We know that money serves as:
– A Store of Value (SoV)
– A Medium of Exchange (MoE) and
– A Unit of Account (UoA)
But what happens when a fourth use of money is introduced, one which subordinates all the other characteristics: money as a system of control.
Chapters
0:00 4 properties of money
0:51 History of money
3:16 Money as a system-of-control supercedes all other functions of money
3:52 Money does not flow freely
9:16 A system of money that refuses to become a system-of-control
9:52 Banks as a system-of-control
12:31 Banks vs cryptocurrencies
13:21 Voice or exit
This talk took place at the Advanced Digital Innovation Summit on September 12th 2017 in Vancouver, Canada: https://antonopoulos.com/event/adisummit-vancouver-canada/
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