"The precursors of money, along with language, enabled early modern humans to solve problems of cooperation that other animals cannot – including problems of reciprocal altruism, kin altruism, and the mitigation of aggression. These precursors shared with non-fiat currencies very specific characteristics – they were not merely symbolic or decorative objects."  - Nick Szabo If you haven't listened to it yet, the time is now. If you have listened to it, then it can't hurt to listen to it again. One of the most essential prerequisites in the Bitcoin space to shine a light on the foundations of money, its history, and the nature of its origins. Today we reboot Nick Szabo's incredible piece, "Shelling Out: The Origins of Money." Check out the original piece hosted on the Nakamoto Institute, and of course the unenumerate blog where you can find hundreds of other excellent posts and works by Nick Szabo. https://nakamotoinstitute.org/shelling-out/ https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Is there a single key factor in the difference between the assurances in PoS vs PoW? The knowledge and proof that there is a real world, inescapable cost to both producing the currency, & editing the chain history - unforgeable costliness.  Learn about this, the private keys attacks that risk entire contesting histories in PoS systems, and to the nothing-at-stake problem. This and more in today's read! Check out the original (hit that applause button) plus the other great pieces Hugo has on his Medium page! https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/proof-of-stake-private-keys-attacks-and-unforgeable-costliness-the-unsung-hero-5caca70b01cb For a deeper dive into unforgeable costliness, listen to the absolute essential read, by Nick Szabo, "Shelling Out, The Origins of Money." https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Shelling-Out---The-Origins-of-Money-Nick-Szabo-e2ndom If you want to support the tons of work in making audio versions and expanding on all the best written works around Bitcoin and the Cryptoconomy, become a patron below! https://patreon.com/thecryptoconomy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message