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In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Booth to dive deep into the mathematics behind a $43M Bitcoin, the economic contradictions of inflation, and much more.
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––– Chapters –––
00:00 - Intro
02:38 - What’s Going On With the Economy
04:16 - How the Current System Creates Insecurity
11:36 - Are We in a Breakdown Phase?
15:39 - Bitcoin, Lightning, and Stablecoins
17:46 - The Inescapable Nature of the Credit System
25:52 - Why Medium of Exchange Use Matters
30:41 - Stablecoins as “Guaranteed Loss Coins”
33:57 - The Role of Self-Custody in Bitcoin Adoption
38:21 - Polling Bitcoiners: Self-Custody, Nodes, and Spending
43:51 - Will Robots Want Money?
47:07 - Building the Decentralized Counterbalance
47:12 - Is Inflation the Greatest Lie Ever Told?
51:34 - One Bitcoin = $43 Million?
55:39 - Will Bitcoin Have a Bigger Impact Than the Internet?
57:51 - What Could Stop Bitcoin?
59:30 - Ross Ulbricht’s Release
1:00:36 - Josh Mandell, Price Predictions & Shared Wisdom
1:04:49 - Compassion for Precoiners and Everyone Else
1:07:37 - Final Thoughts
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