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Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]
"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Other networks are “dumb” — they offer only a very bas...
21 Jul 202346min
![Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/B457B119B778E4E43A79785299D36810_small.jpg)
Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]
"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known monetary hot potatoes that need to be spent before they d...
18 Jul 202344min
![Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/B457B119B778E4E43A79785299D36810_small.jpg)
Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]
"To do our best to minimize the economics jargon once again, we might simply ask: what are you going to do with your time? Are you going to create or consume? And how do the characteristics of money, ...
16 Jul 20231h 7min
![Read_748 - Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/B457B119B778E4E43A79785299D36810_small.jpg)
Read_748 - Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]
"While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the motivations behind the movement that spawne...
13 Jul 20231h 13min
![Read_747 - The Bondholder's Burning Platform [Croesus]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/B457B119B778E4E43A79785299D36810_small.jpg)
Read_747 - The Bondholder's Burning Platform [Croesus]
"Since 1800, in 51 out of 52 cases where a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio reached 130%, the country eventually defaulted. The only exception is current Japan, who is frankly in the final stages of circli...
11 Jul 202354min

Guy's Take #68 - Lightning & the Ai Economy
Ai agents are going to be able to seek out, delegate, and pay for micro services from an ecosystem of other agents & services. But the resources being share will be delivered instantly, and irreversib...
6 Jul 20231h 38min
![Reboot - Bitcoin and The American Idea [Alex Gladstein]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/B457B119B778E4E43A79785299D36810_small.jpg)
Reboot - Bitcoin and The American Idea [Alex Gladstein]
"Today Americans celebrate 246 years of independence from the British Empire. On this day in 1776 the Founding Fathers made a declaration. It was a bold and risky action. Never before had a colonial s...
4 Jul 202347min

Ai_005 - Ai, Fiat Incompatible with Kody Low
"So we had built this for a while, but because API calls are basically free, there really wasn't a good match for it. There were some good matches for it and people would do it, but as they were doing...
4 Jul 20231h 27min



















