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Mar 2022
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BTC071: How Fiat Blinds Bitcoin's Import...

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 12:30 - Recently the Senate is directing the State Department to investigate the economic impact Bitcoin is having on El Salvador - what is going on here?
  • 34:09 - What interview was the most memorable for Alex's new book?
  • 35:10 - Alex's thoughts on how financial privilege blinds people to Bitcoin's true impact.
  • 50:04 - Alex's comments on the cypherpunk movement and why it was so important to Bitcoin's foundation.
  • 01:02:00 - Bitcoin's privacy problem.
  • 01:11:40 - Why are so many people with power in the world reverting to tactics of control?


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