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The Political Orientation of Crypto
Season 1, Ep. 8
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In this episode of The Gigabyte Weekly, Sam and James take a break from the technical side of Crypto and discuss the political landscape of this technology. Whilst the movement to decentralized technology is truly a global one, it pulls on certain political threads more so than others.
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