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    The world of writing

    Jan 06, 2022 5 minutes

    TOKEN THE MICKEY

    itcoin rules the cryptocurrency world, though it is far from the only one. In fact, there are thousands of digital currencies, many of which would appear to have little chance of breaking into the mainstream. One that did, briefly, and for all the wrong reasons, was called JRR Token, and was promoted with the line that it was, ‘The One Token That Rules Them All’. Except it wasn’t, because the estate of JRR Tolkien went to arbitration through the World Intellectual Property Organization and had the whole thing blocked. The Tolkien estate noted that the cryptocurrency’s URL was, ‘specifically designed to mislead internet users into believing that it and the website to which it resolves have some legitimate commercial connection’ with the famous author and that

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