Swan Signal - A Bitcoin Podcast

Resistance Money: a Philosophical Case for Bitcoin | EP 162

Episode Summary

Sam is joined by Andrew M. Bailey, co-author of “Resistance Money,” and Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private, to discuss how Bitcoin empowers individuals to resist authoritarians, inflation, surveillance, and financial exclusion.

Episode Notes

Sam is joined by Andrew M. Bailey, co-author of “Resistance Money,” and Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private, to discuss how Bitcoin empowers individuals to resist authoritarians, inflation, surveillance, and financial exclusion.

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Timestamps:
00:00:20 “Cloaked Wireless”
00:00:53 “Marathon Digital”
00:01:18 Introducing Andrew and Steven
00:02:28 “Journey of Writing the Book, ‘Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin’”
00:06:30 Bitcoin is “Resistance Money”
00:14:12 Privacy Importance in Financial Transactions
00:16:19 Likelihood of Hyper-Bitcoinization Scenario
00:21:40 Bullish on Bitcoin: “Building a Positive Case for Bitcoin”
00:23:16 Bitcoin's Impact on Systems and Economies
00:30:00 Central Banks' Response to Bitcoin
00:33:30 Being a “Bitcoin-Academic”
00:40:30 “Veil of Ignorance” - Thought Experiment for Bitcoin Evaluation
00:47:28 How Does Bitcoin Help “Monetary Luck”
00:49:55 Mind-Blowing Moments while Studying Bitcoin
00:55:00 How to connect with Andrew, and where to read “Resistance Money”
00:56:23 “Pacific Bitcoin Festival”
00:57:10 “Pleb Party Nashville”
00:57:46 “Swan $10K No Fees”

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