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The Potential of Free Banking with Bitcoin
This chapter explores the concept of free banking with Bitcoin and its potential to scale the cryptocurrency to billions of people. It discusses the historical success of free banking in Ireland and Scotland, as well as the limitations of the protocol and solutions like the lightning network. The chapter also delves into the trade-offs of relying on third parties for infrastructure and the importance of having a true measuring stick.