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Crypto is Modern Alchemy

“Early alchemy was concerned with purifying and perfecting certain materials, such as transmuting base metals like lead into noble metals like gold, creating an elixir of immortality, or creating panaceas to cure any disease.” – Meltem Demirors

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Bitcoin Renaissance – with Marty Bent, John Vallis, Alex Gladstein, Elizabeth Prefontaine, & Brady Swenson

We had a fascinating panel discussion hosted by John Vallis with an amazing group at the Value of Bitcoin Conference. All about the Global Renaissance that Bitcoin could ignite. What incentives will most change our world, what is the future of debt in a sound money economy, what will governments look like, what happens when everyone’s wealth exists everywhere at once and borders become meaningless? All this and more with Marty Bent, John Vallis, Alex Gladstein, Elizabeth Prefontaine, & Brady Swenson!

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How Lightning Will Grow Following BTC’s 3rd Halving

“It’s going to be really interesting to replicate some of the token-based authentication schemes that we already have with centralized providers but do it with self-sovereign identity, which is pseudonymous and which is persistent across the network.” – Chris Dannen

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The Political Theology of Bitcoin

authority, not truth makes legitimacy… it is truth, not authority that makes legitimacy with Bitcoin.” – Erik Cason

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Bitcoin as a Startup

“VCs are a group of people demonized in the Bitcoin industry for not understanding Bitcoin’s value proposition. Well, how do you expect a VC to value Bitcoin if they’re only used to valuing startups?” – Hass McCook

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Inevitability of Bitcoin with Parker Lewis

Finally got the incredible author of the “Gradually, Then Suddenly” series on the show to have a chat about the nature of Bitcoin, how it so widely misunderstood, and the most important change it will bring about. Parker Lewis and I had an awesome chat and you don’t want to miss it.

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The Bitcoin Whitepaper

“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” – Satoshi Nakamoto

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ReInventing Bitcoin with Yan Pritzker

“As it turns out, we had money, we just weren’t allowed to take it out of the country. When we left the Soviet Union we were allowed to exchange our rubles for dollars at the official rate (not the real rate)… so they gave us $100 worth and sent us on our way.” – Yan Pritzker

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Does Stability Exist? With David & CK from POV Crypto

Joined the guys over at POV Crpyto to talk about the nature of stability and prices. Does price stability even exist, is it something to strive for, or is it the antithesis to a stable economy? Had an awesome convo with CK & David, I think you guys will enjoy it.

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Bitcoin & The Layers of Financial Cryptography

A follow-up to yesterday’s incredible read from The Nakamoto Institute by Ian Grigg, The 7 Layers of Financial Cryptography. Today we dig into what the reality of financial cryptographic systems as they have been developed & secured through Bitcoin.  What philosophy and mentality informed it all, and where did it differ from Ian’s vision, and where was he able to see what would come about?

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