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Starlink, Verizon 5G and Crypto: What the New ‘War of the Currents’ Means for Decentralization

A modern-day “War of the Currents” is silently unfolding across blockchain, broadband, existing power lines and even outer space.

By Tim Kravchunovsky

Updated Jun 14, 2024, 3:59 p.m. Published Dec 13, 2022, 8:01 p.m.

Inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla in his lab while his magnifying transmitter high voltage generator produces bolts of electricity. December 1899. (Getty Images)