Bitcoin and the Evolution of Cryptocurrency | 2min snip from Bitcoin Rapid-Fire

Coinjoins, Blacklists, Softforks, & The Beginning of Civilization w/ Max Hillebrand

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Bitcoin and the Evolution of Cryptocurrency

"There's nothing new under the sun. But that some, some form of novelty has emerged as it always does," he says. "Maybe those fundamental forces are no different, but it's, I don't know, man." He adds: "It feels as if everything has changed. And, and seemingly in favor of, of the individual".

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Speaker 1

But

Speaker 2

that some, some form of novelty has emerged as it always

Speaker 1

does.

Speaker 2

And it's changed, it's changed the game a little. Maybe those fundamental forces are no different, but

Speaker 1

it's, I don't know, man. Yeah, like, I totally feel you, man, right? Like, it, it can't actually be different, right? There's nothing new under the sun. But, but I mean, look at it, right? Like, it's obviously really fucking different, right? Like, it's not just Bitcoin, it's, it's like, basically all the tools of this hyperpunk, like, look at strong encryption, like, holy fucking shit, strong encryption, like, what? Right? Like, absolutely insane, like, such a monumental shift, you know, and have, then Bitcoin just as a small extension of what's possible with really fucking large numbers. It's, it's, it's, it's absolutely insane. So it, it feels as if everything has changed. And, and seemingly in favor of, of the individual. Right? But has it really though, right? Or, or, or again, we're just projecting our own ideas onto, onto a more, more, more, more base layer, barren and, and, and neutral technology. It's, ultimately, I really, really don't know. Uh, but there's, um,

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yeah,

Speaker 1

I'm just, it's wild.

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