Open Source & Closed Borders
Unless you are really committed to a life of absolute, self imposed solitary confinement, you are aware of the DeepSeek AI product that was recently released by the Chinese based company. Currently, the drama surrounding this technological bombshell has centered around the company’s claims of achieving a true breakthrough on a shoe string budget. Specifically, the company has claimed to have trained its model for under $6M. In the week since the company announced
Bitcoin and National Security (Part II)
Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value. ~ Ferdinand Foch (French General and Military Theorist) In October of last year, I wrote an article entitled “Bitcoin and National Security.” That article explored Bitcoin’s ability to serve as a “truth machine” and why that functionality had implications beyond Bitcoin’s role as money alone. In promoting Bitcoin as a medium of truth, I was trying to give credence to the idea that governments, especially governments
Bitcoin and National Security
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything ~ Mark Twain When it comes to financial journalism, there are two ways that most individual readers consume the content they choose: they can look for consensus and become susceptible to groupthink, or they can seek various opinions and become susceptible to decision paralysis. Both of these realities exist in varying degrees, with the investment mandates or goals of these consumers typically dictating which
