
SLP71 Stephan Livera - Intro to Bitcoin Austrian thought
Stephan Livera Podcast
Bitcoin from the Perspective of an Avid Austrian Economist
The speaker has been influenced by key figures in Austrian economics and has been interested in Austrian economics for over 15 years and in Bitcoin since 2012. They do not consider themselves a thought leader or influencer, but a student of Austrian economics. According to the speaker, Bitcoin should be seen as a digital hard money that challenges government monetary intervention, particularly central banking. Notably, Bitcoin has a strictly limited supply of 21 million, which has never been achieved in history, and it is extremely difficult to influence or control due to its decentralized nature. This quality helps maintain its value as a ledger of money that is immutable and hard to rewrite.