01 - A few updates from Hong Kong

Reading this week

• Blocksize War - Bitcoin’s blocksize war was waged from August 2015 to November 2017. On the surface, the battle was about the amount of data allowed in each bitcoin block, however it exposed much deeper issues, such as who controls bitcoin’s protocol rules. It is not possible to cover every twist and turn in the labyrinthine conflict or all the arguments, but this is a chronology of the most significant events. Quite a bit of it happened in HK with those famous overnight meetings in Cyberport.
  
  I remember being immensely frustrated and confused at the time about what was happening - having read the book it does indeed seem that even many of the participants did not understand what was happening or what would happen next depending on whch course was picked - CRAZY STUFF!!
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Book 5 in the series. Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time....
• I am re-reading (listening on audible.com) Mythos - narrated by Stephen Fry. Stephen is fantastic - he brings life to Greek Mythology and you have got to wonder where all these stories really come from. So many interesting insights and possibilities. Absolutely recommended.
• Also re-reading Sovereign Individual - it is truely remarkable that James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (father of the current one!) wrote this back in 1997 - they did predict mobile phones, personal computers, cryptocurrencies and even pandemic, governmental overreach and restrictions including capital controls and preventing international travel.

Youtube links

• Required watching: Jeff Booth, interviewed by James. The Price of Tomorrow! A must hear interview on the key to our future. You do need to open your eyes and stop taking the Soma. His book is here - recommended reading. Indeed people focus on the symtoms and avoid (even disallow) discussion on the root cause. As Raoul explained the current situation has been nore than 100 years in the making.
• Great interview by Peter McCormack with Brandon on Fourth Turning - a great explanation and super interesting discussion and insights.
• Guy explains how badly behaved Danske Bank was. Those in Northern Ireland will recognise that name as being the new owner of Northern Bank that was renowned for the largest ever Bank Raid!
• If you ever wondered how the Millennial Generation is different from the Baby Boomers, just watch: Ellio explains the recent crypto crash this weekend past. This is not a one-off - he posts every single day and he is running a company with more than a hundred developers working on his projects.
• Do check out Academy of ideas

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