Guy’s Take_043 – The Sound of Inevitability
• Why Matt Odell is wrong about the OCC statement
• Bullish review of the SeeTee Shareholder Letter
• Microstrategy & 0% bonds
• Jack Mallers taking over the world
• NYDIG
• MassMutual, Square, Tesla, Marathon, Stone Ridge, & the Bitcoin Treasury Rush
• Next phase of the Bitcoin mining industry
• Lightning everywhere
• New developer grants
• Rewards Cards everywhere!
…and tons more
The flood of 2021 is well underway.
Lightning as a Retail Payment System:
https://medium.com/galoymoney/lightning-as-a-retail-payment-system-part-1-7463c46342ef
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Guy’s Take_042 – Bitcoin’s Second Chapter Begins
“In Chapter 1 we reached millions. In Chapter 2 we’re going to reach billions and we’re going to do it quickly. And Chapter 2 starts right now.” – Ross Stevens
We are entering a phase of Bitcoin where it becomes accepted as a global store of value asset by large institutions and corporations around the world. Yet simultaneously, we are reaching a point where Bitcoin is also being recognized and utilized as a global, open source, and highly liquid monetary *network.* Chapter 2 isn’t merely about Bitcoin being used to store and protect value, but about Lightning, and the ability to instantly send money and swap it with any currency anywhere in the world.
Inspired by a tweet from Ryan Gentry with an excerpt from Ross Stevens conversation with Michael Saylor… find out just how much Bitcoin is about to shake the world in today’s guy’s take episode! Check out the relevant tweet from Ryan:
https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry/status/1357487814645067789
The other episode mentioned at the beginning of the show to check out:
Stone Ridge Letter:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=5598
Lightning as a Retail Payment System:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=4567
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Guy’s Take_041 – Gamestop is the Battle, Bitcoin is the War
Curious to know what the recent clown show of GameStop and r/WallStreetBets was all about? Well we get into it in today’s rant about the phenomenal arrogance and outright manipulation of the major players in Wall Street after retail investors made them cry. There is nothing that could more perfectly demonstrate the reality that average Joe’s only have freedom when they are losing, but when they make a win at the expense of billionaire hedge funds, you can bet your ass the stocks will be delisted, accounts will be frozen, positions will be closed for no reason, the SEC will investigate “manipulation” from the retail investors, & the big dogs will do everything they can to prevent from paying the bill.
GameStop was just the battle, Bitcoin is the War. This shit has got to stop.
Links related to discussion in the show:
Naked Shorting:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp
The “In a Nutshell” Explanation:
https://twitter.com/GarbyJooman3/status/1354617711914061827
https://twitter.com/_jimmykelly/status/1354600999835607041/photo/1
SEC Investigating *Reddit Users*:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es2aHJbUYAMgvTy?format=jpg&name=4096×4096
The Passion of WallStreetBets:
https://twitter.com/denverbitcoin/status/1354227501304852492
Ja Rule:
https://twitter.com/jarule/status/1354812123080138759
Robinhood ClassAction Lawsuit:
https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/robinhood-trading-app-has-already-been-sued-for-manipulating-the-open-market-by-restricting-trades-on-reddit-driven-stocks/
Insider Trading is Legal, Outsider Trading will be Punished:
https://twitter.com/AgoristView/status/1354277645324869633
https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l79x17/it_runs_very_deep_my_friends/
Big Guys need to “Recalibrate”:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l747eg/citadel_reloaded_their_shorts_before_they_told/
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Guy’s Take_040 – Double Spends & Wittgenstein’s Money
What the hell is everyone squealing about regarding this “critical flaw” and “confirmed double spend” on the Bitcoin network? Is this another 2013 bug, or a giant nothing burger? Guy dives into it on today’s episode and then gets into the follow-up to Wittgenstein’s Money, the amazing piece by Allen Farrington that we covered in the previous episode on the show. What is value, what is money, & what would it seem like if it did seem like a money was emerging from zero?
Don’t miss today’s Guy’s Take episode! Other great must watch/listen pieces discussed in this episode:
How I made a Toaster from Scratch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODzO7Lz_pw
I, Pencil
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=1668
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Guy’s Take_039 – Bitcoin is the Pin
We are in the midst of one of history’s greatest financial bubbles, represented both in a global debt crisis, as well as a bloated, subsidized financial sector that is many times greater in size than it naturally should be. Rather than Bitcoin being the bubble that everyone claims it is, on the contrary, the financial system is a “greater fool” bubble, and Bitcoin is the pin.
Don’t forget to check out the great reads that were mentioned and shed tons of light on today’s take:
The Use of Knowledge in Society:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_250—Use-of-Knowledge-in-Society-Part-1—F–A–Hayek-e43pfj/a-afr12i
The Fraying of the Petrodollar System:
Part 1 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Read_473—The-Fraying-of-the-Petrodollar-System—Part-1-Lyn-Alden-enrte3/a-a44sscd
Part 2 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Read_474—The-Fraying-of-the-Petrodollar-System—Part-2-Lyn-Alden-ente7q/a-a457ib8
Bitcoin is the Great Financialization:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Read_477—Bitcoin-is-the-Great-Definancialization-Parker-Lewis-eo62fl
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Guy’s Take_038 – An Unstoppable Force
“It’s not that a government has the ability to ban Bitcoin from their country, I think it’s closer to the opposite: A country only has the ability to ban itself from Bitcoin.” – Guy Swann
Today we’ve got my speech from BitBlockBoom to close out the week. One I’ve been meaning to share for some time, and I think you guys will really enjoy it. If you prefer the video version, you can check it out at the link below.
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Guy’s Take_037 – Dear James Woods, Sincerely Guy Swann
“All you can do with Bitcoin once you buy it is sell it, but you need somebody else to buy it from you.” – Peter Schiff
James Woods shared a tweet with what is, in the end, a generally rational skepticism and common initial impression of Bitcoin. From an article at Fox Business, that based its argument on a few quotes from the king and queen of Bitcoin trolls, Peter Schiff and Nouriel Roubini. “You can’t do anything with it but sell it,” they claim, “its a huge scam and pump and dump” they added. As a Bitcoiner I would obviously argue this is completely false, but its not easy at first to see why, and it takes a huge amount of history, and close scrutiny to see the bigger picture.
That’s why in this episode, I hope to answer the article, and maybe shed some light on why its views are wrong. Maybe James will listen to it, maybe not, but hopefully some skeptic out there can find value in hearing answers to very common, but ultimately very wrong views as to what Bitcoin is.
Todays episode, I get into all of it, with “Dear James Woods.”
The tweet and article in question:
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1329513077654528002?s=20
As mentioned, a brilliant and extensive series hitting so many of these concepts in far greater detail, by the amazing author Parker Lewis, is the Gradually, Then Suddenly, series. The playlist of the full series can be found at the link below:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4NRn7e8FbNtoCLSigf8GV4?si=0ezq3gTvS8CAKMmxYdhA1w
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Guy’s Take_036 – Walking Tall
What does having savings, & the incentives reestablished by sound money, do to a person’s *character?* How does it change who we are when we have something that we know is ours, and frees us of dependence on another human being? With a short read of a Bank Ad from many decades ago that shows an entirely different view of money and savings, we dig into how money affects us on a different level.
Shout out to Marty Bent who I think is responsible for sharing out this ad and therefore my stumbling upon it.
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Guy’s Take_035 – The Next Domino…
We may have just seen the beginnings of central banks entering the Bitcoin game theory. The game is about to get real.
Bitcoin has suddenly broken onto the political stage with the announcement that the Iranian Central Bank is officially purchasing Bitcoin from its licensed miners in order to use it to increase imports and get around the destructive US sanctions. Don’t miss this Guy’s take where we dig into this major development and exactly what it could mean.
Now is the time to hold your own keys! Get a hardware wallet, look into multisig, and get yourself a non-custodial mobile wallet. Our sponsor has a great one to check out, that’s Hexa Wallet! A huge thanks to them for supporting Bitcoin Audible and keeping this show bringing the best in Bitcoin to your ears. Check them out at Hexawallet.io
Links to a few articles discussing this development:
https://elexonic.com/2020/10/30/bitcoin-miners-in-iran-have-a-new-buyer-the-central-bank/
https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/10/29/iran-changes-law-to-use-bitcoin-for-imports
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Guy’s Take_034 – TAPROOT IS MERGED!!
A major step toward the next era of Bitcoin was made today. The code is final, and it is now in the Bitcoin codebase as of today. The next steps are an activation method, and a full client release for the network to begin the process of adding it to the global consensus.
But before that happens, let’s talk about where we are today, what advantages Taproot can give us again, & what the future of Bitcoin, privacy, & Lightning are with this new tool at our disposal. Today’s Guy’s Take is all about Taproot, so let’s get into it!
Want to check it out on Github and be a nerd?
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19953
For a deeper dive into Taproot check out Aaron Van Wirdum’s piece digging into it on Bitcoin Magazine:
Taproot is Coming:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_318—Taproot-is-Coming-Aaron-van-Wirdum-e8um0c
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Guy’s Take_033 – The Canary in the Coal Mine [On Marty’s 839th Bent]
There’s been a bit of Bad News. The canary doesn’t seem to be moving, and its time that we take our situation seriously. As Bitcoin becomes both more mature and finds its way back into a bull market, we can also expect a sharp increase in regulatory and governmental attention. The powers that be, the surveillance state, and the control that the financial institutions have acquired will not be lost without a fight.
Bitcoin is disrupting some of the most influential institutions on the planet. They are unlikely to sit by while we divest from their control & take back our sovereignty and privacy. Today’s Guy’s Take is inspired by Marty’s Bent #839 and recent developments in the regulatory & legal worlds around the treatment of Bitcoin. It could be very important to not miss this one.
Read Marty’s Bent below, as well as the ocean of clever, funny, insightful, & cosmic thoughts that Marty drops every day:
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-839/
Check out Pseu’s Conversation with Ben Carman on privacy and his favorite mobile wallet mentioned in the show:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6duVzPWqeMorpuBhXdkWPW?si=GW-jL260Sru2lxUaiGQpCA
Dig into the details of the Travel Rule yourself starting with the link below:
https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-regulations/guidance/funds-travel-regulations-questions-answers
And definitely follow NoBullshitBitcoin for a Bitcoin feed with only solid news, development, and new tools and no BS!
https://twitter.com/nobsbitcoin
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And for an awesome resource I have used for years, to learn everything about the history, the logic, the principles, & the Austrian economics that you can’t learn in public school, check out Liberty Classroom from Tom Wood’s! An excellent resource that I can’t recommend enough.
https://libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=32379
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Guy’s Take_032 – Rights, Incentives & the Bitcoin System
What are rights and can Bitcoin enable us to make better sense of them?
It is very common to hear that education is a “right,” that healthcare, a fair salary, etc are all “rights” that we can demand of others and are entitled to. Can this be the case? How do they conflict with the more basic rights of the control over our own lives, our right to choose, and the rights to our bodies? Can we simply declare that the things we want or need are rights and this means we can have as much of it as we would like?
We get into all of it in today’s Guy’ Take on human rights and how Bitcoin provides an excellent test case for why universal rights are necessary for both a communications and political network to succeed.
A great piece mentioned on the show to dig further into these ideas:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_225—Bitcoin–the-Promise-of-Independent-Property-Rights-Hasu–Su-Zhu-e3j6b8
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