@@ 496,7 496,8 @@ Fire”](https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2019/presentation/weaver):
## Additional sources
-In addition to the sources linked directly in the blog post, I can recommend having a look at
+In addition to the sources linked directly in the blog post, I can
+recommend having a look at
- [David Rosenthal’s talk at the RRI/Vanguard conference in winter
2021](https://blog.dshr.org/2021/12/talk-at-ttivanguard-conference.html)
@@ 509,9 510,8 @@ In addition to the sources linked directly in the blog post, I can recommend hav
project which provides "some examples of how things in the
blockchains/crypto/web3 technology space aren't actually going as
well as its proponents might like you to believe".
-- [Werwolf's blog
- post](https://web.archive.org/web/20220828121635/https://blackgnu.net/on-blockchain.html)
- on blockchains, NFTs, and "web3".
+- [Werwolf's blog post][werwolf-on-blockchain] on blockchains, NFTs,
+ and "web3".
- [rich collection of
resources](https://github.com/life-itself/web3/blob/main/README.md)
on crypto/web3
@@ 519,19 519,15 @@ In addition to the sources linked directly in the blog post, I can recommend hav
donations](https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/01/mozilla-blinked/)
- Crypto is the [‘commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and
crime’](https://www.ft.com/content/028e0109-6e87-42ed-8480-996cf645ce04)
-- European Central Bank's [damning critique of
- Bitcoin](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2022/html/ecb.blog221130~5301eecd19.en.html)
+- European Central Bank's [damning critique of Bitcoin][ecb-critique]
and [explanation why caveat emptor does not apply to
- crypto](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2023/html/ecb.blog230105~75d5aee900.en.html). In
- a [speech in June
- 2023](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2023/html/ecb.sp230623_1~80751450e6.en.html)
+ crypto][ecb-caveat-emptor]. In a [speech in June 2023][ecb-panetta]
Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, exposed the
crypto industry for what it is: a "deleterious" form of finance
"riddled with market failures and negative externalities" used for
gambling and bypassing regulation.
- Ex-AWS engineer describing [AWS' vain search for use cases of the
- blockchain
- technology](https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/19/AWS-Blockchain)
+ blockchain technology][aws-blockchain]
- Drew DeVault's
[unfinished](https://fosstodon.org/@drewdevault/109339640766386788)
but extensive [slide deck on
@@ 539,8 535,13 @@ In addition to the sources linked directly in the blog post, I can recommend hav
- Jorge Stolfi's ["Bitcoin is a Ponzi"][bitcoin-ponzi] and ["Yes,
bitcoin is a Ponzi"][bitcoin-ponzi-2] explainers
+[aws-blockchain]: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/19/AWS-Blockchain
+[ecb-critique]: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2022/html/ecb.blog221130~5301eecd19.en.html
+[ecb-caveat-emptor]: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2023/html/ecb.blog230105~75d5aee900.en.html
+[ecb-panetta]: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2023/html/ecb.sp230623_1~80751450e6.en.html
[bitcoin-ponzi]: https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/2020-12-31-bitcoin-ponzi.html
[bitcoin-ponzi-2]: https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/2021-01-16-yes-ponzi.html
+[werwolf-on-blockchain]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220828121635/https://blackgnu.net/on-blockchain.html
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