The Bitcoin Infinity Show Bitcoin and Monetary Cycles with Peter St Onge | Bitcoin Infinity Show #177
Nov 17, 2025
Peter St Onge, an Austrian economist with a PhD from George Mason University, discusses how Bitcoin disrupts long-standing monetary cycles and serves as an escape from fiat collapse. He emphasizes the role of Bitcoin in empowering the economically oppressed and critiques how governments mishandle it. St Onge draws parallels between the internet and Gutenberg's press, arguing both are vital for civil liberties. He forecasts Europe's potential upheaval and highlights Bitcoin's unique social consensus and its ability to reduce violence incentives.
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Bitcoin Made Austrians Mainstream
- Bitcoin popularized Austrian economics and taught millions about money and central banking.
- Peter St Onge says Bitcoin demystifies money as a good with features, driving wider understanding of sound-money ideas.
Internet As Gutenberg 2.0
- The internet is Gutenberg 2.0 and social media replicates the printing press's power to shift political balance.
- Combined with Bitcoin as an economic rail, these technologies empower civil society against state control.
Use Bitcoin To Circumvent Financial Repression
- Use Bitcoin to bypass state financial repression when governments try to crush dissent or protests.
- Peter highlights Bitcoin's role during the Canadian trucker protests as practical relief for blocked participants.
