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#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is the Toxicity in the Bitcoin Community an Immune Response?

I think Bitcoin cultural toxicity has evolved as an immune response to those bad ideas, which is actually kind of a tough love. You don't want new entrants to the space to get lost in shit coin jungle and learn the hard way. But like an immune system, I think it can also go too far. And so you could say that the toxicity has a lot of features in the sea of fraudulent projects that steal money from people. It's really useful to make sure that you give people the harsh truth about who is and isn't a scammer.

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