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antipastohw.blogspot.com - 3/5/2009
Introducing the Open Source Hardware Central Bank
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This blog post started with a cross-country driving trip, Zen and the Art of Open Source Hardware , and culminated with discussions during and especially after Justin's Open Source Economic Council (OSEC?). The list of people I interviewed and talked to about this is too long to list ...

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MAKE Magazine:  The Open Source Hardware Bank

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The Open Source Hardware Bank
MAKE Magazine — ... 5-10%. Normally, this wouldn't be a huge amount, but given what I've learned about the "real" economy recently, 30-50% return on investment may never have really existed in the first place, let alone represented "sustainable growth." This money gets paid back and cashed out when the rest of the inventory is bought as a check that Justin, Andrew, or I write and sign personally. [Sent in to us by MAKE subscriber Robert Boerner. Thanks, Robert!] Introducing the Open Source Hardware Central Bank Read more | Permalink ...

Open Source Hardware Hackers Start P2P Bank
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... "The way the bank works is the more you build, the cheaper it gets," says Stack, who in the true open source spirit first laid out the idea on his blog. ...

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