Bitcoin: Element Zero with Knut Svanholm (WiM138)

Bitcoiner and author Knut Svanholm joins me for a philosophical conversation on Bitcoin.

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GUEST
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PODCAST
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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Bitcoin Everything there is Divided by 21 million
00:05:48 Working with Bitcoin Full Time
00:09:05 Philosophy in Bitcoin
00:12:03 Bitcoin: The First Form of Ownership
00:20:28 All Action is an Expression of Value
00:27:00 Democracy as Another Form of Religion
00:32:09 NYDIG
00:33:16 Morality & Politics
00:37:30 “Element Zero”
00:45:57 “Bitcoin is a Discovery, Not an Invention”
00:48:49 Data, Information, and Patterns
00:51:56 Bitcoin is a New Form of Life?
00:56:30 Bitcoin the Peacemaker
01:00:10 Bitcoin Immortality
01:07:00 Maxwell’s Demon
01:10:14 Rothbard and Deriving an "Ought" from an "Is"
01:16:59 Disincentivizing Crime & Violence
01:23:48 Bitcoin is Changing the Way We View Life Itself

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