TD₿: The Banking System vs. Bitcoin (an article) by John Haar
TL;DR: A look at the recent US banking failures, the nature of banking crises, and how Bitcoin is different.
Hey Bitcoiners,
John from Swan wrote this fantastic article about banking crises and why they keep happening, and, believe it or not, how Bitcoin fixes this.
Enjoy!
Tick tock next block,
Cory Klippsten
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Quote of the Day
“Quantitative easing is universal basic income for rich people.” — Travis Kling
Job of the Day
Software DataOps Engineer — US Bitcoin Corp — Full-time
Overview
US Bitcoin was founded by a highly experienced team of professionals who overall have over 20 years of experience in the industry. US Bitcoin Corp (US BTC) is a rising leader in bitcoin mining - fast becoming one of the more cost-efficient, environmentally focused, and large-scale organizations in North America. We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive, and mission-focused team of individuals who want to “move fast and make things.”
The Role
DataOps will be responsible for managing the full data lifecycle including designing and implementing data pipelines, the associated infrastructure, and collaborating with business stakeholders to ensure data requirements are met. The role will involve the end-to-end management of data-related infrastructure and applications, ensuring that data is available, secure, and high-quality for analysis and decision-making. Given the variety of data that will be processed it is expected that this role will have familiarity with and assist in maintaining our data collection services and infrastructure.
Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following, but not limited to:
Interpreting business needs to facilitate data collection, pipelines, and processing
Ensuring the robustness of systems and services
Problem management (issue tracking, ticketing)
Change management (risk mitigation)
Effective in a highly collaborative cross functional team environment using Git with a Pull Request workflow.
Exhibit a desire for building software sustainably with modern techniques and industry best practices.
This role will need to interface with various business stakeholders to understand their data requirements in order to effectively solve their needs.
Qualifications:
Have 4+ years of experience in the field of Software Engineering
Python
Linux SysAdmin familiarity
DevOps experience
Cloud provider experience (GCP preferred)
RDB experience (PostgreSQL preferred)
Time Series DB experience (InfluxDB preferred)
Data Reporting/Visualization experience (Grafana, Tableau, Metabase)
Nice to Haves:
Bitcoin/Crypto knowledge
Soft skills
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Event of the Day
Bitcoin & The Future of Money with Nik Bhatia — April 29th
Event Details
Join Nik Bhatia, #1 best-selling author and adjunct professor at USC Marshall School of Business, for a one-of-a-kind six-hour bitcoin education summit. Attendance is limited to 40 students to ensure a fully interactive classroom experience.
Learning Objectives
WHERE bitcoin came from and how it is changing the world
WHAT bitcoin is and how it works
WHY bitcoin is a monetary and cultural phenomenon
UNDERSTAND the history and future of money
HOW you can leverage bitcoin in your portfolio
Agenda
9:00am – 12:00pm
Bitcoin’s origin and history
How bitcoin works
Bitcoin mining and economics
How to use bitcoin
Why money evolves in layers
Why bitcoin is positioned as a first-layer money
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch Break
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Bitcoin versus Crypto
Bitcoin versus Ethereum
The importance of Lightning Network
How to value bitcoin
Stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
The future of money
Price
$250/attendee
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