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Linux Downtime – Episode 71

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The Contrast Between Open Access and Open Source

I really dislike artificial scarcity and the idea that everything should be monetized. Some things don't need to be monetized, but that seems to be counter to everything they're going for. I think people underestimate the extent to which owning tokens really does exclude a lot of people from being able to participate or access whatever the information is. It's just sort of a way to try to move the goalposts a little bit when it comes to the fact that Bitcoin burns just an enormous amount of electricity. And especially when you factor in transaction fees and things like that, you know, it starts to really add up.

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