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What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, September 15th, and that means it's time for Long Read Sunday.

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All right, friends, today we are reading a good one by Adrian Brink, published by Blockworks,

called Without Decentralization, our data will never be safe.

As normal, we will listen to the reading, and then come back and have a discussion.

Note that today, this is being read by my AI avatar clone from 11 labs, So if there is any weirdness, that's why.

The world's digital infrastructure is under siege, and the only way to protect it is by building

conflict-resistant systems. Recent high-profile breaches, such as the theft of every

American social security number, have exposed a fundamental flaw in how we store and protect data.

At present, we are leaving ourselves open to

catastrophic, wide-scale disruptions in the face of growing threats. We must urgently transition

to resilient, decentralized technologies that can safeguard our critical information in an increasingly

hostile digital landscape. Recent reports that hackers have stolen every American Social Security

number, along with high-profile

breaches at AT&T and OKTA, have made it abundantly clear that our digital infrastructure is

alarmingly vulnerable. These incidents aren't isolated. They're symptomatic of a broader

systemic weakness in how we approach digital security and data storage. The challenge of

securing our digital world is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and the solution lies in developing conflict-resistant digital infrastructure.

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