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Read_638 - What is Money Anyway? Part 3 [Lyn Alden]
"Like any powerful technology, bitcoin can be used for good or ill. As proponents of the technology like to say, bitcoin is “money for enemies” becau…
3 years, 8 months ago
![Read_637 - What is Money Anyway? Part 2 [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740852/c1a-9mg94-row10mdjt796-3xybcn.jpg)
Read_637 - What is Money Anyway? Part 2 [Lyn Alden]
"To put it into perspective, this international monetary system based around centrally-managed fiat currency is only 16 years older than me. My fathe…
3 years, 8 months ago
![Read_636 - What is Money Anyway? Part 1 [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740851/c1a-9mg94-924v5k01sdqq-r2ufos.jpg)
Read_636 - What is Money Anyway? Part 1 [Lyn Alden]
"If a money (the most salable good) is easy to create more of, then any rational economic actor would just go out and create more money for herself, …
3 years, 8 months ago
![Read_635 - 21 Million is Non-Negotiable [Zach_of_Earth]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740853/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1kjuo4-fmelt8.jpg)
Read_635 - 21 Million is Non-Negotiable [Zach_of_Earth]
"Imposing limitations on monetary goods has always required tremendous amounts of time and energy, and trust. And yet, with all our efforts, we still…
3 years, 8 months ago
![Read_634 - The Words we Use in Bitcoin [DerGigi]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740854/c1a-9mg94-ddkn6750bkqw-tcay3c.jpg)
Read_634 - The Words we Use in Bitcoin [DerGigi]
"In a world awash in euphemisms and blatant lies, calling something by its proper name is rebellious in itself. Bitcoin is about freedom and self-sov…
3 years, 8 months ago
![Read_633 - The Utility of Saving [Pierre Rochard]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740855/c1a-9mg94-5r54gvk6tg4q-rwod8f.jpg)
Read_633 - The Utility of Saving [Pierre Rochard]
"People hold money to hedge against future uncertainty. This is why it is so crucial for a monetary system to optimize for minimizing its own uncerta…
3 years, 9 months ago
Guy's Take #57 - Bitcoin Domino Theory
What if, sitting in the middle of a chaotic monetary environment, increasing capital controls, balkanizing political regimes, a failing petrodollar h…
3 years, 9 months ago
Guy's Take #56 - The Cascading Dominoes - Part 1
I promised, and it's finally here. It's time to get a little perspective, with the price at all time lows, exchanges and lending platforms imploding,…
3 years, 9 months ago
![Read_632 - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740857/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1k2bn3v-djtdlm.jpg)
Read_632 - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? [Alex Gladstein]
"Coding, mining, infrastructure, and markets are all independent, happening in competing jurisdictions and geopolitical rivals, often done by anonymo…
3 years, 9 months ago
![Read_631 - The ECB is Trapped, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740859/c1a-9mg94-924v5k0kc8r-f6dkv1.jpg)
Read_631 - The ECB is Trapped, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]
"Base money is a liability of the central bank, and it’s used as a reserve asset by commercial banks. Broad money is the liability of commercial bank…
3 years, 9 months ago