Hi everyone. We've got another excellent essay on crypto for you this week. This one by Santiago

Siri, co-founder and president of Democracy Earth. It starts by talking about how blockchains

are increasingly becoming a technology with geopolitical relevance. I agree with him

on this issue and think we're only really getting started here and that this will

actually become a huge impact of this technology. He then talks about how

cryptography is shifting the balance of power from the nation state to

individuals and then finishes the essay by talking about

how important to centralized identity will be to the creation of democracies on the internet.

It's a fascinating essay and if you are intrigued by the ideas in it, be sure to check out the interview I did with him and Glen Weil, which I've linked to in the show notes.

And now, here's Santiago Seri on Governance in the age of cryptography.

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