Navigating the Dark Forest of Crypto

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------ Topics Covered

I. Why Are We Going Bankless? (0:00 - 29:09)

• Need for Self-Sovereign Money

• Current Banking System is Corrupt

II. How Crypto Fixes Money (29:10 - 41:45)

• Protocols are Credibly Neutral

• Universally Accessible

III. Crypto As A Parallel Financial System (41:46 - 1:00:42)

• What is Money?

• Parallel Monies, Parallel Tech

IV. The Bankless Money Stack (1:00:43 - 2:11:30)

• BTC & ETH Value Propositions

• The DeFi Value Proposition

V. Why Crypto Is Inevitable (2:11:31 - 2:34:24)

• Game Theory & Gresham’s Law

VI. How To Get Started (2:34:25 - 2:48:10)

• Get Crypto Money

• Take Self-Custody

• Start Using DeFi

VII. The Journey West (2:48:11 - 2:59:38)

• Once-In-A-Lifetime Multi-Decades Event

• The Bankless Journey is Ambitious, Risky, and Highly Rewarding

------ Resources:

Guide to Going Bankless: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-1-starting-with-bankless 

St. Louis Fed Report https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/2021/02/05/decentralized-finance-on-blockchain-and-smart-contract-based-financial-markets 

Designing Ethereum | Vitalik Buterin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R0j5AMUSzA&t=6522s&ab_channel=Bankless 

Episode #2: The Evolution of Monetary Policy https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/episode-2-the-evolution-of-monetary 

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