BTC146: Broken Money 2/2 w/ Lyn Alden (Bitcoin Podcast)

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:00:00 - Why Money has been at the crux of global conflict since time immemorialWhy can't a government entity just fire-up 20,000 nodes and try to fork the codeLyn's thoughts on Greshem's law and BitcoinWhat would a bitcoin would look like with no unit abstractionHow do Taxes change in a bitcoin worldDoes Bitcoin need smart contracting to compete with other protocolsThe privacy trade-off is something that many want, what is Lyn's point of viewWhy couldn't Adam Back improve the Bitcoin code?What is the fundamental trade-off between PoW and PoSLyn's discussion of volatile Vs Non-volatile computer memory when trying to understand PoS and PoWDisclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.Stablecoins and who's going to by all this debt that's being issued
BOOKS AND RESOURCESLyn Alden’s book, Broken Money – Read reviews here Listen to our interview with Lyn Alden about How the Fed Went Broke, or watch the video.Tune into our interview with Lyn Alden about Macro and the energy market, or watch the video.Listen to our interview with Lyn Alden about Money or watch the video.Tune into our interview with Lyn Alden about Gold and Commodities, or watch the video.Lyn Alden's free websiteLyn Alden's premium newsletterListen to our interview with Alex Gladstein about issues with fiat currencies, or watch the video.
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