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When Twitter emerged, the assumption was that trivial messages would dominate, but it became a revolutionary tool for real-time activism and information dissemination, as seen during the Egyptian revolution. Early gatekeepers believed control over the medium equated to control over content, but they failed to understand that the message itself becomes more powerful when freed from traditional constraints.
Money as a Content Type: Breaking the Constraints
Building on this analogy, Andreas asserts that money has historically been constrained by the transport medium—payment networks for small, large, fast, or slow transactions. They segregate money based on size and recipient, preventing seamless peer-to-peer transactions, especially small ones or cross-border payments.