Bitcoin, Blockchain, And Local Currencies
Dear Friend, The bitcoin bubble has discredited the entire blockchain currencies. Is it the reality? Does it resemble the dotcom boom? There is more emancipatory aspect to the blockchain currency model than the bitcoin bubble. As Tad Montgomery rightly puts "There is a saying going around, ‘the Bitcoin blockchain is to Ethereum what email is to the internet.’ " The blockchain model is only evolving there will be more to come, that can challenge the monopoly of fiat currencies. Somalia is going through one of its worst famines in history. Yet, the Pentagon has submitted operational plans to the White House which outline at least two years of combat operations in Somalia against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The plans coincide with AFRICOM’s ramped-up campaign of airstrikes in Somalia, carrying out 32 so far in 2017, more than twice the number conducted the previous year. In November, AFRICOM bombed an alleged Al-Shabaab training camp, killing more than 100. 8...