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## 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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