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Ryan Sean Adams (rsa.eth)
@rsa.eth
the first writing in recorded human history is a ledger entry on a clay tablet "28,086 measures barley 37 month, Kushim" Kushim signed this transaction, the oldest person's name ever written we invented writing for property rights - the poetry, the stories, the written laws came later 5,400 years later Satoshi signed the first entry on a digital ledger 10 bitcoin to Hal Finney, Satoshi on Jan 12, 2009 we invented property rights for the digital age - ethereum, the tokens, and defi came later truly a new era
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Philip Sheldrake
@sheldrake
Truly a new era so long as we remember property applies to rivalrous resources. Unfortunately, it seems the temptation to apply it to non- and anti-rivalrous resources is too great for many. This is a category error that damages system health.
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