david gerard
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Wait, Are NFTs the New Creative Commons?
Cryptocurrency has entered the culture wars, and everyone’s picking sides. Administrators at Creative Commons recently discovered that many of their supporters can’t fucking stand NFTs. The squabble raises questions about the future of ownership, sharing, and the philosophical outlook of techno-utopians everywhere.
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Crypto-Fuelled Plan to Buy the U.S. Constitution Ends With a Big Pool of Money and No Constitution
After raising nearly $US49 (A$67) million in the ether in just a few days, the ConstitutionDAO that galvanised blockchain idealists did not win a copy of the US Constitution at Sotheby’s. Last night, the document, one of 13 surviving first edition copies, hammered for $US43.2 (A$60) million (going to — sigh — hedge fund billionaire…