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I first got into crypto back in the day because of a magazine assignment. 

I was intrigued by the cypherpunk ethos and the idea of building an alternative system that would work as a means of resistance and inclusion — both at the same time. 

I wound up staying interested in crypto and I've been writing about it in one form or another for the past decade or so. 

While crypto has gone on a narrative walkabout over the past several years, it occurs to me that the story will likely end where it started. 

Back in the day a lot of the cypherpunk stuff felt like edge cases, or worst case scenarios. Today, it's starting to feel like morning headlines. 

When I started working on the outline for the Open Money project, the idea had a different weight, and maybe a different meaning. 

Anyway, this is all context for today's post about why internet scale matters.

I first got into crypto back in the day because of a magazine assignment. 

I was intrigued by the cypherpunk ethos and the idea of building an alternative system that would work as a means of resistance and inclusion — both at the same time. 

I wound up staying interested in crypto and I've been writing about it in one form or another for the past decade or so. 

While crypto has gone on a narrative walkabout over the past several years, it occurs to me that the story will likely end where it started. 

Back in the day a lot of the cypherpunk stuff felt like edge cases, or worst case scenarios. Today, it's starting to feel like morning headlines. 

When I started working on the outline for the Open Money project, the idea had a different weight, and maybe a different meaning. 

Anyway, this is all context for today's post about why internet scale matters. 

https://www.danielmcglynn.com/open-money-and-internet-scale/

I write about crypto and the internet at danielmcglynn.com

Writer, senior editor, music nerd, GenX eldergoth, monastery-bootstrapper. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

Looking forward to reading. I only saw this cast because I checked the /words channel today. Looking over your recent casts, it sure seems like the algo isn't giving you much help at all with getting them seen.

This is a good example of why human curation is important.

Anyway, I'll definitely give this a read soon.