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#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles

Lex Fridman Podcast

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It's great to see an intellectual heavyweight of his caliber gravitating towards Bitcoin. I think he's also kind of actually kind of like all of us grappling with the idea of what is Bitcoin in this world. It's a very young technology and it's unclear exactly how the ideas of the past fit with it. And so it's interesting to explore, not just Bitcoin, the particular. So for me, like what I've always saw Bitcoin as from the beginning, from a narrow worldview is computer science. But now I see that there's fascinating ideas to explore on that side of things. That's where I find all the fascination in the world, frankly.

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