If you consider what most cryptocurrency proponents [2] are trying to do, you will see an attempt to exclude governments and rights and create a system that cannot be controlled outside the dictation of technocratic developers. Many criminal groups want such a scenario. Unfortunately for them, Bitcoin was designed to provide the opposite outcome. “Forking” a software branch is allowed under the MIT License. Both Litecoin (LTC) and Ethereum (ETH)…
Paper Critique: ‘Trade and Geography in the Spread of Islam’
Michalopoulos, S., Naghavi, A., & Prarolo, G. (2018). Trade and Geography in the Spread of Islam. The Economic Journal, 128(616),
Historical Maps
The National archives in the UK provide access to a collection of historical maps (Archives, n.d.). In this archive, maps
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It is necessary to note that the hype given to blockchain-based solutions can lead to false claims of solving problems
London and the Thames
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was
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Wang et al. (2020) look at the development of the Internet of things (IoT) as the structure for creating more
Paper Critique: ‘Scale-free human migration and the geography of social networks’
Levy, M. (2010). Scale-free human migration and the geography of social networks. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 389(21),
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Burns (2022) says that the primary motivation behind Bitcoin was to disrupt money by allowing faster and more secure forms
Paper Critique: ‘The Birth of Crypto Place on the Blockchain’
Zhao, B., & Huang, X. (2020). Encrypted monument: The birth of crypto place on the blockchain. Geoforum, 116, 149–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.08.011
Supply-Chain Foundational Theories
Theory 1 – Value Added Partnerships Johnson and Lawrence (1991) introduced the theory of value-added partnerships. The theory of value-added
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Many cypherpunk activists claim Bitcoin as their own (Golumbia, 2016). In their analysis, the authors take the crypto anarchy and