On The Brink with Castle Island Weekly Roundup 11/06/20 (Blockchain voting, a $1B Bitcoin forfeiture, election outcomes and inflation) (EP.145)
Nov 6, 2020
43:18
Matt and Nic cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode:
- The latest on Matt's bike saga
- Possible election outcomes and the prospect for inflation
- How Kelly Loeffer's runoff election might affect Bitcoin
- Were prediction markets vindicated by the election?
- The government seizes $1b worth of Bitcoin
- Why the seized bitcoin is good news
- Our take on the big Blockchain Voting Debate
- Our explanation for why people are curious about blockchains for voting
- Longtime Bitcoin holder Cynthia Lummis joins the Senate
- Decentralized storage tech is reaching geopolitical levels of importance
- Why Bitcoin's demand in 2020 might be more enduring than the demand in 2017
Content mentioned in this episode:
- Matthew Green on blockchain voting
- Benlog, Blockchain and Voting
- The USA v 1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbh
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