![Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 regularly observe people falsely call Bitcoin a fiat...
3 Aug 20211h 7min
![Read_548 - This is Not a Drill! [Jake Chervinsky]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 everyone in crypto, including non-custodial actors...
31 Jul 202140min
![Read_547 - Scaling Lightning: To El Zonte... and Beyond! [Roy Sheinfeld]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 could have adopted bitcoin five or eight years ago. Th...
29 Jul 202152min
![Read_546 - Could Bitcoin Be Palestine's Currency of Freedom? [Alex Gladstein]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 addition to the Gladstein series from Bitcoin Magaz...
26 Jul 20211h 52min
![Read_545 - The Ultimate Guide to Inflation [Lyn Alden]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 inflation? What are the major correlating factors? And wh...
22 Jul 20211h 31min
![Read_544 - Another Way to Think About Bitcoin's Value [Bradley Rettler]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 service and receiving money for the good or service,...
20 Jul 202137min
![Read_543 - There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever [Smithsonian Magazine]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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 reveled in the absurdity of the event. The incident even ...
16 Jul 202138min
![Read_542 - Sidechains for Scaling, Thunder Network [Paul Sztorc]](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/9566C26CCB442F38DBB57171D11CAAE9_small.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." - Paul Sztorc What would it look like if we coul...
13 Jul 20211h 19min



















