Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6iDZspbRMg

by blondie9x • 8 years ago

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trengrj• 8 years ago

This is geoblocked in Australia. Does anyone have an alternative source?

jwilk• 8 years ago

I usually evade geo-blocking with Tor.

Install tor, torsocks, youtube-dl. Then do:

  $ torsocks -i youtube-dl g6iDZspbRMg

HTH

doomrobo• 8 years ago

Replace youtube in the URL with hooktube

dalfonso• 8 years ago

It was cool to see him use a few concepts that I've used when trying to explain cryptocurrencies to friends: Chuck E Cheese tokens and Beanie Babies. (The other is Easter Egg hunts). Overall, I'm glad that John Oliver's done a piece on this because he's previously been successful at bringing once niche topics to popular culture (net neutrality and sport stadium financing).

I think blockchain (and to a lesser extent ICOs) does have long-term utility. However, the current lack of oversight combined with hype/FOMO for cryptocurrencies and ICOs is the perfect recipe for those "in the know" to rip off the less knowledgeable.

Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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