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SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container of Money

Stephan Livera Podcast

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The Story of Malcolm McLean and the Shipping Container

Malcolm McLean came up with the idea of using shipping containers to transport goods around the world. He said he could unload a box from his truck, put it on a boat and then have another truck pick that up and deliver the goods. But this idea didn't come without resistance: The existing transportation and railroad and political apparatus tried to shut it down. Bitcoin is an inanimate object that allows you to transport value from one point to another across the world in an open standard that everyone can use.

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