Cryptocurrency is not necessarily anonymous. Buying bitcoin from a broker leaves a record connecting your payment method to your wallet. Even if you mine them yourself, doesn't your IP address show up on the public ledger? I guess if you somehow bought bitcoin in cash...
Is there a more private cryptocurrency I'm not considering?
I don't understand how conservatives can be so fucking stupid that they don't understand that our entire planet and biosphere crumbling and dying beneath us will cost the economy.
Some would rather kick the can down the road. They figure they'll die before shit gets real.
The implications of "magic is data" are fun. It leads to stories like Unsong where you can brute-force enumerate incantations until you find a good one. I also like the concept of Wizard's Bane. I haven't read it, but my understanding is that magic turns out to be Turing-complete, and the protagonist creates a LISP evaluator in magic, which enables them to outcast their enemies who are still doing the magical equivalent of writing assembly.