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Lyn Alden delves into the workings of centralized, fractional reserve banking, tracing its evolution from the earliest forms of money. This video provides insights into why our current banking system operates the way it does, highlighting the mechanisms that underpin modern financial institutions.
Jack expertly explains the concept of currency as a way to exchange our time and energy within a free market. Explore Satoshi's groundbreaking creation of an "arrow of time" in the digital realm. Understand how bitcoin is anchored to real world energy through Proof of Work
As a result of exponential technological advancement, massive productivity gains should be flowing to society in the form of lower prices. However, these efficiencies are being stolen by the top 1%. Learn why deflation is the key to abundance
Learn more about inflation, treasury bonds, how the U.S. pays back its debt, the looming debt crisis, the problems with Keynesian economics, and bitcoin's role in fixing our broken system
“What do you call it when a bunch of companies collude to set prices, fix markets, close off competition, capture regulators, and bribe politicians?” Antonopoulos refers to this as the global banking cartel, and he delivers no-holds-barred truth in this eye opening presentation.
Listen to Michael Saylor’s most recent keynote at the annual bitcoin conference in Nashville, TN. Saylor discusses the lifespan of physical assets, long term value of bitcoin, and his bitcoin price predictions for the next 21 years
Saifedean Ammous, the author of “The Bitcoin Standard”, masterfully breaks down the significance of Austrian economics, free markets, fiat money, and common bitcoin criticisms in this 4 hour discussion with Lex Fridman.
Recommended Reading
The Price of Tomorrow - Jeff Booth
On our current path, our world will become profoundly more polarized and unsafe. We need to build a new framework for our local and global economies, and soon, we need to accept deflation and embrace the abundance it can bring. Otherwise, the same technology that has the power to bring abundance to us and our world will instead destroy it.
The Bitcoin Standard - Saifedean Ammous
Ammous’ firm grasp of the technological possibilities as well as the historical realities of monetary evolution provides for a fascinating exploration of the ramifications of voluntary free market money. As it challenges the most sacred of government monopolies, bitcoin shifts the pendulum of sovereignty away from governments in favor of individuals, offering us the tantalizing possibility of a world where money is fully extricated from politics and unrestrained by borders.
Fiat Ruins Everything — Jimmy Song
You are being stolen from. Your money is being debased, your labor is being debased, your civilization and all of its institutions are being debased. You're having to work longer for less pay. You see your friends and family less and less. You eat worse food, you sleep a little less, and your neighborhood gets a little more impersonal every year. Your life is getting worse, and you are paying for someone else's excess. How did this happen, and why is it happening?
Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises - Ray Dalio
On the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, one of the world's most successful investors, Ray Dalio, shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to anticipate events and navigate them well while others struggled badly.
Broken Money - Lyn Alden
The listener will walk away with a deep understanding of money and monetary history, both in terms of theoretical foundations and in terms of practical implications. From shells to gold, from papyrus bills of exchange to central banks, and from the invention of the telegraph to the creation of Bitcoin, Lyn Alden walks through the emergence of new technologies that have shaped what we use as money over the ages.
The Genesis Book - Aaron van Wirdum
Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. For decades prior to Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention, a diverse group of computer scientists, privacy activists, and heterodox economists tried to create a digital form of money that could operate independently of government control. The Genesis Book tells the story of the people and projects that inspired the invention of the world’s first successful peer-to-peer electronic cash system.