Performers to ask for support, but these tools all leverage traditional banks and stake-holders that we consider on a path of obsolescence in the 21st century. Basspistol strives for societal change and decentralization. Nothing express these goals better than the concepts of Cryptocurrencies. + +If you are curious about how this is expressed, why reforming the way money circulates is important and how the economical system could be reinvented, I invite you to delve into the knowledge repositories created by the [Dyne community](https://www.dyne.org/){: target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, particular their chapter called ["Dyndy"](https://www.dyndy.net/){: target="_blank" rel="noopener"}. > "We can’t imagine to enter the Information Age without changing the fundamental and most used communication tool: Money" – Bernard Lietaer