Jack Dorsey: Bitcoin Enthusiast or Tech Visionary?

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The chapter delves into Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and founder of Square, portraying him as a tech billionaire with a vision despite setbacks at Twitter. It explores his enthusiasm for Bitcoin and blockchain technology, raising questions about his understanding of them. The conversation also touches on tech meritocracy, the challenges of capturing Dorsey's personality in public image, his political and ideological views on Bitcoin, and the disappearance of Facebook's Libra crypto project.

Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey’s decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology.

David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. He also makes Pivot to AI with Amy Castor.

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The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.

Also mentioned in this episode:

David wrote about Jack Dorsey abandoning Bluesky on his blog.
Business Insider reported on how Dorsey gave money to the far-right founder of Nostr.
Dorsey was interviewed by Mike Solana on Pirate Wires.
Dorsey has posted in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the response to it is why he deleted his Bluesky account.

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