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ForkLog 66 28.01.2026

Silicon Tanks: “Stay hungry, stay foolish” — Stewart Brand

How the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog anticipated bitcoin’s principles, the information-price paradox and the primacy of perpetual maintenance.

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ForkLog 129 23.01.2026

Sometimes a Scam Is Just a Scam (𓂀)

A moderately paranoid Elena Vasilyeva on why crypto followers believe in conspiracies (and why they’re sometimes right)

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ForkLog 149 15.01.2026

You Can’t Block Them All

Uganda’s government tries to block Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat, now a potent tool for the opposition.

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ForkLog 117 19.12.2025

‘We’re Sorry, Carol’ – The Story Behind a Crypto Wallet in a Smart Fridge

We examine how crypto wallets for gadgets and a machine economy could shield users from corporate overreach.

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Silicon tanks: how French theory foresaw Web3

ForkLog 188 10.12.2025

Silicon Tanks: How French Theorists Predicted the World of Web3

How Foucault, Deleuze and Baudrillard help explain today’s internet, from blockchains to Web3.

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ForkLog 163 04.12.2025

How World War Could Trigger Bitcoin’s “1984” Hard Fork

Anatoly Kaplan on how entire states could already execute their own hard forks of Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 96 27.11.2025

From Blood Diamonds to AI Metals: Africa’s Unending Resource Wars

As firms race to build AI, local conflicts supply the resources.

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ForkLog 111 25.11.2025

How China’s Next-Gen DPI Powers Global Digital Control

For China, the well-oiled supply of control tools to Myanmar, Pakistan and Ethiopia has become a mutually beneficial partnership.

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ForkLog 122 21.11.2025

The Shift in Web3 Talent

We analyse the current state of the Web3 jobs market; practical advice included.

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ForkLog 71 18.11.2025

Defending Consciousness in an Age of Spiritual Commerce

Anatoly Kaplan on how technological mindfulness counters state and corporate propaganda.

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ForkLog 87 13.11.2025

America’s Longest Shutdown

The upshot of a 43-day shutdown of the US federal government.

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ForkLog 108 11.11.2025

The Evolution of Copyright: From Progressive Idea to Control Mechanism

How copyright evolved from a progressive idea to a tool of control.

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