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149: Dr. Saifedean Ammous - Cryptocurrency, The History of Money, Addressing Bitcoin’s Energy Usage, and More

The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin

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The Rise of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

Anthony Bourdain: I think we're heading towards a world where that's going to be really difficult. The advent of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, particularly can give a lot of people hope again who haven't had it. He says the key idea with which he begins his book is make a contention that what ends up being chosen as money on the markets are always the thing that is hardest to produce.

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