  Exploring the transformation of value in the digital age By Michael J. Casey, Chief Content Officer Nov. 26, 2021 If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here. Sponsored by 
If you're an early investor in bitcoin, ether, SOL or Crypto Punk NFTs, you have lots to be thankful for this year.
But as I prepared this special Thanksgiving edition of "Money Reimagined," the idea of celebrating soaring crypto prices was rather unsatisfying.
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5 Big Trends to Watch  Jed Owen/Unsplash The Advance of "Layer 2" Scaling
I chose this nerdy topic first because, ultimately, the question of whether crypto can one day be a viable alternative for the wider global economy depends largely on its ability to scale. It needs the capacity to rapidly settle a massive number of transactions without imposing burdensome costs on users.
Some folks, such those at Bitcoin Cash who led a largely failed move to increase Bitcoin blocks' data storage capacity, believe scaling requires changes to the base layer blockchain protocol. But that can undermine network security and lead to more centralization. The real promise lies in "layer 2" middleware that pushes processing capacity "up the stack." With this, transactions and software commands are executed "off-chain" while the base blockchain still acts as a validation anchor to prevent double-spending.
The best known layer 2 product is Bitcoin's Lightning Network, which was first fleshed out by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in a January 2016 white paper. Only now, in 2021, has Lightning come into its own, however, as the basis for El Salvador's embrace of bitcoin as legal tender. The country's Chivo wallet remains beset by bugs and President Nayib Bukele isn't exactly the international community's darling. Still, the fact that Lightning is allowing many poor Salvadorans to make small payments without incurring heaving processing fees is a positive sign for the advance of this technology.
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–Michael J. Casey
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Relevant Reads Iranian Students and Bitcoin City Dreams  Here is recommended reading from CoinDesk editors this week:
ConsenSys Suddenly Bars Iranian Students From Ethereum Coding Class "You are located in a country that we are prohibited from providing goods or services to under U.S. law," the firm's ConsenSys Academy told the 50 students. Anna Baydakova reports. How might El Salvador's new low-tax, net-zero startup municipality play out? Dan Kuhn, CoinDesk's deputy opinion editor, is asking.
El Salvador: Who Needs the IMF When You Have Bitcoin? The IMF is a brutal bully constantly declaring its virtue. It's about time someone pushed back, CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris says.
Ethereum's Fees Are Too Damn High The most used smart contract blockchain is practically unusable, says media reporter Will Gottsegen.
Salvadoran Ambassador to US: Bitcoin Challenges Your Authority Other countries will "follow our leadership" on bitcoin, Milena Mayorga tells CoinDesk TV.
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