The Mark Moss Show

The Real Reason Your Money Keeps Losing Value | Parker Lewis

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Oct 23, 2025
Parker Lewis, a leading Bitcoin thinker and author of the Gradually, Then Suddenly series, dives into the broken real economy and how money printing erodes value. He explains Bitcoin's fixed supply as a safeguard against monetary debasement, emphasizing that most misunderstand its role. Parker introduces a three-part framework to decode Bitcoin and discusses volatility linked to supply and demand. He critiques stablecoins and reveals the unsustainable math of debt versus money supply, asserting the necessity for new monetary solutions.
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Money Printing Is The Root Problem

  • The core problem is monetary debasement from money printing that destroys price signals and savings.
  • Bitcoin's fixed 21 million supply is designed to solve that problem by being money that can't be printed.
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Three-Step Framework To Understand Bitcoin

  • Use a three-step framework: identify the problem, understand Bitcoin's fundamentals, and dismantle misconceptions.
  • This order helps people see Bitcoin as an express solution, not a solution searching for a problem.
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Why Bitcoin Must Be Volatile

  • Bitcoin's volatility stems from fixed supply plus new adopters doing price discovery, not from being flawed money.
  • Volatility benefits holders because rising demand concentrates value into existing supply.
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