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Guy's Take #52 - Follow up to Read 615 - The State vs Bitcoin
This episode is because the previous read by Steve Barbour deserved a Guy's Take. Before we change topics to privacy in the episode coming later this…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_615 - The State vs Bitcoin [Steve Barbour]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740884/c1a-9mg94-gd412q37bx3o-qaob8w.jpg)
Read_615 - The State vs Bitcoin [Steve Barbour]
"As with freedom and oppression, Bitcoin and State money may exist in a perpetual tug of war between ideals. Where State money relies on compulsory p…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_614 - ...and Then They Fight You [SovrynMindset]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740885/c1a-9mg94-wng9zvx3hmo-ksydq3.jpg)
Read_614 - ...and Then They Fight You [SovrynMindset]
"Much more to say. This is just a starting point, but I'm interested in Bitcoin for its potential to reorient civilization to an existence rooted in …
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_613 - Against the Inevitability of Bitcoin [Ariel Deschapell]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740886/c1a-9mg94-60k7dpo6awmm-d1mtwo.jpg)
Read_613 - Against the Inevitability of Bitcoin [Ariel Deschapell]
"...This purpose flounders, however, if their own evangelists and the community at large fails to lay the groundwork and impetus to push ever deeper.…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_612 - Energy Cancelled [Arthur Hayes]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740887/c1a-9mg94-49vqg8k6td1n-ias97p.jpg)
Read_612 - Energy Cancelled [Arthur Hayes]
"On a medium-term basis, it is time to back up the John Deere excavator and scoop up as much gold and Bitcoin as you can afford. This is it, the star…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_611 - The Freedom of Value [Dergig]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740888/c1a-9mg94-zo5nz72jij3q-2nma6d.jpg)
Read_611 - The Freedom of Value [Dergig]
"Thus, given enough time and popularity, every movie, every song, and every document will be available to the general public for free. The nature of …
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_610 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 2 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740889/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1ngswp-1loy6r.jpg)
Read_610 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 2 [Alex Gladstein]
"In sum, the U.S. government has shown that — through the GFC, repo spike crisis in 2019 and pandemic crisis in 2020 — it is willing to do anything t…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_609 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 1 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740890/c1a-9mg94-gd412q34i701-3t342g.jpg)
Read_609 - The Invisible Cost of War - Part 1 [Alex Gladstein]
"As detailed in Saifedean Ammous’s “The Fiat Standard,” in November 1914 the British government “issued the first war bond, aiming to raise 350 milli…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_608 - Want to Stick it to the Elites? Use Bitcoin [Avik Roy]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740891/c1a-9mg94-04r1dmp2h8d5-9rwqwt.jpg)
Read_608 - Want to Stick it to the Elites? Use Bitcoin [Avik Roy]
"Aspiring Republican politicians and conservative opinionators love talking in darkened tones about the malevolence of elites. And yet, for all the f…
4 years, 3 months ago
![Read_607 - Implications of Outlawing Bitcoin [Dergigi]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740893/c1a-9mg94-k5m32x94tgzo-kq8pvu.jpg)
Read_607 - Implications of Outlawing Bitcoin [Dergigi]
"If having 12 words in your head is illegal, something is terribly wrong with the law. If the police storm your building because you are finding or c…
4 years, 4 months ago