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I'm running the Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM.
I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats.
Over the years, I've had the privilege to collaborate with internet luminaries like Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Ted Nelson, Jason Scott, and John Gilmore.
My contributions span a diverse array of projects, including Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Linux kernel, and BusyBox.
I'm on mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@edward
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascot_Racecourse_pan...
The image appears on the Wikipedia article about the racecourse.
Screenshot: http://imgur.com/Sl2Hf1m
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_gross_settlement
Domestic banks have accounts with the central bank and can move money using RTGS. If the central banks allowed individuals and non-bank companies to open accounts then they could use the RTGS to transfer money instantly.
There would be no blockchain, the central bank acts as a trusted third party. The central bank can see all transactions.
https://ia601001.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/26/items/MA...
10 July 2013
Dear Edward,
Thank you for writing to me with your concerns about why a particular BBC article (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130701-why-you-feel-phanto...) cannot be viewed in the UK.
It is the case that some international BBC content cannot be viewed in the UK because it is not funded by the licence fee, but instead by BBC Worldwide which is a commercial enterprise.
I appreciate that this is frustrating but because BBC Worldwide is run commercially there is no obligation for the BBC to make international service content available in the UK.
Thanks again for bringing your concerns to my attention.
Yours sincerely,
Julian Huppert Member of Parliament for Cambridge