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Dark History and Discoveries in Northern Turkey
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The discovery of an archeological site in Northern Turkey challenges the estimated timeline of when civilization began and historians debate controversial topics such as the influence of drugs in the Third Reich.

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The cost of achieving consensus on one byte can determine how much consensus can be achieved on n bytes, especially in highly adversarial environments such as Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin
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The cost of achieving consensus on one byte can determine how much consensus can be achieved on n bytes, especially in highly adversarial environments such as Bitcoin. This consensus helps determine who holds what Bitcoin, with various methods such as proof of location and proof of human being used to achieve it.

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Dark History and Discoveries in Northern Turkey
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#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
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Lex Fridman Podcast
A thought-provoking article discusses the impact of artifact selection on our understanding of history, and how discoveries of ancient sites can shift our estimates of civilization's origins by thousands of years.
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History
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A thought-provoking article discusses the impact of artifact selection on our understanding of history, and how discoveries of ancient sites can shift our estimates of civilization's origins by thousands of years.

Chapter
Dark History and Discoveries in Northern Turkey
Episode
#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast