Intro

Bryan Solstin is a former aerospace systems engineer, Bitcoiner, conservationist, privacy advocate, and author of “Bitcoin and Nash Equilibrium” as well as “Apex Environmental Solution: Bitcoin.”

› https://x.com/BryanBSolstin

› Bitcoin and Nash Equilibrium: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Nash-Equilibrium-Emerging/dp/B0DGY185V4

› https://www.solstin.com/john-nash

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🕑 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Understanding Nash Equilibrium and Its Relevance to Bitcoin

04:55 - Bitcoin as Immortal Nash Equilibrium

12:33 - The Invisible Hand: Adam Smith and Bitcoin

18:34 - Nash's Influence on Bitcoin's Architecture and Ideal Money

25:52 - The Intersection of Philosophy and Economics in Bitcoin

26:14 - The Intersection of Mathematics and Bitcoin

29:12 - Philosophical Foundations of Bitcoin

32:18 - The Nature of Ideal Money

35:22 - Current Events and Bitcoin's Role

36:59 - The Evolution of Bitcoin

39:02 - Bitcoin as a Commodity

43:58 - Nash's Critique of Inflation and Bailouts

50:04 - Non-Cooperative Systems and Bitcoin

54:23 - The Impact of Monetary Systems on Society

55:52 - Individual Empowerment through Decentralization

57:48 - Natural Selection and Economic Systems

58:39 - Political Money and Social Dependency & Bitcoin as Freedom Money

58:58 - Global Financial Peace through Bitcoin

01:01:46 - Nash's Paranoia and Satoshi's Disappearance

01:05:08 - The Plural Pronoun Connection

01:07:35 - The Future of Bitcoin and Personal Responsibility

01:11:38 - The End Game of Bitcoin's Global Impact

ℹ️ EPISODE SUMMARY

Bryan Solstin joins Bram Kanstein to break down one of the most mind-expanding ideas in Bitcoin: that it’s not just sound money, it’s an Immortal Nash Equilibrium. We explore game theory, asymptotically ideal money, John Nash’s obsession with peace through mathematics, and why Bitcoin might be the only system that creates global cooperation—without needing trust. What you’ll learn.

• What a Nash Equilibrium is—and why Bitcoin might be the first digital one
• Why decentralization isn’t just a tech trend, but a mathematically grounded peace mechanism
• How fixed-supply money can emerge gradually, without revolution or force
• What “Asymptotically Ideal Money” means—and why it matters more than gold
• How Bitcoin’s halving schedule is rooted in game theory, not just code
• The eerie parallels between John Nash’s paranoia and Satoshi’s disappearance
• A whole new mental model: Bitcoin not just as “sound money,” but as a cooperative equilibrium