Bitcoin Is The Best Money with Erik Voorhees, Founder Of ShapeShift

May 11, 2021

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After successfully founding Satoshi Dice and Coinapult, Erik Voorhees took his developer passion to the next level with ShapeShift, one of the earliest and most influential trading platforms in the crypto space. Driven by his vision to reimagine global finance, Erik continues his pursuit for a new financial system that lives outside our modern day fiat ecosphere.

Follow Erik Voorhees: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees

This episode explores:

Escaping the fiat system

Pristine money

Lambo memes

Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger

Money from thin air

DeFi vs banks

Yachts as collateral

Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade

Zero day bugs

Gambling in crypto

Governments freezing assets

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