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Innovated: Blockchain City

Innovated: Blockchain City

Written by: Protos
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 In 2018, Blockchains LLC chief exec Jeffrey Berns purchased 67,000 acres of land in the Nevada desert. Plans to create a fully autonomous Blockchain City were never realised. After it swiftly fell out of public discourse, we began to wonder... how much of the story was never reported? Journalist Cas Piancey and data scientist Bennett Tomlin drive down to Nevada and investigate.

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  • Introducing... Innovated: Blockchain City

    Introducing... Innovated: Blockchain City
    Feb 23 2022
    What happened to that Blockchain City project in Nevada? On March 1, journalist Cas Piancey and data scientist Bennett Tomlin investigate.

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    1 min
  • Episode 1: Cryptopia

    Episode 1: Cryptopia
    Mar 1 2022

    A couple billionaires, a brothel, an industrial zone, and a small town investigative journalist all collide to form a Blockchain City.Cas and Bennett begin to peer into the abyss of Jeffrey Berns and quickly discover an elaborate scheme.


    Listen to Cas and Bennett’s other podcast, Crypto Critics’ Corner, for more historical moments in crypto: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AOBjDQWlzzVOtk1MGYgT4?si=a98a3b79b8ad439f


    Follow journalist @CasPiancey and data scientist @BennettTomlin on Twitter, or @Protos for informed crypto news.


    Visit our website at protos.com.


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    14 mins
  • Episode 2: Deep pockets

    Episode 2: Deep pockets
    Mar 1 2022

    Autonomous governments and permanent identities: what can blockchain bring to cities it hasn’t already? Jeffrey Berns’ lofty project promised to employ 124,000 people. But first, he needed the innovation zone bill to pass…


    Listen to Cas and Bennett’s other podcast, Crypto Critics’ Corner, for more historical moments in crypto: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AOBjDQWlzzVOtk1MGYgT4?si=a98a3b79b8ad439f


    Follow journalist @CasPiancey and data scientist @BennettTomlin on Twitter, or @Protos for informed crypto news.


    Visit our website at protos.com.


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    14 mins
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