Introduction

In this episode with founder and anthropologist Natalie Smolenski we discuss:

• How to value Bitcoin
• The symptoms of broken money in society: corruption and grift
• Why is Bitcoin not the obvious answer?
• Bitcoin as 'Pristine Collateral'
• Will credit be as widely used on a Bitcoin Standard?
• Satoshi Papers

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Natalie Smolenski is a startup and non-profit founder and economic anthropologist focusing on how people create value and govern themselves in bottom-up and top-down ways. Natalie founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, a public charity dedicated to original research and education about Bitcoin and political economy.

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Additional Resources:

• https://www.satoshipapers.org/
• https://www.txbitcoinfoundation.org/
• https://www.nataliesmolenski.com  

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