{"id":173,"date":"2017-09-12T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T09:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=173"},"modified":"2017-09-12T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T09:14:51","slug":"bitcoin-a-means-for-global-independence-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin: A Means for Global Independence (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/bitcoin-means-global-independence\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/litho\/3b07ac23c8bba1275a135516a4bd04a9078dd2a77e4159e0b4b84920524d7279.png\" class=\"image-treated\" data-original=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unbanked-population-stats.jpg\" data-treated=\"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/wp-content\/uploads\/litho\/3b07ac23c8bba1275a135516a4bd04a9078dd2a77e4159e0b4b84920524d7279.png\" \/><\/a>With some\u00a0research and a little\u00a0technical aptitude, distributed forms of money such as\u00a0bitcoin can be used as\u00a0the digital equivalent\u00a0of cash, offering the potential for anyone to theoretically\u00a0bank themselves without relying on traditional financial institutions.Additionally, innovative wallet technologies mean anyone can\u00a0store vast amounts of value without the need\u00a0to trust governments or banks. From brain wallets\u00a0to paper wallets, multisig to BIP32 hierarchical deterministic technologies, the ability to store cryptocurrency value independent of a third party is becoming more sophisticated by the month.This all adds up to a revolution in personal finance\u00a0that\u00a0can be attributed to smart and enterprising developers who see digital currencies\u00a0as a means for independence that has never before been possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/bitcoin-means-global-independence\/\">Bitcoin: A Means for Global Independence<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With some\u00a0research and a little\u00a0technical aptitude, distributed forms of money such as\u00a0bitcoin can be used as\u00a0the digital equivalent\u00a0of cash, offering the potential for anyone to theoretically\u00a0bank themselves without relying on traditional financial institutions.Additionally, innovative wallet technologies mean anyone can\u00a0store vast amounts of value without the need\u00a0to trust governments or banks. From brain wallets\u00a0to paper wallets, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}