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Guy's Take #49 - Backed by Truth
"Bitcoin is a network, a money, a language, a system of rules, & a clock. Bitcoin is backed by Truth" - Guy Swann Links to other works mentioned in …
4 years, 7 months ago
![Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740961/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1o3akon-4bdpst.jpg)
Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]
The word “fiat” is growing more aggrandized in the modern lexicon, however, despite its increasing popularity it is often ill defined or misused. I r…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_548 - This is Not a Drill! [Jake Chervinsky]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740962/c1a-9mg94-mq8r03qru10n-12qhyx.jpg)
Read_548 - This is Not a Drill! [Jake Chervinsky]
"Here's the deal with the US infrastructure bill: A new provision has been added that expands the Tax Code's definition of "broker" to capture nearly…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_547 - Scaling Lightning: To El Zonte... and Beyond! [Roy Sheinfeld]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740964/c1a-9mg94-zo5nz7omt2gp-rk1rk1.jpg)
Read_547 - Scaling Lightning: To El Zonte... and Beyond! [Roy Sheinfeld]
"Many tellings of El Salvador’s story have largely overlooked and understated the role of the Lightning Network. But make no mistake: any country cou…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_546 - Could Bitcoin Be Palestine's Currency of Freedom? [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740963/c1a-9mg94-60k7dp04u1m8-mikxqz.jpg)
Read_546 - Could Bitcoin Be Palestine's Currency of Freedom? [Alex Gladstein]
“Independence is financial,” Abukhdeir told me. “If we don’t have financial freedom, nothing is going to change.” - Alex Gladstein Another brilliant …
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_545 - The Ultimate Guide to Inflation [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740965/c1a-9mg94-gd412qd7t73w-fpdmdi.jpg)
Read_545 - The Ultimate Guide to Inflation [Lyn Alden]
A great piece today detailing out the different kinds, the nuances & the long history of inflation. What misconceptions do we still have about inflat…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_544 - Another Way to Think About Bitcoin's Value [Bradley Rettler]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740966/c1a-9mg94-gd412qd6u9k-osdukc.jpg)
Read_544 - Another Way to Think About Bitcoin's Value [Bradley Rettler]
"Owning bitcoin is often put in contrast to owning stock in a company that produces a good or service. In virtue of the company producing a good or s…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_543 - There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever [Smithsonian Magazine]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740968/c1a-9mg94-ddkn67d9crzj-g1rvji.jpg)
Read_543 - There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever [Smithsonian Magazine]
"For decades, economists have pointed to 17th-century tulipmania as a warning about the perils of the free market. Writers and historians have revele…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_542 - Sidechains for Scaling, Thunder Network [Paul Sztorc]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740967/c1a-9mg94-04r1dm4ofvmq-wjab2r.jpg)
Read_542 - Sidechains for Scaling, Thunder Network [Paul Sztorc]
"Bitcoin (BTC, the currency) in its current form can scale – enough to process every txn in the world! It just needs the right combination of layer2s…
4 years, 8 months ago
![Read_541 - A Treatise on Altcoins [Andrew Poelstra]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740969/c1a-9mg94-04r1dm4zh720-uogskp.jpg)
Read_541 - A Treatise on Altcoins [Andrew Poelstra]
"Of course, “developing your own cryptosystem” is the purview of only cranks and researchers, so it was reasonably assumed that none of these “altcoi…
4 years, 8 months ago