Episode Details

Maximalism has peaked. Bitcoin is no longer dominated by a Bitcoin maximalist dogma, but is quickly welcoming a diverse crowd of degens, gamblers and token peddlers. Is this good for Bitcoin is the question of course!

To answer that question, we've brought on Dylan LeClair, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Japanese corporation Metaplanet, joins Bitcoin Season 2 to discuss Bitcoin's changing culture scene and what “Bitcoin Accelerationism” actually means.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

04:20 Recent travels

06:50 Michael Saylor comparisons

10:40 BitBlockBoom to BTC Asia

18:40 Narratives over time

26:30 Do shitcoins have positive externalities?

29:50 Tech(acc) to Bit(acc)

39:00 Malthusian vs Promethean

43:05 User influx may drive UI/UX innovation

45:30 Origination of Accelerationism

48:50 Who are the interesting voices in Bitcoin?

55:40 Accelerationists are Optimists

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