Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto
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Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto

The far-right President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, looks at a model of a planned Bitcoin City. Credit: Nayib Bukele

Having long promised to decentralise power, Bitcoin is looking more and more like it will end up as a tool of American power under Trump.

But blockchains could also be used to empower local economies. And why should the left stay attached to a money system controlled by the state?

Sam Hart is a developer, writer, and editor of the Cryptoeconomic Systems journal. He spoke to Richard Hames about the promises and perils of the new era of blockchain technologies.

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