Read_316 – A New Monetary Network – The Bitcoin Times Vol 1 – Part 2 [Aleksandar Svetski]
“Bitcoin is the first time we’ve combined Money as a unit, with Money as a Network, into one thing.”
– Alexsandar Svetski
Dont miss part 2, the conclusion, of Aleks Svetski’s excellent volume of “The Bitcoin Times.” A new global monetary network, the future & potential of Lightning, the difference between money & payments, Bitcoin & the internet, investing in networks, “dumb” vs “smart,” and so much more!
Check out volume 1, and be sure to not miss out on the coming editions at the link below:
https://bitcointimes.news/
For further reading and exploration of these ideas, check out the other links mentioned in today’s read:
https://hackernoon.com/why-bitcoin-matters-c8bf733b9fad
https://hackernoon.com/homo-sapiens-evolution-money-bitcoin-33f69701de
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Read_315 – Blockchain is Dead – The Bitcoin Times Vol 1 – Part 1 [Aleksandar Svetski]
“When people get up and begin to talk to me about how they’re going to use the blockchain to solve supply chain, or whatever other (mostly ridiculous) idea they have, it reminds of someone who just discovered that limestone aggregate in concrete makes for better strength and better overall properties in concrete; so they then apply it to everything else:
• They put some limestone in their green smoothie
• On their avocado and toast
• In their latte
• As a back rub on their partner’s skin
• And even as fuel in their car”
– The Bitcoin Times, Vol 1
Jumping into a 2 part covering of the first edition of The Bitcoin Times by Aleksandar Svetski and the team over at Amber. “Blockchain is Dead!” – but what is blockchain? Isn’t it a breakthrough innovation that can be applied to a plethora of important data sources all around the world? Listen to find out more!
For more awesome content, be sure to follow Aleksandar on Twitter, check out the Amber app for simple Bitcoin buying, & see the awesome visual setup of “The Bitcoin Times” over at https://bitcointimes.news/
Don’t forget to listen to the hilarious conversation we had with Aleks & the awesome guys from the Citizen Bitcoin Podcast at Bitcoin2019!
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoChat_014—Aleks-Svetski-on-the-Death-of-Blockchain-e4gi7h
And lastly, Conner Brown, the author of yesterday’s piece “Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary” will be featured in the next volume of Bitcoin Times, so follow him as well so you don’t miss the next edition.
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Read_314 – Stop Calling Bitcoin Deflationary [Conner Brown]
Another great piece from returning author Conner Brown on the false narrative of Bitcoin’s “deflationary” problems. Not only does it not result in the many naive claims of the critics, its actually our best defense against those very concerns. An article & discussion full of digital gold, so don’t miss it!
Follow Conner Brown on Twitter and Medium so you don’t miss his awesome insights, and if you enjoyed it, please drop some applause on the article below:
https://medium.com/@Conner_/stop-calling-bitcoin-deflationary-84462cb90345
https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_
Mentioned multiple times in the show and a rabbit hole unto itself, don’t forget to check out WTFHappenedIn1971.com
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Chat_025 – On Sovereignty with Knut Svanholm
The author of the incredible work we covered last week, Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics, joins us on the show today to talk all about the foundations of his thinking, what sovereignty really means, why we should question our monetary priests, whether we are living in an Orwellian nightmare, or the new renaissance, human inability to understand complex systems, the gullible collective, & why we should all be more “posimistic.”
Don’t miss a great chat with Knut Svanholm!
Links to the tons of other content mentioned in this episode.
• Nicosia Masters Program Q&A
https://www.youtube.com/user/MScDigitalCurrency
• Article: We Are All Venezuelans
https://hackernoon.com/were-all-venezuelans-c3ac98354f52
• Hans Rosling’s – 200 countries, 200 Years, in 4 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
• TEDtalk: Building a Toaster From Scratch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODzO7Lz_pw
• TBPAFK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8
• You Need to Know About August 1st
https://medium.com/hackernoon/casual-bitcoin-users-you-need-to-know-about-aug-1st-d568e07418cb
• Lure Out The Beast – Driven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByTdQqVYUGM
• Grokking Bitcoin – Kalle Rosenbaum
Amazon.com…
• Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Knut Svanholm
Amazon.com…
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Chat_024 – World War B [The Raleigh Bitcoin Podcast]
Another great chat with the Raleigh Meetup gang about the sorry state of US and global finances, the fall of the dollar empire, prices in the real and fake economies, and what a world war in the era of Bitcoin might look like!
Don’t miss the other great & many Bitcoin conversations had with the Raleigh Bitcoin gang. The link to check out the Meetup show and subscribe is below:
https://anchor.fm/raleigh-bitcoin-meetup
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Read_313 – Who Secures Bitcoin? [John Carvalho]
Is it the miners? The developers? The nodes? Who really defines Bitcoin, who establishes the rules that make it immutable, secures it against unwanted change, and determines the protocol that distinguish a random integer, from a true Bitcoin integer?
A great piece by John Carvalho. One of the most succinct explanations on defining Bitcoin without any unnecessary technical confusion. A necessity for the Cryptoconomy Audio Library, and a wonderful follow up to the recent BTC vs BSV debate on the Hotep Jesus show.
Don’t forget to drop some applause on the original article below, and follow the author, @BitcoinErrorLog, on Twitter:
https://medium.com/@BitcoinErrorLog/who-secures-bitcoin-95b19bbcda3c
https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog
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Read_312 – Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 5 [Knut Svanholm]
Closing the week with the incredible conclusion of Knut Svanholm’s work! Don’t forget to thank him for making this available to us and everyone for free, so we can all discover Bitcoin together. Another great addition to the Cryptoconomy Audio Library!
• A new form of life
• Is the blockchain the body of the organism?
• The necessity of privacy
• Why you should learn to surf
• The long road ahead!
Don’t miss this amazing work! If you haven’t listened yet, here is the full audio below:
Part 1 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_308—Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics—Part-1-Knut-Svanholm-e7tak7
Part 2 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_309—Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics—Part-2-Knut-Svanholm-e7vgr1
Part 3 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_310—Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics—Part-3-Knut-Svanholm-e8198t
Part 4 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_311—Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics—Part-4-Knut-Svanholm-e851te
If you want your own hard copy of the book don’t forget it is available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Sovereignty-mathematics-Knut-Svanholm/dp/1090109911/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sovereignty+through+mathematics&qid=1571692865&sr=8-1
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Read_311 – Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 4 [Knut Svanholm]
Chapters 8 through 11 continuing our unabridged audio of Knut Svanholm’s excellent book on the Bitcoin phenomenon titled, “Sovereignty Through Mathematics.”
• Anyone can change Bitcoin’s rules, but know one has been able to change Bitcoin
• Bitcoin is the underlying invention behind blockchain, not vice versa
• Money amplifies who we are
• Is Bitcoin an environmental disaster, or its remedy?
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Read_310 – Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 3 [Knut Svanholm]
Another awesome read as we continue through Knut Svanholm’s excellent book, “Sovereignty Through Mathematics.” Part 3 goes into so many fascinating concepts on the nature of proof of work, and the zero-to-one invention of absolute digital scarcity.
• Proof of Work in nature
• Unforgeable Costliness
• Absolute scarcity
• Bitcoin’s & marshmallows
& much more!
Don’t forget to follow and give a shout out to the author for making this available for free to the Cryptoconomy crew!
https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm
Mentioned in the commentary:
• Money, Blockchains, & Social Scalability
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_066—Money–Blockchains–and-Social-Scalability-e2ndsj
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Read_309 – Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 2 [Knut Svanholm]
Continuing through our unabridged reading of Knut Svanholm’s excellent book available on Amazon, “Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics.”
• The inevitability of human bias
• The absurdity of fractional reserve
• Dangers of collectivism
• Bitcoin is Speech
• The Immaculate Conception
• And why decentralization is so damn hard!
https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Sovereignty-mathematics-Knut-Svanholm/dp/1090109911/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sovereignty+through+mathematics&qid=1571692865&sr=8-1
Other episodes and works mentioned in the show to dive deeper into some of the fascinating ideas discussed in today’s read & commentary:
Why America Can’t Regulate Bitcoin [beautyon_]
– https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_260—Why-America-Cant-Regulate-Bitcoin-beautyon_-e4b4s8
I, Pencil [Leonard Reed]
– https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_123—I–Pencil-e2ndqm
Use of Knowledge in Society [F.A. Hayek]
– https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_250—Use-of-Knowledge-in-Society-Part-1—F–A–Hayek-e43pfj
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Read_308 – Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 1 [Knut Svanholm]
Today we begin through this weeks complete unabridged reading of Knut Svanholm’s recent book available on Amazon, “Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics.” Another great piece to add to our audio library.
• Everything we do is a trade
• What is the impact of absolute scarcity, an idea we have never before seen manifested in society?
• And are we all now financial atheists?
Don’t miss Chapters 1 & 2 today followed by a fun discussion of the ideas covered.
https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Sovereignty-mathematics-Knut-Svanholm/dp/1090109911/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sovereignty+through+mathematics&qid=1571692865&sr=8-1
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Read_307 – The (flawed) Economics of Bitcoin Maximalism
Does Bitcoin maximalism fail the test against the economics of Ludwig Von Mises & Charles Menger, both giants of the Austrian school? Have we sacrificed sound money by limiting block space?
For a change of pace, today’s read & discussion is on @SallyMayweather’s article arguing the inevitable failure of BTC.
http://saltheagorist.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-economics-of-btc-maximalism.html
Don’t forget to check out the amazing works of Menger & Mises to learn more:
https://mises.org/library/origins-money-0
https://mises.org/library/principles-economics
https://mises.org/library/theory-money-and-credit
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