The Cryptoverse

Economic activity is human activity. That is always the case, in every case without exception. If you restrict human activity then you automatically restrict economic activity.In this episode I explore this idea as well as how blockchain technology is absolutely necessary if our society has any chance of thriving in future.Full episode archive and comments are available on HIVE:https://peakd.com/blockchain/@marketingmonk/economic-activity-is-human-activityBecome a supporter:https://www.thecryptoverse.show/SourcesCharthttps://twitter.com/yinonw/status/1336902407620415488/photo/1Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)

Half of all Bank of England QE was done in 2020. That's crazy.In this episode I dig into the 'mind' of the Bank of England, examine their intentions and reconcile it against the outcome.Full episode and comments are available on HIVE:https://peakd.com/general/@marketingmonk/bank-of-england-doubled-uk-base-money-in-2020Become a supporter:https://www.thecryptoverse.show/Sourceshttps://www.bankofengland.co.uk/https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/quantitative-easing/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)

What if the ETH you paid for every transaction fee were burned, destroyed, removed from circulation forever? What do you think that would do for the token price?Well this may be closet to reality than you think thanks to EIP 1559, an Ethereum Improvement Proposal that I discuss in this episode.Sources:The original EIP1559https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1559Log of the implementers call from 3rd December 2020:https://github.com/ethereum/pm/blob/master/Fee%20Market%20Meetings/Meeting%2007.mdTop 25 'gas burners' on Ethereum right now:https://www.ethgasstation.info/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)

Credit to Josh for the inspiration for today’s topic https://twitter.com/JScigala/status/1335274394143379458In this episode I explore and contrast the overlapping but uniquely different mining and incentive structures between Bitcoin, ETH1, ETH2 and EOS.Please post comments on my HIVE profile:https://peakd.com/crypto/@marketingmonk/the-hypocrisy-of-ethereum-eos-hatersSources:Pie charts and mining pool datahttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRixA0pS8nSqcpTlL7QfgN9yIqCXBjlMP0pr3EdsFrFZJrn-VSRqv_yyEsScpWVjKfXWBNtZ4BHdFAo/pubhtmlhttps://btc.com/stats/pool?pool_mode=weekhttps://etherscan.io/stat/miner?blocktype=blockshttps://bloks.io/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_biasSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)

In an effort to protect people of color from 'crimes' of traditional big banks, regulators in the US have drafted the STABLE Act in an effort to level the playing field.I explore the intentions behind this draft law before highlighting how this problem has already been solved at the technology level by the great innovators in the crypto community. The technological solution is far superior to any system the new law would hope to enforce.Sources:https://twitter.com/RepRashida/status/1334247450731819008https://ethereum.org/https://makerdao.com/https://eos.io/https://getwombat.io/https://vigor.ai/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)

I've seen a few complaints recently about the fees imposed by swap protocols so here is a bit of a stream of consciousness exploring the topic featuring Defibox and Uniswap with Binance as a centralised contrast.Sources:https://defibox.io/https://app.uniswap.org/#/swaphttps://uniswap.org/blog/uni/https://uniswap.org/docs/v2/advanced-topics/feeshttps://www.binance.com/en/fee/scheduleSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheCryptoverse)