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Dec 2024
33m 55s

Money Is Peace: How Bitcoin Restores Hop...

The Bitcoin Layer
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In this episode, Nik Bhatia welcomes Bitcoin anthropologist Natalie Smolenski to explore the profound connection between Bitcoin, human liberty, and peaceful society through an anthropological lens. Natalie unveils how the historical relationship between money and state has shaped human cooperation, and why Bitcoin represents a transformative technology of p ... Show More
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