Finally some positivity in this Robert Moran's article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-moran/bitcoin-bowl-and-the-disruption-of-fiat-currency_b_6380438.htmlOn the day after Christmas the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the University of Central Florida Knights will square off in the Bitcoin Bowl at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
In several short years few will recall the game itself, especially not those on the Trop's Party Deck. But, historians will note that 2014 was the year that a major American college football bowl game was named for a post-national cryptocurrency associated with techno-libertarians and anonymous transactions.
As much as it sounds like the premise of a near future, science fiction novel, it is happening.
And, why not?
The Bitcoin Bowl is a perfect end to 2014, the year that "the future" happened. After all, 2014 was the year in which American retailers started selling 3D printers, the U.S. Navy began mounting lasers on its ships, humans landed robots on Mars and an asteroid, analysts began asking whether home based solar power could kill off American utilities, and state-sponsored hackers raided Hollywood.
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Beyond current public opinion, alternative digital currencies like Bitcoin stand at the intersection of several critical trends:
1. The rise of tech-enabled individual power relative to the nation-state.
2. Technological disruption of industrial and pre-industrial systems like publishing, education and now currency.
3. The digitization of payments and their move online.
So enjoy the Bitcoin Bowl. Watch it on ESPN or enjoy the party at the Trop and cheer for the Wolfpack or the Knights. But mark this moment as another step in disruptive 21st century innovation. Because, when I take my seat at Tropicana Field, I'll have ringside seats on history. And when you tune in, you will too.
