Summary:

Introduction 

• Summary of Erik's book about digital currencies 
• Why Bitcoin is the likely winner 
• Bitcoin as a bearer asset 
• Silicon Valley coin 
• Why people will choose Bitcoin 
• Central Bankers knowledge and goals 
• Capital controls by governments 
• Geopolitical control of currency 
• Governments will force their citizens onto "The Orwell" currency. 
• Black market currencies 
• Bitcoin's proof of work and difficulty adjustment 
• Bitcoin's layers and distributed architecture 
• Building a decentralized financial system 
• Ethereum doesn't scale. 
• Why Erik doesn't talk about Bitcoin on his podcast. 
• Wrap up

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