Murray Rudd

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Murray Rudd

Dr. Murray Rudd is an applied environmental economist and policy researcher. His full attention is now on the economic, social, technical, and environmental impacts and potential of emerging technologies.

Lightning-Driven Satellite Concert Model

Creative industries 25 Apr 2025

Lightning-Driven Satellite Concert Model

The April 24 2025 episode of Ungovernable Misfits features Boo Bury outlining how remote “Satellite Spotlight” concerts use Podcasting 2.0 tags and Lightning splits to pay artists, crews, and developers in real time.

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Bitcoin’s Trojan-Horse Pivot

Institutional Economics 25 Apr 2025

Bitcoin’s Trojan-Horse Pivot

The April 24, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Alex Gladstein explaining how institutional and nation-state embrace of Bitcoin accelerates its mission to separate money from government control.

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Altcoin Proliferation Versus Bitcoin Scarcity

Altcoins 25 Apr 2025

Altcoin Proliferation Versus Bitcoin Scarcity

The April 24, 2025 episode of the Mr. M Podcast features Jordi Visser outlining why 37 million altcoins underscore Bitcoin’s unique scarcity. He shows that Bitcoin’s market share rises once stablecoins and illiquid “zombie” tokens are stripped from dominance metrics.

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