Understanding Blockchain (Ft. The Blockchain Socialist) @1DimeRadio

Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A podcast featuring The Blockchain Socialist (TBS) discussing the pros and cons of blockchain technology and misconceptions about cryptocurrency. We critique libertarian narratives about Bitcoin, banking, and Web 3 mythology. After interrogating the problems of the crypto world and addressing the problems with Bitcoin and Ethereum , TBS tells us about the ways in which cryptocurrency and blockchain technology can be used by leftist activists and the role it could play in a sociality society.

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0:00 Intro
1:40 What is Cryptocurrency actually?
7:30 Bitcoin vs Ethereum
15:45 Bitcoin vs US Dollar myth
22:32 Bitcoin and the Environment
27:00 The Decentralization myth
31:20 Cryptocurrency is not a monetary system
35:32 How the Left can Benefit from Blockchain
37:53 Crypto vs Imperialist Sanctions
48:40 Funding Leftist Orgs
59:00 Other Positive Uses of Blockchain
1:05:38 Co-operatives
1:12:32 Mutual Credit Systems
1:19:48 Blockchain Democracy
1:34:48 Blockchain in Socialism

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