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Cryptocurrencies - The Future Economy?

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  Why Cryptocurrency? For the most part of history, the world's economy was largely controlled by a single force, whether it be the Church or the Government. Bringing everything to a cyber-platform enables us to eliminate multiple fallacies that regular modern day currencies provide. Let's use Bitcoin as an example for the framework of benefits. Benefits: - Fixed (and limited) supply     Unlike 'real' currency, Bitcoins cannot be created. This reduces      the risk of inflation. - One to one Transactions     Essentially 'cuts out the middleman'. No brokerage fees, no      paperwork, no commissions are needed. - Confidentiality     The conventional system (cash) can be monitored by external      agencies each time you make a transaction. This may lead to      examinations of your financial history for certain transactions.      Cryptocurrencies follow a block-chain model (decentr...
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Fusion Power - The Stellarator

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The Stellarator Being one of the earliest devices that was designed to study fusion power, the Stellarator was invented by Lyman Spitzer in 1951. Similar to the Tokamak, the Stellarator relies on magnetic confinement to trap the plasma in the torus. The image below displays how both designs follow the same foundation, yet have differences in features to make them stand apart. Fun fact: the name Stellarator refers to the possibility of harnessing the power source of the stars. Due to my explanation of how Fusion Reactors work in the Tokamak post, I will be going over the highlighting features that differentiate the Tokamak and the Stellarator. Magnetic Field Differences The most notable difference of the Stellarator is its external non-axisymmetric coils. According to Spitzer, the three different ways to twist a magnetic field (to contain plasma) is: [i] creating a poloidal magnetic field by sending current through the toroidal field. [ii] rotating the poloidal cross-section of stretc...
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