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#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin was launched anonymously by an entity that did not seek any glory or credit for what they did and apparently never monetized it at all. The conditions of its launch were extremely favorable and hard to replicate. If central banks totally clean up their act and stop engaging in rampant money printing, which I don't expect that to happen anytime soon. It looks like we're normalizing this new regime of pro-inflation to mediate the debt issues we have.

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