If there is one event that clearly demarcates the shift from the Dark Ages to the Age of Enlightenment, it is the adoption of the heliocentric model of the cosmos. But while the actual Dark Ages are over, we still very much live in the Economic Dark Ages. Can the advent of blockchain technology be the “Galileo moment” that finally leads us to the dawn of a new economic age of mass prosperity? The adoption of the heliocentric model was not merely an advancement in astronomy; it was a fundament...

TL;DR: Network Economies are voluntary systems based on a stable cryptocurrency and the ability of the network to create credibly neutral institutions...