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Nick Szabo Quotes

born 1964 United States

Nick Szabo (born April 5, 1964) is an American computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his research in smart contracts and digital currency.

United States
Computer scientists

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Ethereum has vast potential, whereas Bitcoin won't ever do anything well beyond implementing a currency.

On a larger scale, the Laffer curve may be the most important economic law of political history. Charles Adams uses it to explain the rise and fall of empires.

Shelling Out (2002)

Barter works well at small volumes but becomes increasingly costly at large volumes, until it becomes too costly to be worth the effort. If there are n goods and services to be traded, a barter market requires n^2 prices.

Shelling Out (2002)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nick Szabo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.