Guy’s Take_102 – An Unfair Game
August 13, 2025
“If you control the money, you control the purchasing power. Which, in turn, allows you to control most other things. […] In short: you can
“If you control the money, you control the purchasing power. Which, in turn, allows you to control most other things. […] In short: you can
“Thanks to Bitcoin anyone can use the asymmetric defenses of cryptography to their economic advantage. A symmetry is at the heart of Bitcoin security. Hard
In this re-release episode from “Run Your Mouth” with RobbieTheFire, we delve into the intricate world of economics, exploring the challenges posed by the US
When authoritarian regimes double down on financial surveillance and criminalize basic crypto activity, can new freedom tech offer a lifeline—or is the deck still stacked
Why does this Bitcoin cycle feel… different?
In this Roundtable, I sat down with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic, and my brother Jeff Swann for
“A myopic focus on personal freedom — the nights out, the “me time”, the money saved — is a spiritual mirage: You think you want
“You can delete your Lightning transactions.So unlike a blockchain, a blockchain’s an append-only database and every transaction that gets stored in a blockchain is stored
“Privacy is not a bunker. It’s not cutting every wire, ghosting every friend, and hoping the grid forgets you exist. That’s fantasy. Romanticized exile for
“Either you don’t have a fiat currency or you don’t have a democracy. But the two things together, and this has been proven, cannot coexist
Human innovation knows no limits, and our first assumptions regarding what is possible with the tools at our disposal, are almost invariably found to be
“In order for something to be used as ubiquitous money, the spender has to already have it, and the recipient has to want to hold
If Bitcoin is a paradigm shift, it gets to that stage, like it will be an even bigger product than AI, than chat GPT. And
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