Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet have teamed up to do what they do best together: Talk about what interests them with a mostly tech-focused theme on a podcast. They’re unsupervised, so don’t expect them to stay on topic. Hop on and enjoy the ride!
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Libra: A Way for Facebook to Control More, w/Andrew Orr - ACM 516
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr dig deep into the possibilities—for good and ill (mostly ill)—of Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency. They cover how it work, why Facebook went the cryptocurrency route, and what Facebook has to gain from the project. Spoiler, the answer is everything!
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Sources referenced in this episode:- Libra, Facebook's Cryptocurrency, Coming 2020
- Launching a Global Currency Is a Bold, Bad Move for Facebook - The New York Times
- Apple Context Machine Facebook Group - Facebook
- Bryan's Twitter
- Bryan's blog: GeekTells