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Background & Context

Historical context and foundational knowledge about finance, economics, and mass communication that led to Ethereum.

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Introductory

  • Mass Communication Technology

    In 1994, Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen founded Mosaic Communications and released Netscape, introducing the general public to the internet.

    7 min readUpdated 2022-12-08
  • The Printing Press

    Our story begins in Europe at the dawn of the 16th century.

    6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07

Intermediate

  • Afghanistan

    September 11th, 2001: 19 terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and flew them into the pillars of American dominance

    4 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • AIG

    American International Group (AIG) was founded in 1919 in Shanghai as a generalized insurance agency called American Asiatic Underwriters.

    5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Bear Stearns

    was founded as an equity trading house on May 1, 1923.

    6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Dot Com Bubble

    2022 is an incredibly volatile and stressful year, especially in the crypto industry.

    13 min readUpdated 2022-12-08
  • Trad-Fi, Trad-Business and Meat Space Entities
    1 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • The Federal Reserve System

    Before we understand modern central banking, we need to understand how we got here.

    5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Global Financial Crisis

    At the turn of the 21st century, American-brand capitalism was at its peak.

    19 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    Our story begins in 1916 with the creation of the first (GSE), the Farm Credit System.

    6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • The History of Finance

    By definition, history does not begin nor end; everything comes from before, everything leads to something.

    6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Lehman Brothers

    Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

    7 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Merrill Lynch

    Merrill Lynch, founded in 1914, grew to be the worlds largest securities firm by 1957.

    6 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Sanctions

    , when the Athenian Empire banned traders from Megara, strangling the rival city-state’s economy.

    5 min readUpdated 2022-12-07
  • Tomorrow-Fi

    Interested in consuming this content in video form? .

    5 min readUpdated 2023-01-22

Advanced

  • Computer

    Computers only know how to "think" in numbers and math, while humans think is words and ideas.

    4 min readUpdated 2022-12-07