302. The Fiat Standard Chapter 18: Can Bitcoin Fix This?
The final lecture of this course examines how bitcoin's fixed supply & censorship resistance upends the entire fiat monetary order, & explores how the two systems will interact over time. You can buy ...
2 Dec 20251h 34min
301. The Gold Standard Preview
Saifedean's talk at The Bitcoin Conference introducing his new book, The Gold Standard, followed by the introduction and chapter 1 of the book! Get your audiobook, hardcover, or paperback from TheSaif...
25 Nov 20251h 23min
300. The Gold Standard Launch Interview with Bob Dewey
Saifedean discusses the main ideas of his new book, The Gold Standard, and his motivation for writing it, in this deep conversation with Robert Dewey of the Exploring Prosperity Podcast. https://saife...
18 Nov 20251h 32min
299. Property Rights: The Root of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
In this lecture delivered at the Property and Freedom Society, Saifedean explains why the root cause of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the denial of property rights. Religious and racial conflict...
11 Nov 202539min
298. The Fiat Standard Lecture 17: Bitcoin Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Fiat Standard Lecture 17: Bitcoin Cost-Benefit Analysis explores bitcoin as an electricity-based savings tool, how the value stored exceeds security costs, and why declining supply growth increase...
4 Nov 202537min
297. The Fiat Standard Lecture 16: Bitcoin and Energy Markets
The Fiat Standard Lecture 16: Bitcoin and Energy Markets discusses proof of work as a technological alternative to fiat’s political conflict, how miners seek zero-opportunity-cost energy globally, and...
28 Okt 20251h 16min
296. The Fiat Standard Lecture 15: Bitcoin Banking
The Fiat Standard Lecture 15: Bitcoin Banking explores why demand for deposits, secure storage, and capital allocation continues under a Bitcoin standard, how high cash reserves and self-custody limit...
21 Okt 20251h 6min
295. The Fiat Standard Lecture 14: Bitcoin Scaling
The Fiat Standard Lecture 14: Bitcoin Scaling shows why on-chain scaling has hard limits, why block space must remain scarce to preserve immutability, and how economic incentives push smaller payments...
14 Okt 202554min
