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Unlike the Early Web, Crypto Does Not Need State Patronage

Blockchain doesn't need ARPANET-type government support. But co-ordination and collective action are vital to avoid duplication of effort.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:08 p.m. Published Feb 6, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
DEFENSE FUNDING: The internet's beginnings can be traced back to the ARPANET, a program funded in the 1960s by the U.S. Advanced Research Project Agency.
DEFENSE FUNDING: The internet's beginnings can be traced back to the ARPANET, a program funded in the 1960s by the U.S. Advanced Research Project Agency.