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Bitcoin Maximalists take on the scams, ponzis, & bad ideas in the world of crypto. Doing the dirty work so that you don't have to.

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Read_558 – Why Bitcoin, The Full Series Audiobook [Tomer Strolight]

“For those with the curiosity to look, Bitcoin has emerged as a vast and mysterious space to explore, with treasures, dangers and untold potential. And similar to the Statue...

Read_557 – The Stairway to Omnipresence [DerGigi]

“the fact that bitcoin is now legal tender in a country is absolutely astonishing. Yesterday, some nerds discovered a system that allows magic internet money to emerge by sending...

Read_556 – Bitcoin Has Already Won [Akarsh Nalawade]

“There has never been a more secure, scarce, valuable, transportable, decentralized and networked asset in all of humanity’s history. It’s more mobile than gold. It appreciates faster than property....

Read_555 – The Bitcoin Energy Debate & the Gold Resource Cost Debate [Nic Carter]

“Long before we had the Bitcoin energy debate, we had the gold resource cost debate. The contours were similar: the costs associated with gold refining and extraction were a...

Read_555 – The Bitcoin Energy Debate & the Gold Resource Cost Debate [Nic Carter]

“Long before we had the Bitcoin energy debate, we had the gold resource cost debate. The contours were similar: the costs associated with gold refining and extraction were a waste; they were too great relative to a mere fiat standard in which notes could be printed for virtually nothing.” – Nic Carter

Great piece today from Nic Carter published on Bitcoin Magazine. The energy cost debate of Bitcoin might not be quite what it seems to be. And we can take a lesson from history by understanding the long, ongoing debate about the resource costs of the Gold standard. 

Check out the original article at the link below, plus tons of great stuff from Bitcoin Magazine:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-and-gold-energy-debate

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Read_554 – Finding Financial Freedom in Afghanistan [Alex Gladstein]

“Farzan and her family traveled by foot, car and train thousands of miles through Iran and Turkey, finally making it to Germany in 2017. Along the way, dishonest middlemen...

Chat #62 – Dave Smith & Part of the Solution

Dave Smith has finally done a Bitcoin episode! For those of you who missed this, I am making it available on my own feed and for those of you...

Chat #62 – Dave Smith & Part of the Solution

Dave Smith has finally done a Bitcoin episode! For those of you who missed this, I am making it available on my own feed and for those of you who do not know Dave Smith, he has the best podcast on libertarianism out there. It is absolutely one to check out if you haven’t yet. Check out the links below to watch this episode on youtube, or explore the other great content on Part of the Problem.

Part of the Problem with Dave Smith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqs3DOXqCc
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-of-the-problem/id833706616

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Read_553 – Bitcoin’s “Naive” Monetary Policy [Natasha Che]

“Bitcoin fails as a money b/c of its naive monetary policy. Many people think government printing too much is evil, so a fixed money supply must be good. The...