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A Critic of Cryptocurrencies Says Bitcoin Needs To Be Burnt With Fire

03.25.2019 - By BloombergPlay

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There's a problem in many debates about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. While many people are inclined to dismiss them as fraudulent ponzi schemes, most of those critics aren't particularly well informed by them, so their dismissals are hollow and uncompelling. On this week's episode, we speak with Nicholas Weaver, a Berkeley computer scientist who is well versed on the technology, who argues why the entire space ought to be burnt down in a fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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