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Crypto is more a commodity than currencies, because unlike currency, crypto is subject to the same speculative supply and demand forces as conventional commodities. Examples of non…

Gold is not a currency, it is a commodity that is similar enough to a currency (meaning it can substitute as a currency). ISO 4217 includes precious metals that it explicitly state…

I’m not a lawyer but work in the industry. This is a slightly incorrect interpretation. Not all financial instruments are securities. Financial instruments are legal contracts betw…

Not entirely true. Two things to consider: 1. Public sentiment. When Goldman Sachs open sourced their collections library on GitHub, it gained marginal traction (opinion: seemed mo…

That proprietary IDE was a piece of crap. Monkey patching was prevalent, exponentially increasing startup time depending on the last time you opened it, and an “online” source tree…

You have a primary and a backup with a synchronous commit protocol. When a commit request is made on the primary, the primary writes to its transaction log and the backup’s log. If…