Welcome to the audio podcasting home of Saifedean Ammous and The Bitcoin Standard. When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small Online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized softw ... Show More
Oct 27
349. The Gold Standard - Presented at the Property & Freedom Society
At the Property & Freedom Society, Saifedean presents his latest book, The Gold Standard, an alternative history of the 20th century where hard money ended WWI, made governments compete for citizens & enabled free trade & self-determination.Sponsors:BitGo: Institutional custody, ... Show More
37m 4s
Jul 2018
SLP1 - Bitcoin as Sound Money with Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economist
Stephan interviews Saifedean Ammous, Austrian Economics Professor and author of The Bitcoin Standard. In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the case for Bitcoin as sound money, and what is potentially the hardest money the world has ever seen.
1h 19m
Nov 2021
203. The Immaculate Conception: Bitcoin vs Fiat Standard | Dr. Saifedean Ammous
This episode was recorded on September 8th 2021.
Saifedean Ammous is an expert on Bitcoin with a PhD from Columbia University. He joins Dr. Peterson to discuss decentralization, different schools of economics, the Fiat vs. Bitcoin standards, and much more.
Dr. Ammous is the aut ... Show More
2h 8m
Apr 2019
SLP69 Saifedean Ammous - How governments could kill Bitcoin and Bitcoin scenarios
<p>Saifedean Ammous, Bitcoin economist and author of seminal book, The Bitcoin Standard, joins me in this episode. We talk about some of his recent research:</p>
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<li>How governments could try to kill Bitcoin </li>
<li>Why fiat money hyperinflation is not that likely</ ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2020
SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous - Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up
<p>Pierre Rochard (Kraken, Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute) and Saifedean Ammous (Bitcoin economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard) join me to talk about Bitcoin as Savings Technology and Number Go Up technology. This point is often misunderstood, so listen in for discussio ... Show More
53m 17s
Dec 2020
SLP237 Saifedean Ammous - Fiat Standard & Fiat Propaganda
<p>Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard rejoins me on the show to talk about his upcoming book, The Fiat Standard. We chat about how the fiat standard started, and the propaganda that they use to maintain it.</p>
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<li>Site ... Show More
1h 5m