For this week’s episode I took a closer look at the company Blockchains LLC which bought the German startup Slock.it who was working on creating blockchain-enabled smart locks. Digging deeper I found out that Blockchains LLC is currently in the works of creating its own smart city “enabled by the blockchain” next to Reno, Nevada. We start by listening to a news segment aired on a local Reno new station about the company and the city being built then connect that with he two recent MEL magazine stories by Andrew Fiouzi as well as the Housing for All Token article I recently published on the blog.
At the end I also hope to adequately push back against the claims that I’m selling some sort of cryptocurrency. I don’t give a shit if you buy cryptocurrency or not, that has nothing to do with this project. The point is to explore the ideas and the projects in the blockchain space to understand the flaws of the libertarian agenda that permeates it and show that it doesn’t need to be that way because we can create anti-capitalist counter narratives that take the same technologies to serve the working class rather than for generating profit.
Sources
Blockchains LLC news segment
Blockchains LLC blockchain city promo
Current construction of the city
MEL Magazine: THE SOCIALISTS TRYING TO RECLAIM CRYPTOCURRENCY
MEL Magazine: SMART LOCKS COULD MAKE IT EVEN EASIER FOR LANDLORDS TO EVICT THEIR TENANTS
Interview with Mark Alizart
Interview with Aleeza Howitt
Housing for All Token
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