“the term “smart contract” has become more mainstream since the advent of first Bitcoin and then Ethereum, it was first coined by Nick Szabo in 1996, and thus precedes the development of blockchain networks.”
― Token Economy: How the Web3 reinvents the Internet
― Token Economy: How the Web3 reinvents the Internet
“Back in the Garden of Eden, maybe the forbidden fruit was forbidden for a reason. Who needs the fancy building, the priest and all the rest of it—even the Bible—if all you really need is the fruit?”
― The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
― The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
“As Nathan Rothschild had commented, “I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls the British money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply.”
― Assassin
― Assassin
“There is nothing reliable to be learned about making money. If there were, study would be intense and everyone with a positive IQ would be rich.”
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“How inevitable, really, were the type of governments we have today, with their particular fusion of territorial sovereignty, intense administration and competitive politics? Was this really the necessary culmination of human history?”
― The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
― The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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