Here’s my introductory piece on #cryptoanarchism and #crypto from an anarchist perspective.

Meant for laymen who somewhat or not familiar with crypto, I look at the ideology of crypto-anarchism and what uses can these technologies provide for alternative economies.

#faircoin #carboncoin #telekommunisten #faircoop #timebanking #bitcoin

https://medium.com/@unlisted_roots/crypto-anarchism-78daf84330ee

This is a good description of the problems of our current state of affairs with the web/social media/etc and also a good prescription. https://youtu.be/FEU632_Em3g

#counterantidisintermediation #telekommunisten

Today's news of Microsoft purchasing Github pushed my butt into gear. Set up a self-hosted #Gitlab instance in 20 mins or so. Works perfectly, painless transition thus far.

#FLOSS only exists as it does today because it is susceptible to future capture by capital. Its freedom is predicated on future value. As #Telekommunisten pointed out ages ago, decentralization, GPL, and relentless copying are forks off of this path. There are others as well.