
Bitcoin and Future Governance with Samson Mow - Freedom Footprint 38
About this episode
In this episode we host Samson Mow, formerly of Blockstream, CEO of Jan3, and one of the most important figures in the blocksize wars.
In this episode, we’ll learn all about Jan3, we’ll discuss the relationship between nation-states and bitcoin, and we explore how governance might look like in the future.
Connect with Samson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Excellion
Follow Jan3 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JAN3com
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:42 - Introducing Samson Mow + BTCPrague Recap
00:04:18 - Jan3 and Educating Nations About Bitcoin
00:08:48 - How Do Governments Own Bitcoin?
00:11:56 - Bitcoin is the Only Thing You Really Own
00:13:42 - Does Bitcoin Obsolete Borders?
00:17:51 - The Best Protection from Nation States
00:19:10 - Prince Filip's Work at Jan3
00:20:18 - Monarchy vs Republic vs ?
00:24:40 - Gaming
00:28:05 - How To Achieve Consensus Government
00:31:30 - Would Bitcoin Work on Mars?
00:32:52 - Artificial Intelligence
00:35:31 - Lightning and Tokens in Gaming
00:38:47 - Liquid and Future Finance
00:40:08 - Bitcoin as Everything, or Half of It
00:41:33 - Bits vs Sats
00:42:46 - Satoshi's Coins
00:44:36 - Lost Coins and Inheritance
00:46:06 - HODLing vs Saving
00:48:08 - The Biggest Threat to Bitcoin
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