CYBER: Crime and Crypto with Cory Doctorow

<p>Crypto and crime, crime and crypto. They go together like spreadsheets and tax evasion. When cryptocurrency hit the scene it was, according to its evangelists, going to usher in a world of decentralized currency and free everyone from the shackles of oppressive central banks. Turns out it’s also been a pretty great way to launder money.</p><br><p>It’s also the subject of the new book <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/red-team-blues-cory-doctorow/18693516?gclid=CjwKCAjwvJyjBhApEiwAWz2nLaKbFoMCQKBBF0agMqnt9BqUbMLduKKmb3MyG8sNx5GZUVWj71PCQhoCQmIQAvD_BwE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Red Team Blues</em></a>, a novel from writer Cory Doctorow. In <em>Red Team Blues</em> a 67 year old forensic accountant finds himself at the center of a crypto-crime mystery that takes him from the heights of silicon valley to the depths of the Tenderloin. This week on Cyber, Doctorow walks us through a brief history of the valley and why he wrote three books about an old accountant during the pandemic.</p><br><p>Doctorow is the author of more than two dozen books and too many articles to count. He’s currently blogging at <a href="https://pluralistic.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pluralistic.net</a>.</p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on </strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitch</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/motherboard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a>