Podcasts: WiM050 - The Saylor Series | Episode 12 | Why Bitcoin Succeeds 🔗 3 years ago

Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.

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GUEST
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Transcript:

00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:05 NYDIG
00:01:23 21M: A Base Layer Monetary Protocol
00:05:21 The Bitcoin Application Layer Protocol
00:08:20 Base and Application Layers are Complementary
00:10:50 Acceleration of the Lightning Network
00:12:31 Bitcoin Frees Us from Inflation
00:13:47 Private Keys are the Strongest Property Right
00:18:33 Bitcoin is Impairment-Resistant Property
00:21:19 Theft-Proof Property: A Real Game-Changer
00:24:21 “All Stress Accelerates the Adoption of New Technology”
00:26:44 Bitcoin Mitigates Hypothecation
00:29:08 Bitcoin Optimizes Authentication
00:30:49 Bitcoin: Hyper-Transportable Capital
00:35:05 “There is a Dance Between Counterparties”
00:36:15 Bitcoin is the Most Distributable Money
00:37:36 Bitcoin is the Most Divisible Money
00:37:59 Bitcoin Fixes Spamming and Scamming
00:44:26 Bitcoin Functions Across All Scales
00:46:22 “Making Cyberspace Safe for 8 Billion People”
00:48:09 Why Does Bitcoin Succeed in Theory?
00:55:55 Different Ways to Own Bitcoin
00:58:16 Bitcoin is a Shared, Immutable, and Correct Ledger
01:00:25 The Speed at Which a Profound Idea can Spread
01:08:36 Robert's Outro

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