#49 Will Blockchain Bring Freedom or Tyranny to China? | Alex Gladstein
China Unscripted
English - November 10, 2019 19:01 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsNews Comedy asia comedy china chinauncensored news satire Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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China is trying to take control of blockchain technology by creating it's own digital currency, the digital yuan. But while Bitcoin promised a truly democratized currency, the Chinese cryptocurrency could spell the beginning of a new dawn of technological authoritarianism. Chief strategy officer for the Human Rights Foundation and bitcoin expert Alex Gladstein joins us to talk about whether blockchain will bring freedom or tyranny to China.
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