Show Notes
The January 2019 Zack Voell crossover (he was hosting The Coin Pod) is now remastered: featuring opt-in money, gridlock as a feature, FDR's gold grab, Russia rumors & dating as a Bitcoiner in NYC. The audio has been enhanced too!
Time stamps:
0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Remaster Notes: This Show Was Almost Called "Bitcoin & Politics" 2:12 - Sponsor Shoutout: Helen's Pizza in Jersey City 3:30 - The Crossover Episode Zack Never Published 4:41 - The Original Recording: January 2019 5:42 - Bitcoin as a Tool of International Affairs 7:49 - Bitcoin Obituaries, Silk Road Curiosity & Getting Rekt 11:39 - The Opt-In Economy: Voting With Your Money 13:26 - "You Only Ever Experience One Bear Market: Your First" 16:54 - The US Dollar's Outlaw Origins 17:55 - Colonial Currency Disasters & Tobacco Money 20:27 - Thirty Years of Failed Internet Money 21:51 - Gridlock Is a Feature: Congress & Nakamoto Consensus 22:37 - Bitcoin: A Very American Invention 24:47 - Why Americans Seem to Own the Narrative 27:18 - The White Paper's American Pedigree 30:44 - Could Bitcoin Have Come Out of China or Russia? 31:35 - Liberty Arbitrage & the Two Foundational Freedoms 35:15 - FDR's Gold Confiscation 37:43 - Jefferson, Madison & the Hard Money Founders 39:10 - Voltaire's Zero & the Fiat Inertia 43:08 - Rousseau, Property & Money as a Token of Trust 48:02 - Rational Ignorance: The Questions We Never Ask 50:55 - The Bitcoin Crash Course & Why Money Creates Community 55:36 - The Bitcoin Noob Moniker 58:52 - Dating as a Bitcoiner in New York City 1:02:58 - "But That's Not Real Money" 1:04:15 - Paying Your Half of the Date in Bitcoin (2017 Edition) 1:09:48 - The Russia Bitcoin Reserve Rumor 1:13:48 - Bernie Madoff Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto 1:17:19 - Who Adopts First: The Unbanked or the Privileged? 1:20:18 - Deplatforming, Gab, Patreon & Money as Speech 1:23:07 - The Four Freedoms of Money 1:26:05 - The Inconvenience of Freedom 1:29:20 - Your Own Single Point of Failure 1:31:09 - If You're Glad, Then I'm Vlad
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