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BCB114_MATT PINES: Bitcoin Blind Spots & Alien Probabilities

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Bitcoin: A Tax on the Social Consensus

A sovereign balance sheet entering the ring is kind of a gorilla against a mosquito, at least at this date and time. I think people are being a little bit Pollyanna-ish if they think it's inevitable that the destiny of Bitcoin, nothing is inevitable in reality, right? Contingency in history is a thing. And you then have to have like, if you believe a certain outcome is more favorable, you have to sort of advocate for it and convince other human beings that that outcome is desirable,. That's what living in society is.

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