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508. Does the Crypto Crash Mean the Blockchain Is Over?

Freakonomics Radio

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Cryptocurrency

crypto firms are trying to transform satoce nacimotos idea of digital cash into a variety of new services that are decentralized, with the incentives managed by tokens. We also learn that crypto currencies are poorly named and may never become what we typically think of as currencies more than any block chain technology is still in its relatively early days. A lot of the breakthrough uses ar let's be honest here, pretty boring, or at least not what you'd call transformative. The cost of financial transactions is all that worth the height? And speaking of height, let's not forget the headlines these past few years about the sky rocketing value of crypto currencies, and now, suddenly, the plunging

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