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Why We Need to Open-Source The Monetary System

Posted on 03. Sep, 2011 by teresa in SC2011 - Software Developers' Haven, Video, Misc

The on-going financial crisis have led a growing number of people to raise questions about our monetary system. This talk will cover, at a high level, some of the major flaws that are inherent in the current sytem's design, along with looking at specific examples of projects that are attempting to create "open-source" monetary systems".

Specific topics include:

Problems with the Current Monetary System
Close source vs. Open Source Monetary Systems
Monoculture vs. Polyculture monetary System
Debt-based vs. Obligation based monetary system
Monetary System Design Issues
BitCoin
Examples of "Open-Source" Monetary System

 

 

Minutes: 
39
Event: 
SC2011
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Speaker: 
Tim Inkpen
Filmed: 
27.08.2011

Comments

Anonymous (not verified)Sun, 09/11/2011 - 18:42

sound?

Is it just me, or is there no sound with this presentation?

arossMon, 09/12/2011 - 01:48

Works for me. I'm running

Works for me. I'm running Fedora 15.