Bitcoin Audible

If finding out how the banking system is systematically ripping you off doesn't make your angry, then you're already dead. Had an awesome discussion with Josh of Bottomshelf Bitcoin fame! Going through the incredible theft and engineered fragility of our monetary system. How it induces the boom and bust cycle, builds unsustainable imbalances, fuels irresponsible behavior, rewards those who waste resources, lies to us about our wealth, and manages to have us owing all of our life's work to a banking elite that never earned any of it. Josh and I have an awesome chat, and you don't want to miss it! If you haven't heard it yet, Ep. 53 with Carlos from Satoshi's Games is excellent: https://anchor.fm/bottomshelfbtc/episodes/Lightnite-with-Carlos-from-Satoshis-Games-Episode-53-e8fstc A huge thanks to Swan Bitcoin for supporting the Audible of Bitcoin, supporting the education on the principles and philosophy behind Bitcoin, and making it accessible to all! Show some love, and get the best Bitcoin Savings Plan out there! https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=yg8ftt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"As the crypto industry makes progress toward Web 3.0, we’ll come to realize that it’s hard to beat the security and network effects of Bitcoin." - Muneeb Ali Another great article from Bitcoin Magazine, this one by the founder of Blockstack, Muneeb Ali, on the superior security and foundation that Bitcoin can provide to Web 3.0.  How its perceived "limitations," may be what makes it the best foundation we could have.   It also sparks a long Guy's Rant on the value of on-chain vs off-chain contracts, the doubts on the "tokenization of everything," & why smart contracts are only as good as the token they contract in (not the other way round). This isn't to be missed. Check out the other great stuff at Bitcoin Magazine that I won't be able to cover, plus the original articlewith links to dig further in at the link below: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-king-of-blockchains-bitcoin-can-become-the-foundation-for-web-3-0 Mentioned in the episode for further Rabbit Hole Research: Szabo's "The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing" https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_113---The-Dawn-of-Trustworthy-Computing-Nick-Szabo-e2ndr3 BitcoinHalving.com 21 Hour Live Stream: https://www.bitcoinhalving.com/ Don't forget to check out Swan Bitcoin! Start your Bitcoin savings plan by clicking here https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=yg8ftt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

You are not going to want to miss this incredible piece on exactly how far we have strayed from anything resembling "capitalism," or even the goal of accumulating and growing the capital that improves our lives. "This is your brain on central banking, regulatory capture, and financialization."  - Sacha & Allen Check out the original and hit that clap button excessively on both Allen and Sacha's pages below • https://medium.com/@allenfarrington/this-is-not-capitalism-5ed0a9d5dfa9 • https://medium.com/@sachameyers/this-is-not-capitalism-7d5ab7b31f90 Don't forget to check out Swan Bitcoin and start your Bitcoin savings plan by clicking here https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=yg8ftt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"You can't dictate how people should use bitcoin. Bitcoin has certain properties that enable different use cases. The predominant use case will fluctuate over time. Get over it."  - Marty Bent An Important reminder from Uncle Marty: Bitcoin has value because of what it enables. It is the market that will find its highest value purpose, and it will be used in all the ways it will best serve the economy. Neither you nor I, fortunately, get to decide how Bitcoin will be used or valued. Don't forget to check out Marty's Bent, a daily newsletter with tons of incredible insight and fun ideas: https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ If you haven't heard it, The Use of Knowledge in Society is one of the most important pieces I've covered on this show. Listen at the links below: Part 1 - https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_250---Use-of-Knowledge-in-Society-Part-1---F--A--Hayek-e43pfj Part 2 - https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_251---Use-of-Knowledge-in-Society-Part-2---F--A--Hayek-e444k0 Don't forget to start your Bitcoin savings plan at the link below. The value of a sound digital asset in these uncertain monetary times cannot be overstated. Start your investment in the future today: https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=yg8ftt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"All I know is the setup for bitcoin, the hardest form of digital money, could not be better. All manners of trust have evaporated. In order to solve for demand and supply destruction, governments will embark on the greatest fiscal stimulus binge the world has ever seen."  - Arthur Hayes The time has come to put our cards on the table and place our bets. Where do you stand? Check out this article plus tons of other great research on any Bitcoin topic you could dream up at the Bitmex Blog: https://blog.bitmex.com/choose-your-fiction/ Start your Bitcoin Savings Plan at the Swan Bitcoin link below! https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=xngc0c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

You’re in for a marathon of a meetup today! The Raleigh Bitcoin Crew goes down the rabbit hole with… Infinite money printing Who really runs things? Inflation and the Fed’s Great Scam How trustless money leads to greater trust Price “gouging” or price “discovery”? Monopolies & the Govt Anti-trust laws and predatory pricing The last halving & the Bitcoin price Quantitative Hardening & more! Don't forget to subscribe and check out the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup Pod so you don't miss the rabbit holes we travel every week. anchor.fm/raleigh-bitcoin-meetup --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"It is the digital equivalent of your physical bank sending private investigators to follow your every move for days after you withdraw cash at the ATM, and then freezing or confiscating your bank account entirely if that PI comes back with a report that says that “you may have,” with some probability, engaged in controversial actions with that cash."  - Giacomo Zucco A great closing the Giacomo's Treatise on Bitcoin and Privacy at Bitcoin Magazine. What are the Red herrings we have to navigate to determine the truth of privacy on Bitcoin, and the many (non)alternatives. Is there a perfect privacy option, or do they all come with numerous costs and explicit trade-offs?  Check out the original article over at Bitcoin Magazine, plus the thousands of other great pieces on everything you could ever want to know about Bitcoin and the history of this space: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/a-treatise-on-bitcoin-and-privacy-part-2-dont-be-misled-by-red-herrings Listen to Part 1 if you haven't yet: https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Read_375---A-Match-Made-in-the-Whitepaper---Treatise-on-Bitcoin--Privacy--Part-1-Giacomo-Zucco-ech00u Here is the video thrown together by myself and a few other great Raleigh Bitcoiners, Living on Bitcoin in 2020 - What its REALLY like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmUpp3J9Ck --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Despite unprecedented fiscal and monetary intervention after the financial crisis, results have been disappointing. The American people do not need accounting tricks or more debt, but true innovation. Thankfully, Bitcoin provides a way forward."  - Conner Brown An excellent article found over at the Bitcoin Reserve Journal on how Bitcoin could lead us into an explosion of innovation and efficiency, and has the potential to right so many imbalances and decades of stagnation in the American economy. A new Gold Rush, in the Digital Age. Check out the Blog below for a number of other great recent articles: https://journal.bitcoinreserve.com/bitcoin-a-bold-american-future/ Start your Bitcoin Savings Plan at the Swan Bitcoin link below! Added is the link to the Swan Signal podcast to check out a couple of recent great episodes, specifically with today's author Conner Brown and also Marty Bent: https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=xngc0c Swan Signal: https://swansignalpodcast.com/episodes/bitcoin-in-uncertain-times-e3 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Although I mostly agree with their reasoning and share the enthusiasm for such a free market, I cannot stop being astonished by the naivety of the idea."  - Sven Schneiders If a "good" money cannot survive without a helpful and easy environment... then is it even a good money at all? Sven makes an excellent case for abandoning the sentiment that we should desire a friendly environment for the one market good which is the bedrock for all other economic activity. Check out the original and the many other posts on the LimitlessCuriosity.com Blog: https://limitlesscuriosity.com/essays/stop-calling-for-a-free-market-in-money Choosing your money, is to choose the future you want. If that future has powerful central banks, economic micromanagement by authorities, & third parties in every transaction, then don't buy #Bitcoin. But, if that doesn't sound appealing, you should start your Bitcoin Savings Account. Swan Bitcoin makes that easier than ever: https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=xngc0c And speaking of the future of The Cryptoconomy... look out for "Bitcoin Audible!" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

“Beware of what I call Pascal's scams: movements or belief systems that ask you to hope for or worry about very improbable outcomes that could have very large positive or negative consequences.” - Nick Szabo Another amazing piece from the Unenumerated blog by Nick Szabo that explains a class of doomsday and utopia predictions he refers to as “Pascal’s Scams.” How it can appear rational to worry or hope for extremely improbable outcomes. We read part 1 & 2 together and then talk about how this perspective could change our view of these crazy times. Don’t miss it. Here are the original blog posts, in addition to the incredible body of work available on the Unenumerated Blog: Part 1: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/07/pascals-scams.html Part 2: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/07/pascals-scams-ii.html Some of the previous works by Szabo we have read on the show: Shelling Out: The Origins of Money • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Reboot---Shelling-Out-The-Origins-of-Money-Nick-Szabo-e9omme Money, Blockchains, & Social Scalability • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_066---Money--Blockchains--and-Social-Scalability-e2ndsj Exit and Freedom • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_233---Exit--Freedom-Nick-Szabo-e3nleo The God Protocols • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_261---The-God-Protocols-Nick-Szabo-e4cstb The Dawn of Trustworthy Computing: • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_113---The-Dawn-of-Trustworthy-Computing-Nick-Szabo-e2ndr3 Drop the fiat money printer tokens and start saving in sound money? Start your Bitcoin Savings Plan today at SwanBitcoin.com. https://www.swanbitcoin.com?grsf=xngc0c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message