The Bitcoin Standard Podcast (Dr. Saifedean Ammous)

In this episode, Saifedean talks to author and health coach P.D. Mangan about how to improve wellbeing and slow ageing through some simple diet and fitness practices. They discuss why humans have adapted to thrive on a meat-based and paleo diets, the flawed science used to support widely accepted government dietary guidelines, and why so many people fail in their attempts to lose weight, combat fatigue and improve their wellbeing. In the Q&A, P.D. answers questions on fasting, whether type II diabetes can be reversed and the environmental impact of monocrops.

 Visit saifedean.com/meat to find out more about Saifedean’s experience following the carnivore diet. 

In this episode, Saifdean talks to Safdar Alam, CEO of investment firm Maydan Capital, about Islamic finance. Safdar starts by describing the basic principles of Islamic finance and the ethical justification for Islam’s prohibition on lending with interest. He and Saifedean then talk about how Islamic finance works in practice today; how it is mimicking the mainstream financial system; and the ways in which bitcoin might provide an ethical alternative to common practices often considered haram. In the Q&A Safdar answers questions about the Islamic definition of “speculation” and how this differs from “gambling”.

 In this episode, Saifedean talks to Samson Mow, outgoing CSO of Blockstream and CEO of Pixelmatic, about why we should be “augmenting” rather than trying to change the bitcoin network. They begin by discussing Blockstream projects such as the Liquid Network that extend the range of options available to bitcoin users, while accepting the network’s fundamental protocol rules. They also discuss Samson’s role as a prominent “small blocker” in the 2015-2017 “Blocksize War” and whether – in retrospect – the victory of the small blockers was inevitable. Samson then shares his views on bitcoin adoption in Latin America, including El Salvador’s issuance of bitcoin-backed “volcano bonds” as a means of evading the debt-fuelled development model encouraged by the IMF. In the Q&A, Samson answers questions about bitcoin privacy, proof-of-stake and the issuance of securities on the Liquid Network.

Resources

• Samson on Twitter
• Official website of Pixelmatic
• Blockstream explainer outlining differences between Liquid and Lightning as Layer 2 scaling solutions for bitcoin
• Blockstream announcement on Baillie Gifford Series B investment
• Blockstream blog post announcing that El Salvador will issue $1bn in volcano bonds
• The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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February 24th 2021.

In this episode, Saifedean appears on The Tom Woods Show for a discussion of fiat money and debt slavery. Saifedean and Tom talk about the role of government debt in the creation of fiat money; the recent freezing of bank accounts in the wake of Canadian protests, and why bitcoin improves on the shortcomings of gold. They then discuss how the fiat monetary system warps societal incentives by making debt accumulation a winning strategy.

Resources:

• The Tom Woods Show official website.
• Tom’s free ebook Our Enemy The Fed
• Guido Hülsmann’s book The Ethics of Money Production 
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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February 25th 2022.

In this episode, Saifedean appears on The Tom Woods Show for a discussion on how the damage caused by fiat money extends beyond economics. Saifedean and Tom discuss why fiat money increases the power of governments and heightens societal time preference, disincentivising long-term planning. They also talk about the rise of “fiat mentality” and how societal attitudes have changed in areas such as diet, education and energy. They then discuss the “misery industry” of debt-based development aid – promoted by International Financial Institutions like the IMF – and how this industry has held back economic progress in the developing world.

Resources:

• The Tom Woods Show official website.
• Tom’s free ebook Our Enemy The Fed
• Guido Hülsmann’s book The Ethics of Money Production for a discussion of the moral implications of inflation.
• Gold Wars: The Battle for the Global Economy by Ferdinand Lips
• Saifedean’s podcast episode with Nina Teicholz for a discussion of seed oils and government dietary guidelines.
• The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon for a discussion of failed predictions about resource scarcity.
• Introduction to the concept of opportunity cost on Mises Wiki.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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March 9th 2022.

Saifedean hosts Dr Cate Shanahan to discuss her remarkable work on nutrition and the long term consequences of traditional foods and modern fiat foods. Cate's experience at medical school was powerless to stop her own health deteriorating, causing her to look at nutrition as a deeper cause of health problems, sending her down a rabbit hole to discover the horrors of modern seed oils, and the devastating damage caused by mainstream theories of health and nutrition, particularly the work of "the Keynes of Nutrition" Ancel Keys, who has arguably killed more humans than anyone in history. Cate contrasts his work to that of Weston Price, "the Mises of Nutrition", whose study of traditional diets worldwide remains enormously informative and useful, in spite of the medical and nutrition establishment ignoring it. Cate also explains how your food determines the health, fitness, and beauty of your children, and the warped financial incentives of modern fiat medicine.

Resources

• Cate on Twitter
• Cate’s books Deep Nutrition, The Fat Burn Fix and Food Rules on her official website
• PhD thesis that influenced Cate’s early ideas on nutrition: Lipid peroxidation in Vivo by Eva Södergren
• Book criticised by Cate for manipulation of statistics: The Seven Countries Study: A Scientific Adventure in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
• The Future of Fat Summit
• The Weston Price Foundation’s official website
• Dentist and beauty theorist Stephen R. Marquardt on Wikipedia
• Regional Eats documentary series on Amazon
• Flavorful Origins on Netflix
• Weston Price’s book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin
• Cate’s lecture “Feed the Masses” about Harvard’s 70-year public health experiment
• Dr Nadir Ali’s official website
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard
• Saifedean's guide to eating meat & defeating fiat foods: https://saifedean.com/meat/

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Visit saifedean.com/meat to find out more about Saifedean’s experience following the carnivore diet. 

March 17th 2022.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US confiscated the Russian central bank’s significant monetary reserves, and banned some Russian banks from the SWIFT network. Serious questions are being asked about the survival of the postwar dollar-based world monetary order. Will Russia, China, and other countries actually build an alternative international settlement system, after years of threatening to do so? Will global central banks stop accumulating US treasury bonds and replace them with gold and commodities? Will we witness the birth of a new commodity or gold-based monetary order? In this seminar, we use the insights from The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard on temporal and spatial salability to explain why reports of the death of the dollar and the emergence of a new gold standard may be exaggerated.

Resources

• Bretton Woods III memo by Credit Suisse analyst Zoltan Pozsar
• Arthur Hayes’ blog Energy Cancelled
• Reuters report on commodities crisis
• America’s Quiet Default by Nic Carter
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

March 21st 2022.

Is earth too hot? Is the weather getting worse? Are we experiencing a climate crisis? Is CO2 the control knob for the earth's climate? Is climate science basic physics? Do all scientists agree on these questions? Tom Nelson is an independent researcher who has spent many years studying these questions in-depth. He joins us to give us a rigorously researched perspective that contradicts the hysterical groupthink in fiat academia and media. He and Saifedean discuss how fiat funding of science creates incentives for groupthink and for bad ideas to survive unchallenged. They also talk about why fiat inflationism creates a strong incentive for researchers to support any pseudoscience that concludes you should avoid price-sensitive essential fuels in favor of less effective, cheaper alternatives.

Resources:

• Tom on Twitter
• Tom’s article Useful Notes for Climate Sceptics on Substack
• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change by Marc Morano
• Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom by Patrick Moore
• Watts Up with That blog by Anthony Watts
• The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
• Steve McIntyre’s website Climate Audit website.
• The spiral structure of the Milky Way, cosmic rays, and ice age epochs on Earth by Shaviv, Nir J. and speech discussing the paper.
• Saifedean’s podcast episode with Patrick Moore
• Saifedean’s podcast episodes with Alex Epstein in Nov 2021 and Dec 2020, and his appearance on Alex’s Power Hour podcast.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

March 22nd 2022.

In a country dominated by statist politicians, what it is like to campaign for freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government? In this episode, Saifedean talks to leader of the People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier about Canadian politics and whether bitcoin can protect Canadians from government overreach. They discuss Maxime’s journey into politics as a libertarian, why Canadian inflation is so high, and why Maxime supported recent protests by Canadian truckers. They also talk about the merits of gold versus bitcoin as money, and how Maxime would change Canada’s monetary policy. Saifedean pitches Maxime on the advantages of bitcoin for Canada, and Maxime announces that he's looking to accept donations in bitcoin!

Resources

• Maxime on Twitter
• Official website of the People’s Party of Canada
• Alternative measures of inflation on Shadow Stats.
• Official inflation statistics in Canada
• Mises Institute article on Canadian trucker protests by Lew Rockwell
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here. 

March 28th 2022.

What is the case for monarchy? Why are monarchies better at long-term thinking? Why do monarchies outcompete republics in protecting property rights, promoting peace, raising living standards, and protecting the value of money? Would a return to hard money bring back the age of monarchies? We discuss all these questions with HRH Prince Philip of Serbia, who became the first monarch to publicly announce being a bitcoiner. Their conversation touches on the story of the Karađorđević dynasty, the factors that led to communist seizure of power in Yugoslavia, and whether a restoration of monarchy is likely, or desirable. In the Q&A, Prince Philip answers questions on his career in finance, ESG, the European Union and whether other monarchs in Europe could serve as allies in bringing about a return to sound money.

Resources

• Prince Philip on Twitter
• Three-minute Tonight with Ivan Ivanović interview highlight here and full appearance (Philip appearance starts from 23:49.)
• Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution by Antony Sutton
• Paper by Mauro F Guillén, based on a study of 137 countries, arguing that monarchies provide greater protection of property rights and higher standards of living study than republics.
• The State in the Third Millennium by Prince Hans Adam of Lichtenstein
• Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
• Saifedean’s episode with Tom Nelson whether CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

April 27th 2022.

Without government who would build the roads? Should prostitution, speculating and price gouging be outlawed? In this episode Saifedean discusses these questions with eminent Austrian School economist Dr Walter Block. They cover fundamental issues in economics such as whether there is such a thing as a “public good”, whether economics is an empirical science, and whether it is ethical to outlaw “victimless crimes”. Dr Block also shares the story of he became a libertarian and Austrian economist, including the roles played by Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard in his intellectual journey.

Resources

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
• Dr Block’s paper “The Minimum Wage Once Again” debunking a well-known 1994 study by Card and Krueger.
• Mises Institute article “The Phillips Curve Myth” on the relationship between inflation and unemployment
• Dr Block’s book The Privatization of Roads and Highways
• Dr Block’s book Defending the Undefendable
• Principle of non-aggression explained on Mises Wiki
• List of Walter Block’s publications online
• Dr Block’s book Water Capitalism (2015)
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Can we eliminate the use of fossil fuels? Can electric cars replace gasoline cars? Is a transition to wind and solar energy possible? At what cost? What impact will a forced transition have on economic development? How do the costs of eliminating fossil fuels compare to the dangers of increased CO2 emissions? What evidence is there for a pending climate catastrophe? The Mises Institute's Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy host Saifedean for a fascinating discussion of these and many more questions!

Resources

• Saifedean’s PhD thesis Energy Systems and the Knowledge Problem: The Case of Biofuels
• The St Louis Fed compares the cost and protein content of turkey and soy.
• Wikipedia article on dietician Lenna F Cooper.
• The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon for an analysis of resource scarcity.
• The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and Fossil Future by Alex Epstein.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episodes with Alex Epstein here and here.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode Is CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode Fake Invisible Catastrophes with Patrick Moore with Patrick Moore.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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Most people think of bitcoin primarily as a form of money or store of value, but in this episode Darrin Feinstein argues that it also represents history’s most important accounting innovation. He explains why, as the world’s first incorruptible ledger, bitcoin allows us to remove fraud from the realm of accounting, and bring about a shift from “double-entry” to “triple-entry” bookkeeping. Darin and Saifedean discuss how the global accounting industry might differ in a world where bitcoin is used as the primary from of money, and why the transparency of bitcoin’s ledger makes it a poor tool for criminals. As Chairman of Core Scientific, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining companies, Darin also discusses some popular misconceptions regarding bitcoin’s energy usage and environmental impact.

Resources

• Darin on Twitter
• Darin thread on bitcoin as an accounting innovation
• Core Scientific official website
• World Economic Forum article “In 2020 Bitcoin will consume more power than the world does today” and Newsweek article “Bitcoin Mining on Track to Consume All of the World’s Energy by 2020”, both published in 2017
• Bitcoin Net Zero paper by Nic Carter and Ross Stevens. See page 38 for comparison of bitcoin network versus tumble driers
• Darin recommended account Burn the Bridge on Twitter
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard
   

Fiat money doesn't just affect economic exchange, its impact on society is much wider. In this episode, Marty Bent, host of the Tales from the Crypt Podcast, interviews Saifedean about the ways fiat money encourages negative societal impacts ranging from climate alarmism to soil degradation to poor diets. They focus on the widely accepted need to transition to from fossil fuels to “renewable” energy and how government funding of science encourages the publication of studies that predict catastrophes and propose state intervention to avoid them. They also discuss how government statistics are manipulated to underplay the negative impacts of fiat and how people can opt out by adopting a bitcoin standard.

Resources

• Marty Bent’s website.
• Marty Bent on Twitter.
• The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episodes with Alex Epstein here and here.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode Is CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson.
• The St Louis Fed compares the cost and protein content of turkey and soy.
• Marty Bent podcast episode with Untapped Growth for discussion of regenerative farming. 
• Link to Saifedean podcast with Nina Teicholz for discussion of fiat nutrition.
• Bitcoin mining council estimates of the bitcoin network’s global energy usage.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard. See chapter “The Cost of Fiat Fuels” for statistics on growth in per capita energy consumption falling from the 1970s.

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In perhaps his most comprehensive interview to date, Saifedean talks to Lex Fridman about the history of money, the foundations of economics, and why bitcoin represents a pathway to a more peaceful and prosperous world. Starting from Lex’s question “What is money?”, Saifedean draws on insights from his most recent book, The Fiat Standard, to take the listener on a four-hour historical journey. He explains how money emerged as a market good; why the gold standard developed in Britain and spread across the world; and the intriguing historical circumstances that led to government-controlled fiat money becoming the global medium of exchange. By asking fundamental questions about money, the purpose of economics, and the technical foundations of bitcoin, Lex prompts Saifedean to present a first-principles case for free exchange, non-aggression and bitcoin. Their conversation also includes Saifedean’s reflections on his upbringing in Palestine, how to make the most of our short time on earth, and advice to younger generations.

Resources

• Lex Fridman on Twitter.
• Lex Fridman’s podcast website.
• Carl Menger’s Principles of Economics: the founding text of the Austrian School, published in 1871.
• Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, published in English in 1949.
• Critical overview of John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money in the Journal of Libertarian Studies.
• Saifedean Twitter thread on scientists who dismissed flight as impossible at the time the Wright brothers were inventing the airplane. Includes comments by Lord Kelvin and the New York Times.
• Graphic showing technological progress in Britain during the gold standard. For further discussion, see The Bitcoin Standard section: Innovations: “Zero to One” versus “One to Many”, and episode 74 of The Bitcoin Standard Podcast: The Real Drivers of Technological Progress.
• Saifedean paper on the decline of the aviation industry since the 1970s. For further discussion see chapter 10 of The Fiat Standard on Fiat Fuels.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode 108: A New World Monetary Order The ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Bitcoin Net Zero paper by Nic Carter and Ross Stevens. See page 38 for comparison of bitcoin network energy consumption compared with tumble driers and other common household appliances.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

Tarek El Diwany’s book “The Problem with Interest” has attracted attention from scholars of Islamic finance and bitcoiners alike, including Allen Farrington, whose newly published book, Bitcoin Is Venice, draws heavily on Tarek's work. In this episode, Saifedean hosts Tarek and Allen to talk about the morality of lending with interest, why the practice is prohibited in Islam, and how an economy would function without interest rates. They discuss how monetary systems that require the creation of ever more debt impact human time preference, capital accumulation and morality, and whether interest would emerge in a free market monetary system like bitcoin?

Resources

• Tarek’s book The Problem with Interest
• Kreatoc Zest’s website.
• Saifedean’s podcast episodes on Islamic finance with Safdar Alam and Harris Irfan. 
• Article on William Cobbett’s opposition to suspension of the gold standard during the Napoleonic Wars.
• Selected Writings on Economics by Nassau Senior.
• See Plato’s Laws, Book 5 and Aristotle’s Politics, Book I, 10, no. 5 for Ancient Greek views on usury.
• A History of Interest Rates by Sidney Homer and Richard Sylla.
• Allen Farrington’s book Bitcoin is Venice on Amazon.
• Saifedean’s podcast episode Allen Farrington’s adventures with Fiat Intellectuals.
• Saifedean’s podcast episode Bitcoin Strategy with Michael Saylor.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his new course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

In this interview with the Practical Islamic Finance podcast, Saifedean discusses Bitcoin from an Islamic perspective, and makes the case for why it is more compatible with Islamic Sharia law than government money. Whereas the creation of government money happens through the creation of interest-bearing debt which is forbidden in Islam, the creation of bitcoin is no different than the creation of a market commodity, with a competitive market for its production. Bitcoin's decentralization makes it uniquely different from all other digital currencies because it makes it a free market commodity, and not a tool that allows its issuer control over its users.

Resources

• Visit saifedean.com/arabic to download The Bitcoin Standard and Arabic language bitcoin materials for free.
• Podcast episode The Problem with Interest with Tarek El Diwany for discussion of riba and decentralization in publishing the Koran.
• Tarek El Diwany’s book The Problem with Interest.
• Podcast episode Islamic Finance and Bitcoin with Safdar Alam for discussion of how modern Islamic Finance “mimics” the fiat system, and is in need for reform.
• Safdar Alam’s Twitter thread on why Islamic banking needs to reform.
• Safdar Alam’s textbook Islamic Banking in Practice.
• Podcast episode Bitcoin: The Most Islamic Form of Money? with Harris Irfan for discussion of why bitcoin could be the most sharia-compliant form of money.
• Harris Irfan’s book Heaven’s Bankers for an exportation of the hidden world of modern Islamic Finance, and blog drawing on its contents.
• Harris Irfan’s article Cryptocurrency and the Future of the Islamic Economy.
• The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier for discussion of failed attempts to change the consensus parameters of bitcoin.
• Keynes: The Man by Murray Rothbard for discussion of the lifestyle and motivations of John Maynard Keynes.
• See chapter “Bitcoin is Halal” of Bitcoin is Venice for discussion of how bitcoin dramatically reduces the need for debt and encourages a financial system strongly aligned to Islamic principles. Also available as standalone article.
• The Practical Islamic Finance Podcast.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard available in 20 languages.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard available in English, Turkish, Spanish and French.
• All of Saifedean's podcast episodes are available at saifedean.com/podcast
• Saifedean on Twitter.

In this episode Saifedean joins Isabel Oakeshott and James Melville for an interview at the Speakeasy Podcast. They discuss why Saifedean decided to write The Bitcoin Standard, his views on the recent bitcoin price dip and the impact of the fiat “magic money tree” on society.

Resources

• The Speakeasy podcast on Apple Podcasts.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard available in 20 languages.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard available in English, Turkish, Spanish and French.
• All of Saifedean’s podcast episodes are available at saifedean.com/podcast
• Saifedean on Twitter.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his new course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

Has Saifedean changed his mind on stablecoins? After handling $7b of redemptions in 48 hours, has USDT proven its resilience? Could regulated fiat banks handle this level of redemption? What happens to stablecoins if their adoption continues to grow? Can they replace foreign central banks as dollar providers to the world? Will they become major holders of US Treasuries? How will central banks deal with stablecoins? Are stablecoins a gateway to bitcoin? Can USDT be built on top of bitcoin's lightning network? This seminar hosts one of the leaders in the industry: Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex and Tether to discuss these questions and a lot more on why Bitfinex positions itself as a "bitcoin first" exchange, its goals in Latin America, their work shaping El Salvador's new securities law, and their bitcoin education efforts.

References

• Paolo on Twitter.
• Bitfinex official website.
• Blog post announcing Bitfinex's role in designing a El Salvador securities law.
• Paolo discussion of Bitfinex hack on YouTube.
• Plan ₿ summer school in Lugano.
• Bitfinex Pay
• Article on launch of Tether Mexican Peso.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his new course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

Bitcoin educator and investor Giacomo Zucco joins us to explain why he thinks bitcoin cannot be hard money unless it is dark money. We discuss: How dark is bitcoin given that its ledger of transactions is public, and given the recent identification of several hackers through chain analysis? Is bitcoin’s privacy overestimated by bitcoiners? What chance does the average user have at remaining anonymous? Does bitcoin need to be anonymous to remain secure? Can bitcoin survive government attack if most coins’ owners are known to governments?

Resources

• Giacomo on Twitter
• Giacomo’s article on the history of bitcoin as a privacy-focussed project.
• Giacomo’s article on common misconceptions about bitcoin privacy, and why privacy matters.
• For further discussion of the relationship between hard and dark money, see Giacomo’s conversation with Stephan Livera.
• Interview where Giacomo rates the top 20 cryptocurrencies and makes the case that every project that isn’t bitcoin is a scam. 
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

In this episode, CEO of bitcoin mining company Iris Energy Dan Roberts joins us to discuss whether bitcoin can (and should) help fix renewable energy. Dan explains the problems that intermittent wind and solar energy create for power grids, and how his company works to solve them through bitcoin mining. He and Saifedean discuss whether grids would be better off only using reliable energy sources, how bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment forces miners to become more efficient, and why Iris Energy has chosen to mine bitcoin only. Dan also shares his views on why bitcoin’s game theoretic nature means it is set up to survive and why 51% attacks don’t represent a credible threat to the network’s security.


Resources

• Iris Energy website.
• Iris Energy on Twitter
• Iris Energy on LinkedIn
• Article on recent blackouts with Texas and link to intermittent energy.
• Related episode on the future of bitcoin mining and hydropower with Ben Gagnon.
• Climate-related episodes with Tom Nelson, Alex Epstein and Patrick Moore.
• Article by Jimmy Song explaining why the threat of a 51% attack on bitcoin is overblown.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his ongoing course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

In this seminar, learners at saifedean.com discuss the current state of the fiat monetary system as the world experiences the dollar strengthening and other fiat currencies weakening. Regular seminar attendee Nasr El-Hadi discusses the history and the current state of the Libyan monetary system, where the central bank has split into two central banks each issuing the same currency with a different signature, with hilarious and disastrous consequences. Find out what happens when fiat 'hard forks', and how bitcoin and stablecoins are serving as a lifeline for Libyans who have no functioning monetary or banking system in this incredible adventure in Late Stage Fiat! Nasr El-Hadi is a Libyan bitcoiner living in London, and his twitter is @NasrElhadi.

How did the CFA franc come to be the common currency of 14 West and Central African nations? Who controls it and why did it suddenly lose half of its value in 1994? In this episode, we are joined by software engineer and founder of Bitcoin Developers Academy, Fodé Diop, for a discussion on the fascinating monetary history of West Africa. Fodé explains how the CFA franc has allowed France to maintain economic dominance in West Africa, how the 1994 devaluation affected his family, and why he is supporting bitcoin adoption as means of empowering Africans and increasing financial inclusion. Fodé also explains the work his is doing to support the development of Lightning applications and his plans for the Africa Bitcoin Conference: the first ever bitcoin and Lightning conference in West Africa.

References

• Fodé on Twitter.
• Bitcoin Developers Academy website.
• The Fodé Diop Radio Show.
• Fighting Monetary Colonialism with Open-Source Code by Alex Gladstein.
• Data on broad money supply growth in Senegal.
• The Mobile Wave by Michael Saylor.
• Open-source Lightning Dev Kit and Bitcoin Dev Kit.
• Africa Bitcoin Conference website (Accra, Dec 7-9).
• Shortbits blog
• Ben Arc Lightning point of sale page on Github.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his ongoing course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

Should you learn to code? Is coding for everyone? Can learning to code make you more employable? Does the value of coding decline in a world of artificial intelligence? Do intellectual property laws help advance computer engineering or hold it back? In this episode, Saifedean talks to Amjad Masad: CEO of leading coding platform Replit. They discuss how Amjad’s upbringing in Jordan led him into the world of programming, how he started Replit, how it grew from an open source project to a company valued over $1b, teaching millions to code and build powerful products, and why he turned down a $1b acquisition offer in 2019. Amjad also shares the story of how he discovered bitcoin, how he is integrating it into Replit, and why he thinks programmable money is so important.

References

• Amjad on Twitter.
• Replit official website.
• Amjad tweet on turning down $1bn Replit acquisition offer. 
• Lightning Developers Kit referenced by Amjad during conversation.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his ongoing course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming books by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.

BTC veteran Matt Odell joins us to share his thoughts on the best ways to use bitcoin. We discuss different bitcoin custody options such as trusting third parties, hardware wallets, multisig, and paper wallets, and the advantages and trade-offs involved. What is the case for staying private on bitcoin, and what are the best tools available? What are the most common risks facing bitcoin holders? Will yield products on bitcoin go away or are they coming back? How do you plan for bitcoin inheritance? And much more!

Resources

• Matt Odell on Twitter
• Matt’s official website with links to his social media and resources.
• Matt discusses Lightning and bitcoin privacy on Episode #21 of Citadel Dispatch.
• Samourai Wallet website. Information about the Whirlpool here.
• Wasabi Wallet website.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode on bitcoin as “dark money” with Giacomo Zucco.
• Saifedean and Tone Vays call out problems with Celsius’ business model in 2019.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Are the world's most common illnesses caused by insulin resistance? In this episode, Dr Benjamin Bikman joins us to discuss his best-selling book “Why We Get Sick”. He argues that insulin resistance is at the heart of the world's most prevalent diseases and that poor economic incentives have caused scientists to neglect this phenomenon to pursue unproductive avenues of research. Dr Bikman explains how insulin resistance impacts conditions ranging from diabetes to Alzheimer’s and offers practical advice for listeners looking to improve their health. He also shares his views on broader issues such as the health impact of seed oils and sun exposure.

References

• Dr Bikman on Twitter.
• Why We Get Sick on Amazon.
• Alan D. Sokal's hoax submission to journal Social Text: "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity."
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford teaches people how to make cheesecake during Canada's lockdowns.
• Article showing that data supporting the most commonly held theory of Alzheimer’s disease is fabricated.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with Nina Teicholz.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with P.D. Mangan.
• Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free by Susan Thompson.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Visit saifedean.com/meat to find out more about Saifedean’s experience following the carnivore diet. 

Former England international football player Kieran Gibbs joins us to discuss his bitcoin journey, football career, and thoughts on time preference. Find out how he was orange-pilled by team-mate Hal Robson Kanu, why he chose to receive 50% of his salary in bitcoin, how bitcoin has changed him and lowered his time preference, and how he introduces bitcoin to his athlete friends. Kieran also compares playing the low time preference football style of Arsenal's Arsène Wenger with the high time preference style of Sam Allardyce at West Brom, and how Keynesian central banking is analogous to 8 year old playing football. We also compare the economics of the open pyramid structure of the Premier League with the US MLS franchise system. Kieran also discusses how he could integrate bitcoin into his planned football academy, reveals the best players he has played with and against, and provides predictions for the upcoming World Cup.

Resources

• Kieran on Twitter.
• IMF chair Kristalina Georgieva likens central bankers to eight year olds playing football.
• Liverpool draw 4-4 with Arsenal at Anfield in 2008 highlights.
• Liverpool beat Arsenal 5-1 in 2018 highlights.
• Highlights of Kieran's time at Arsenal
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Managing Partner of Stillmark, Alyse Killeen, joins us to discuss investing in bitcoin companies. She explains why Stillmark invests in "bitcoin only" companies, what she looks for in bitcoin startups and how venture capital in the bitcoin industry differs from traditional markets. She and Saifedean also discuss how bitcoin investing is long-term focused whereas token VCs have a new short-term model taking advantage of clueless retail with false narratives. Alyse explains how this long-term focus protects bitcoin VCs from short-term volatility, such as the recent spate of high-profile failures in the altcoin space. In the Q&A, Alyse answers questions on industry trends, the mindset of bitcoin founders and bitcoin adoption in El Salvador.

References

• Alyse on Twitter.
• Stillmark official website.
• Lightning Labs explainer on Taro.
• Article about the sanctioning of Tordano Cash by the US Treasury.
• Paolo Ardoino appearance on The Bitcoin Standard Podcast.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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In this seminar, Saifedean discusses ideas for potential chapters he considered for, but did not end up including in The Fiat Standard. The analytical framework of the book, examining the impact of fiat money through the destruction of savings, raising time preference, & allowing endless government finance, can be applied to many topics, and in this seminar Saifedean and the attendees explore some ideas. How does fiat affect medicine and the medical establishment and modern medicine? What is the impact on pharmaceutical drugs? What is the impact on law? How has it affected art?

References

• Jörg Guido Hülsmann’s book The Ethics of Money Production.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with James Todaro on Fiat Medicine.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode with Stephen Chow: Art on The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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How have Russians dealt with being getting kicked off the fiat dollar network? We are joined by Russian economist and investment advisor Lana Nagornaia to discuss the monetary ramifications of US sanctions from a Russian perspective. Why has the rouble risen versus the dollar in spite of sanctions? Can this be expected to last, or will it reverse? What alternatives are Russians using for trading with the rest of the world? Will Russia switch to a gold standard? Can it trade gold internationally while sanctioned by the global gold market? Can a Chinese-Russian fiat alternative to the dollar succeed? Lana also explains how life in Russia has changed since the outbreak of war, how global energy markets have been affected and how bitcoin could play a role in bringing about a world of sanction-free trade. 

References

• Lana Invest official website.
• Lana on Instagram.
• London Bullion Market Association suspends Russian gold and silver refiners.
• Moscow Times article on how Russian gold is being rerouted to China.
• Al Jazeera article on unofficial ban on Russian gold. 
• Reuters article on Russians rushing to buy Chinese yuan.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Mikkel Thorup, founder and CEO of Expat Money, joins us to make the case for becoming an expat. He discusses why people should consider moving their life offshore, which jurisdictions are most appealing and strategies listeners can pursue to mitigate tax obligations. Mikkel shares practical tips on finding quality healthcare, educating children, travelling comfortably and managing international finances. He also outlines his views on flag theory, the importance of geographical diversity in investment and the libertarian values that motivate him.

Resources

• Saifedean’s viral tweet on "free" healthcare in Canada.
• Website of Mikkel’s Expat International School of Freedom and Entrepreneurship.
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford teaches people how to make cheesecake during lockdown.
• The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice by Michael Strong
• Website of Mikkel’s Expat Money Summit taking place in November. 
• Mikkel’s recommended charter flight service Villiers Jets.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Wall Street veteran and founder of Custodia Bank Caitlin Long joins us to discuss bitcoin banks, leverage and the macroeconomy. She explains how new “dollar and digital asset banks” like Custodia Bank are helping to bridge the gap between bitcoin and the US dollar, and why she has chosen to seek regulation rather than bypass it. She and Saifedean discuss financial leverage, its impact on bitcoin’s price and why people should be wary of companies promising risk-free yield on bitcoin. The conversation also covers recent developments in financial markets, including rising bond yields and the fall in the British pound. In the Q&A, Caitlin answers questions on Chinese inflation, stablecoin velocity and whether the path to hyperbitcoinization will be orderly.

References

• Caitlin Forbes article introducing dollar and digital asset banks.
• The Institutional Risk Analyst article on The Narrow Bank case against the Federal Reserve.
• Explanation of Wyoming Special Purpose Depository Institutions by government of Wyoming.
• Jameson Lopp tweet about not helping people to buy bitcoin.
• Saifedean and Tone Vays debate Celsius’ business model with Alex Mashinsky in 2019.
• Nik Bhatia article explaining the concept of the Lightning Network Reference Rate (risk-free rate).
• Mises Wiki article on the Plaza Accord and relationship to monetary expansion in Japan.
• When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson
• See Human Action Chapter XXXI, 2. The Interventionist Aspect of Legal Tender Legislation, for a discussion of deflationary policy in Great Britain following inflationary war spending.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard. See chapter 5 Fiat Balances: Universal debt slavery for a discussion of The Narrow Bank.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard. 

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What is praxeology and why does it matter? In this episode, Conza, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Australia, joins us to discuss the theoretical foundations of economics. He explains why praxeology – the science of human action – provides the value-free framework needed to reason about economic questions, and how its method differs from that of physical sciences such as biology. He and Saifedean discuss how praxeology can be used to analyse topics such as minimum wage, inflation and pandemics, and why the contrasting methods used by quantitative macroeconomists are flawed. They also defend Hoppe's argumentation ethics: a proof that arguing against the Non-Aggression Principle is logically incoherent.

References

• Conza on Twitter.
• Conza’s blog (where all the best economics quotes live).
• Conza’s YouTube channel.
• Website of the Austrian Mises Seminar.
• Mises Wiki article on Mises’ Regression Theorem
• BBC video on minimum wage being ‘a hurdle’ for disabled people.
• Theory and History by Ludwig von Mises
• Konrad Graf’s paper on Action-based Jurisprudence (see page 29 for Graf’s proposed model of praxeology).
• Konrad Graf’s lectures on bitcoin.
• Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
• The Beef Initiative website.
• For a biography of the life of John Maynard Keynes see Keynes the Man by Murray Rothbard.
• Website of the Australian Mises Seminar.
• Website of the Libertarian Party of Australia.
• The Praxeological Science Group on Facebook.
• The Law by Frédéric Bastiat
• For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard
• The Ethics of Liberty by Hans Hermann Hoppe
• Hans Herman Hoppe’s Four-Step Healthcare Solution.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard. 

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Does high cholesterol really cause heart disease? Is there such as thing as “good” and “bad” cholesterol? What impact do statins – the most profitable drug in the history of medicine – have on human health? In this episode, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, author of The Great Cholesterol Con and The Clot Thickens, joins us to challenge the conventional wisdom on cholesterol. He shares his view on the diet-heart hypothesis, his intriguing alternative explanation for heart disease, and what he recommends to maintain a healthy heart. We also discuss how and why fiat medicine and economics have many “endlessly adaptable hypotheses" that refuse to die no matter how much reality assaults them.

References

• Dr Kendrick on Twitter.
• Dr Kendrick’s website.
• Dr Kendrick’s books: The Great Cholesterol Con, Doctoring Data and The Clot Thickens
• European cardiovascular disease statistics 2008 edition showing lower cardiovascular disease prevalence in countries with higher saturated fat in the diet. For more on this topic, see this blog post by Dr Kendrick.
• Website of the International Network of Cholesterol Sceptics
• Dr Kendrick's blog post on Carl von Rokitansky and Rudolf Virchow and the 1852 explanation of heart disease. 
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Niko Laamanen, founder of Konsensus Network, joins us to discuss bitcoin publishing and his company's decentralized “starfish” organizational model. He explains how reading The Bitcoin Standard led him to found the world’s first bitcoin-only publishing house and how he harnessed an international network of volunteers to publish over 40 bitcoin titles in ten languages. He and Saifedean also discuss Niko’s journey with Austrian Economics, the importance of hodling bitcoin and work being done to support bitcoin adoption in Madeira.

References

• Niko on Twitter.
• Konsensus Network on Twitter.
• Konsensus Network blog.
• The Bitcoin Whitepaper.
• See Konsensus Network’s website for titles referenced during the conversation including Layered Money, The Price of Tomorrow, Choose Life, Bitcoin: Everything divided by 21 million and The Starfish and The Spider.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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What on earth is going on in Europe and how did things get so bad? In this seminar, we discuss the double calamity of skyrocketing energy costs and plummeting pensions and currencies. While high time preference fiat media obsesses over the latest scapegoats, we look into the long-term drivers of these two problems: Decades of green hysteria leading to dismantling of reliable power sources & underinvestment in reliable power generation. And decades of Keynesian dogma convincing the people whose pensions are being destroyed their government can pay for everything at no cost. Does the UK really need to spend 10% of its GDP on public healthcare? What exactly is it about medical care that makes it have to be so expensive and always getting more expensive? Could it be the endless government financing?  How bad would truly private healthcare be really?

Resources

• Michael Shellenberger on German Nuclear Power Plants
• Michael Shellenberger on German gas production
• Alex Epstein on Europe's Energy Suicide
• Surgery Center of Oklahoma
• Surgery Center of Oklahoma's Keith Smith discusses his business model on EconTalk
• Keith Smith's blog
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Princeton Professor Emeritus in Physics, William Happer, joins us to discuss the impact of CO2 on the Earth's climate and the state of modern science. What is the scientific evidence on the relationship between CO2 and Earth's climate? Does CO2 drive the Earth's temperature, or does temperature drive CO2? What does the fossil record tell us about the state of the world's climate in the past? Is current warming unprecedented? Why don't scientists study the evidence of prehistoric forests in the Arctic, and what it implies for historical temperatures? Why is there little focus on the enormous benefits of CO2? What is the evidence for CO2 driving ocean acidification? How much better are scientists today from the scientists involved in the Salem witch hunt? How does politicization affect science, and why does Professor Happer think that the more policy-driven a field is, the less trustworthy its conclusions are?

References (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/138-climate-physics-with-professor-william-happer)

• Professor Happer’s 2014 paper Why has global warming paused?
• The CO2 Coalition website.
• Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior
• Elsmere Island Mummified Forest
• Professor Happer's editorial with Harisson Schmitt: In defence of Carbon Dioxide
• Professors Lindzen and Happer's Comment on the SEC's Proposed Rule "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors."
  https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Happer-Lindzen-SEC-6-17-22.pdf
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Alex Epstein joins us again to discuss his excellent new book, Fossil Future, which makes a powerful case for why fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing, and why restricting them is the real crisis facing humanity. Alex explains how overhyped the supposed ‘alternatives’ to fossil fuels are, and how fossil fuels remain completely essential for our modern standards of living, and why their use is constantly growing. Why do fossil fuels represent the only realistic alternative to poverty and early death for everyone on earth? Why do carbonhysterics only focus on the supposed negative impacts of fossil fuels, but never their benefits? Why is it so hard to have an honest debate with carbonhysterics? We also discuss how the use of fossil fuels was instrumental in ending slavery and liberating women, and whether fiat inflation is the driver of the propaganda to vilify fossil fuels. We conclude with a discussion of whether fossil fuels really are from fossils, or if they are naturally occurring in earth.

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/139-fossil-future-with-alex-epstein)

• Alex’s book Fossil Future 
• Get a free copy of Alex’s book from fossilfuture.com
• Subscribe to Alex’s Substack “Energy Talking Points”
• A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations by Robert Bryce
• Three billion people use less electricity than the average American fridge.
• Alex's podcast interview with Professor Mukul Sharma on fracking
• 18 spectacularly wrong climate predictions from the 1970s, including several made by Paul Ehrlich.
• Alex’s Congressional Testimony, May 19, 2021
• Alex eviscerates COP26 on GB News
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard
• Alex's previous appearances on The Bitcoin Standard podcast:
  TBS16: Wholesome Hydrocarbons
  TBS90: Climate Hysteria

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Richard Lindzen is professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he joins us to offer his scientific expertise on climate alarmism. He discusses how his background in physics and meteorology leads him to conclude that the alarmism around climate is unjustified, and we discuss how institutional and financial reasons have made fiat scientists so keen to promote an agenda of fear and panic. We discuss the problems with the academic publication industry, as well as Professor Lindzen’s experience as a lead author with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and where that led him. He also shares his most recent work on communicating his research ideas publicly.

References (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/140-climate-alarmism-with-professor-richard-lindzen)

• Professor Lindzen’s recent paper ‘The Assessment of The Conventional Global Warming Narrative” for which he welcomes comments
• Professor Lindzen’s profile on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website.
• Transcript of 2018 Prof Lindzen’s Global Warming Policy Foundation lecture.
• Professor Lindzen speaking at the 2017 At the Crossroads IV: Energy and Climate Policy Summit.
• CO2 coalition website
• Article on 97% of scientists agree with consensus in WSJ 
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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Join us as we take a close look at the amazing series of events in a week in which FTX went from being one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world, to being exposed as a fraudulent ponzi scheme, and its founder went from being a globally acclaimed & highly politically influential successful genius entrepreneur and philanthropist to a reviled con artist, who lost his investors & clients billions of dollars. What lessons can we learn from this episode about bitcoin, sh*tcoins, DeFi, and exchanges?

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/141-ftx-beyond-ponzi)

• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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Why are so many bitcoin miners going bankrupt? We discuss the economics of bitcoin mining, how the difficulty adjustment works, why it makes bitcoin mining a zero sum game, and why it ensures bitcoin is optimized for the saver, not for the miner. Plus, what are the things you need to keep in mind if you are considering getting into mining? 

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/142-why-bitcoin-miners-get-rekt)

• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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Rowais Hanna operates Coinbits' Twitter account, and has used it to publish fascinating in-depth investigations into the common myths of modern macroeconomics. He joins us to discuss the Consumer Price Index, how it is calculated, and the endless justifications used to adjust it. We also discuss the mythical origins of the 2% inflation target, and the trade-off between unemployment and inflation, and why supposedly empirical economists refuse to ever admit it is invalid. Rowais also discusses why he views bitcoin as the only way out of this mess, and how Coinbits helps onboard newcomers to bitcoin in a smooth and easy-to-understand way. We conclude with a discussion of Rowais' thoughts on bitcoin through a Biblical lens.

References (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/143-macro-myths-with-coinbits-rowais-hanna)

• Rent Equivalence Fiat-splanation
• CPI “misconception” response from BLS
• NY Fed Research connecting credit expansion and tuition rising
• Rowais’ essay on Bitcoin through a Biblical Lens
• The Origins of 2 Percent Inflation Target – Mises .org 
• Rowais’ tweet about being at the Egyptian Central Bank  
• Sheikh Imam, The Ballad of Beans and Meat
• Coinbits blog 
• The philips curve is actually a blob
• Coinbits ultimate Thread
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Crowdhealth CEO Andy Schoonover joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of the failures of fiat healthcare and health insurance, and how his new startup Crowdhealth, works to solve them. Andy explains the institutional and regulatory reasons that make healthcare costs continue to rise, and why insurance companies have the perverse incentive to let costs rise. He also explains how Crowdhealth uses bitcoin to make healthcare affordable for patients and better rewarding for doctors by taking the insurance companies out of the equation.

References (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/144-fiat-healthcare-crowdhealth-with-andy-schoonover)

• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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Bitcoin Magazine market analyst Dylan Leclair joins us for an in-depth discussion of the many ponzi schemes and failed financial institutions of our times, and how he identified the problems with them in his prescient writings. Dylan discusses the many red flags and structural problems with Luna/UST, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius, Blockfi, FTX, and Genesis, and why so many people refuse to see the warning signs and seem to want to fall victim for anything that offers them the holy grail of “yield.” We conclude with Dylan’s view on the bond market, why he successfully predicted the recent crash in bonds, what his expectations are for the fiat market moving forward, and what the lessons of crypto ponzis have to teach us about fiat and its ponzis.

References (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/145-ponzi-hunting-with-dylan-leclair)

• Speculative Attack – Pierre Rochard
• The Myth of National Defense – Hans Herman Hoppe
• Debate with Mashinsky
• Saifedean’s thread on why withdraw bitcoin from exchanges 
• Only the stronger survive – Allen Farrington 
• Dylan’s Thread on GBTC and Grayscale
• Dylan’s Thread on Genesis 
• Dylan’s thread on Alameda Pitch Deck 
• Luke Gromen Twitter account
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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James Lavish CFA has decades of experience in institutional investing and risk management, and he joins us to give us his perspective on global bond markets, their recent developments and where he sees them going forward. He explains his bleak outlook for government bonds in the long run, and why continues inflation is a very likely outcome. He explains his view on why a debt spiral is likely and what it means for bond-holders and governments. James also gives us his perspective on the global foreign exchange market and where national currencies are headed.

References (all links available on saifedean.com/146-bonds-with-james-bond-lavish)

• Saifedean's thread on housing inflation, numbers from Zillow.com - https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1571648029639294976?t=BppvcNeX7Ti60--zC849cQ&s=19 
• US national debt clock - https://www.usdebtclock.org/ 
• Economist Hyman Minsk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_Minsky 
• James's debt spiral thread - https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1562078782453792768 
•  James's FX thread - https://twitter.com/jameslavish/status/1580989721202683905?t=yGuWtdAXQs6ufqV0ZDRhfg&s=19 
• The Informationist Newsletter - http://jameslavish.substack.com
• Looking Glass Education Platform - lookingglasseducation.com
• James Lavish Twitter profile - https://twitter.com/jameslavish 
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard.
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard.

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We are rejoined by Nik Bhatia, author of Layered Money, to get his perspective on the bond market, the global economy, and bitcoin. Why did bonds have their worst year ever? Why is Nik convinced a recession is looming? How does he see the bond market developing in the medium and long term? Will bonds recover and yields fall? Will we see negative bond yields? Is there still more road for the Fed to can unto, or are we really at the end of the road?

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/147-bond-markets-with-nik-bhatia)

Articles from The Bitcoin Layer: 

• Rapid-fire Macro Reorientation - https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/rapid-fire-macro-reorientation
• PUBLIC: Hidden Leverage Reveals The Gargantuan Size of FX Swap Markets - https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/public-hidden-leverage-reveals-the 
• Deflation Cometh & Production Cost Eclipses Bitcoin's Price By $10,000: TBL Weekly #22 - https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/deflation-cometh-and-production-cost 
• The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Recession: Global Macro Update - https://thebitcoinlayer.substack.com/p/the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound 

Why We Fight movie by Eugene Jarcki - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436971/ 

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This episode contains most of the final lecture of The Fiat Standard online course, which just concluded, based on the last chapter of The Fiat Standard. After having studied the bitcoin and fiat monetary systems extensively in The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard, Saifedean analyzes how bitcoin can continue to rise in a fiat world. Can central banks adopt bitcoin? Will bitcoin lead to hyperinflation? Or will bitcoin be an orderly upgrade and debt jubilee, allowing us to unwind fiat painlessly as it devalues everyone's debts? Will bitcoin speculative attacks carry the day? And how do central bank digital currencies affect bitcoin's rise?


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Is humanity running out of resources, or are resources more abundant than ever? Gale Pooley is the co-author of Superabdundance, a fascinating and optimistic exploration of how economic progress has made life better for humanity. He joins us to explain why goods continue to become more abundant, why fears of overpopulation and resource depletion continue to be refuted forcefully by reality, and why human time keeps getting more valuable. We discuss the work of one of our favorite economists, Julian Simon, and how he brilliantly refuted the common view of resource scarcity, and reframed scarcity as the scarcity of human time. We also explore how inflation reverses economic progress, and how much better life would be without it, and conclude with a discussion of bitcoin's potential.

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Sam Apple joins us to discuss his fascinating book 'Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection'. We discuss the connection between diet and cancer, and the Warburg Effect, which states that cancer cells thrive on dietary glucose, and why Sam thinks it's not entirely accurate because it ignores the role of insulin resistance. We also discuss Hitler's fascination with cancer research, which allowed Warburg to survive the Nazi era even though he was Jewish and gay, and Hitler's infamous addiction to sugar. We further discuss why this enormously important work has been ignored in modern science, why alternative genetic hypotheses are woefully inadequate, whether modern medicine can be reformed to focus on dietary causes of disease, and, of course, how bitcoin fixes this!

References (All links are available on saifedean.com/podcast/150-the-cancer-diet-connection-with-sam-apple)

• Sam Apple’s official website.
• Buy Sam’s book on Amazon, The Book Shop and Norton.
• Chris Palmer
• Econtalk with Gary Taubes
• The Nazi War on Cancer by Robert N. Proctor 
• Lewis Cantley Harvard page

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What is "ESG" and why is it such a dangerous scam? We are joined by Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur in the healthcare and technology sectors and bestselling author of Woke, Inc: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam, as well as Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence. Vivek explains why ESG is more dangerous than silly corporate virtue-signaling, and what its long-term economic, social, and political implications are. We also delve into a deep discussion of the role monetary policy plays in corporate corruption, and whether bitcoin can fix this. Vivek contends bitcoin cannot fix everything, and Saifedean attempts to make the case for why it, in fact, does!

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We are joined by Jonathan Chester, the founder and CEO of Bitwage, a bitcoin payroll company which allows you to get paid in bitcoin no matter who is paying you, and allows companies to set up bitcoin payrolls for their workers. We discuss the genesis of the company in 2014, how it grew through bitcoin bear and bull markets, what its future plans are, and how Jonathan sees the development of the industry over the years. 

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/152-bitwage-with-jonathan-chester)

• Bitwage
• Bitwage Twitter 
• Jonathan Chester's Twitter and LinkedIn

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After three years of hyperinflation, is there light at the end of the tunnel for Lebanon? The currency has lost more than 97% of its value, the largest bill is worth $1.5, the real economy is de facto dollarized, and only those dependent on government are having to suffer from hyperinflation. Fiat is dead and there are are no IMF bail-outs or natural resource revenues to get the ponzi going again. Is the death of fiat suffocating the parasite class and freeing the rest of society from having to finance them?

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Eminent historian Niall Ferguson joins us to discuss the history of fiat money, its relation to war, its development over the past century and the prospects for bitcoin. Why did Britain join World War I, and was it a wise choice? How eager were the British to join war? We debate whether it was the gold standard, or the suspension of the gold standard, that prevented recovery post-WWI and laid the foundation for World War II. And we discuss Professor Ferguson's views of bitcoin and its future prospects.

Resources 

• Article: Bitcoin winning the covid-19 monetary Revolution -  https://www.fa-mag.com/news/bitcoin-is-winning-the-covid-19-monetary-revolution-59155.html?section= 
• Book: The Ascent of Money - https://www.niallferguson.com/the-ascent-of-money
• Book: Pity of War - https://www.niallferguson.com/pity-of-war  
• Niall Ferguson website - https://www.niallferguson.com/ 

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Alex Gladstein joins us to discuss the destructive influence of the World Bank and IMF on the development of poor countries, and how fiat facilitates their operation, a topic discussed extensively in Saifedean's book, The Fiat Standard. With an infinite fiat credit line from the Federal Reserve, the "misery industry" is always looking for an excuse to get countries indebted, and the results have been catastrophic for the world's poor, but highly lucrative for fiat banking cartels.

Resources (All links available on saifedean.com/podcast/155-imf-world-bank-misery-industry-with-alex-gladstein)

• Alex Gladstein's article: Structural Adjustment: How the IMF & World Bank repress poor countries and funnel their resources to rich ones
• Alex Gladstein's book: Check Your Financial Privilege
• Full text of Fiat States, Chapter 11 of The Fiat Standard

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How much of the fiat food science taught in your universities is just agribusiness marketing PR? To find out, we host former big food marketing consultant Calley Means to discuss his experience with manufacturing fiat science for industrial junk food sales!

References

• Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford appointed to DGA committee - https://twitter.com/DoctorTro/status/1617344477332373506 
• New government funded food-pyramid says lucky charms are healthier than steak - https://www.goodranchers.com/blog/new-government-funded-foodpyramid-says-lucky-charms-are-healthier-than-steak
• Fredrick J. Stare wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_J._Stare 
• Carnivore diet references - https://justmeat.co/ 
• Shawn Baker Episode - https://saifedean.com/podcast/40-dr-shawn-baker-on-meat-fiat-foods-and-bitcoin 
• Michael Goldstein Episode - https://saifedean.com/podcast/9-bitstein-on-bitcoin-meat-and-arctic-carnivore-diets 
• How to Grill a Steak and Beat Fiat food - https://saifedean.com/podcast/7-how-to-grill-a-steak-and-beat-fiat-food

Calley Means

• Website - https://calleymeans.com/ 
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/calleymeans?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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Can law, order, and defense be provided on the market? Why can't they be normal goods? We are joined by economist Edward Stringham to discuss his fascinating work on free market anarchism and private governance. Stringham examines the economic of government from an Austrian perspective, and clearly shows how the world is increasingly relying on private voluntary legal and defense services rather than inefficient monopolies. We also apply these ideas to examine the concept of public health, and Stringham's work at the American Institute for Economic Research on the Great Barrington Declaration.

References

• Book: Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life - https://www.amazon.com/Private-Governance-Creating-Economic-Social/dp/0199365164 
• Book: Anarchy and The Law: The Political Economy of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Anarchy-Law-Political-Economy-Independent/dp/1412805791 
• Great Barrington Declaration - https://gbdeclaration.org/ 
• SSRN papers - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=685664 
• Coronavirus and Economic Crisis, AIER - https://www.aier.org/product/coronavirus-and-economic-crisis/ 
• Private Policing in San Francisco - https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=2672 
• Edward's Twitter - https://twitter.com/edstringham 
• Edward's Website - https://edwardpeterstringham.wordpress.com/ 
• Edward's Profile on AIER - https://www.aier.org/people/edward-peter-stringham/ 

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We are joined by Ray Youssef, the founder of one of the world's biggest peer-to-peer bitcoin markets, Paxful. We discuss his entrepreneurial history, what drew him to bitcoin, and how Paxful has grown in the developing world. We also discuss Ray's views on economic development in Africa in general and Egypt and Nigeria in particular, what policies can end poverty, how bitcoin helps, and why Paxful delists centralized shitcoin scams.

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Saifedean sits down with the Meat Mafia guys to discuss fiat food, the benefits of eating meat, why the destruction of money leads to the destruction of food, and how bitcoin fixing money fixes food!

References

• saifedean.com/meat
• saifedean.com/fiatfood
• 9. Bitstein on Bitcoin, Meat, and Arctic Carnivore Diets
• 40. Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin
• 127. Why We Get Sick with Dr Benjamin Bikman
• 135. Cholesterol Con with Malcolm Kendrick

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Can a libertarian or anarchist support the state of Israel? In this debate, Austrian economist Walter Block argues the affirmative and makes the case for why Israel is a force for liberty, while Saifedean argues political Zionism is the socialist central planning of land ownership, and is not possible without the violation of the property of Palestinians.

References

• PalestineRemembered.com
• Israeli soldiers recount Tantoura massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ1TAOibLss
• Israeli settler stealing Palestinian home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

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We host Rodolfo Novak, founder of Coinkite, to talk bitcoin hardware and storage solutions. We discuss the history of Coinkite, and how they evolved over time from a software to a hardware company, the success of the OpenDime as a bitcoin bearer asset, the Coldcard hardware wallet, and their upcoming advanced device Q1. What are the trade-offs and risks of various storage solutions, and what should you look out for?

References:

• Airgap computer blog - https://airgapcomputer.com/ 
• Early bird discount now available on Coinkite’s store - https://store.coinkite.com/store/cc-q1 - Q1 
• Learn more about the Q1 - https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
• latest MK4 software release: https://open.substack.com/pub/coinkite/p/huge-mk4-release-version-510?r=1gwp63&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• Bitcoin Review Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-review-podcast-with-nvk-guests/id1632017958 
• Bitcoin Review episode on Nostr with fiatjaf, Jack Dorsey and William Casarin  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/br018-nostr-deep-dive-panel-with-nvk-ft-jack-dorsey/id1632017958?i=1000593557072
• Crisis and Levanthian - https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Leviathan-Critical-Government-Institute/dp/019505900X 

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What are the main differences between classical and modern architecture? Is it a coincidence that the century of fiat was the century of modern architecture? Does easy money discourage building for the long-term? Is modern architecture more efficient, or is to just architecture of a higher time preference society? We are joined by Michael Diamant, the founder of The New Traditional Architecture online community to discuss these questions and much more!

References

• Michael Diamant Twitter - https://twitter.com/michael_diamant?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 
• New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism website - https://newtrad.org/ 
• New Traditional Architecture Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/Klassisknyproduktion/

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Jason Sorens is the founder of the New Hampshire Free State Project, and he joins us to discuss the history of the movement, its goals, and its potential. We discuss the difference between anarchism and monarchism, the feasibility of political approaches to increasing liberty, building free communities, and how bitcoin compliments these initiatives.

References

• The State in the Third Millennium: Hans Adam, Prince  - https://www.amazon.com/State-Third-Millennium-Prince-Hans-Adam/dp/3905881047 
• Free State Project – www.fsp.org
• AIER – www.aier.org
• Freedom in the 50 States – www.freedominthe50states.org
• PorcFest - https://porcfest.com

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Economist Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss whether the dollar is losing its global reserve currency status. Peter makes the case for why US economic and foreign policy is undermining the role of the dollar, and discusses the ramifications of such a move, while Saifedean presents the case for why other national currencies cannot replace the US dollar. We also discuss recent bank failures in the US, and what it teaches us about the instability of fractional reserve banking.

References: 

• Articles on Hyper-Bitcoinization: stonge.substack.com
• Peter's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Profstonge 
• Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

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Magatte Wade is a successful international entrepreneur from Senegal with a passion for free market solutions. She explains why modern statist central planning is the root of Africa's economic problems, and how free markets are the only way to solve these problems. Magatte also explains her ambitious vision for start-up cities in Africa, and how historical African governance institutions are more compatible with a prosperous free African future than imported statist ideas.

References:

• Magatte's website: https://magattewade.com/
• Magatte's twitter: https://twitter.com/magattew
• Economist George Ayittey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ayittey 
• George Ayittey's books - https://www.amazon.com/Books-George-Ayittey/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AGeorge+Ayittey 
• The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa - https://www.amazon.com/Law-Somalis-Foundation-Economic-Development/dp/156902250X 

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Daniel Harmon is the creator of Tuttle Twins TV Show, an award-winning cartoon that teaches kids about principles of freedom and economics, based on the book series that has sold over 5 million copies. Their latest episode does a wonderful job explaining bitcoin and the concept of hard money and he joins us to discuss how to best communicate these ideas to children.

References: 

• Tuttle Twins website: https://tuttletwins.com/ 
• Tuttle Twins books: https://tuttletwins.com/products/? 
• Tuttle Twins Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TuttleTwins
• Tuttle Twins Bitcoin and the Beast Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ekzsZZGfsk 

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Paco de la India is on a journey to run through forty countries while using and spending bitcoin. He joins us from Mexico, country 28/40, to tell us about his inspiration, and what he has learned from meeting bitcoiners all over Africa and Latin America.

References

• Paco's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PacoDeLaIndia 
• Paco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunwithBitcoin 
• Machankura Project: https://8333.mobi/
• India banknote demonetisation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation 

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Saifedean's latest book is now out, and in this episode he gives an overview of the book's contents and what you can expect to learn from reading it! Principles of Economics is the Austrian economics textbook you wish you had at university, an enjoyable and informative read that covers the most important concepts of economics, valuable to the student, general reader, and professional economist.

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This week's podcast has Saifedean reading the introduction and chapter 1 from his new book, Principles of Economics!

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This week's podcast has Saifedean discussing time in chapter 3 from his new book, Principles of Economics!

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Connor Boyack, the author of the highly popular children's book series The Tuttle Twins, joins us to discuss teaching liberty to children, why it is so important, how to do it right, and how his book series has sold more than 5 million copies to liberty-minded children and parents worldwide!

References: 

• Connor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cboyack 
• Libertas Institute's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/libertasutah 
• Tuttle Twins's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TuttleTwins
• Connor's website: https://connorboyack.com
• Libertas Institute's website: https://libertas.org 
• Tuttle Twins's website: https://tuttletwins.com 
• "Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students" flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14EAE-dmxpx1nzlpxTnMPrJdKQxqwhfNW/view?usp=share_link
• That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen - Claude Bastiat - https://mises.org/library/which-seen-and-which-not-seen
• Atomic Habits - James Clear - https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

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Simon Tadros is a Lebanese developer and cryptocurrency trader who has been ensnared in a Kafkaesque battle with the Belgian legal system. Traveling on vacation to Ukraine in 2021, Simon was apprehended by the Europol based on flimsy allegations with no substantial evidence, and extradited to Belgium, where he is not allowed to leave the country, while his trial continues to be delayed indefinitely. Simon joins us to discuss his ordeal, a cautionary tale about archaic bureaucratic systems struggling to understand new technology.

References:

• "Simon Tadros": A Lebanese Tech Entrepreneur's Harrowing Journey Through Belgian Justice: The Untold Story of Injustice, Loss, and Survival. - https://mirror.xyz/tadros.eth/jI_s3qkf0KZbM1gofHWqG60T9JNEEiD3Bdt_HrIKLKw
• Email: spuriousdragon@gmail.com  
• Simon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuriousdragon

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Austrian school economist and Mises Institute Fellow Tom Woods hosts Saifedean for a discussion of his latest book, Principles of Economics, on the Tom Woods Podcast!

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School choice advocate Cory DeAngelis joins us to discuss the failings of the public school system, and why he supports the freedom of parents to choose their schools for their children, and how that freedom benefits students.

References: 

• Homeschooling With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/76-homeschooling-with-daniel-prince 
• Fiat Education With Daniel Prince - https://saifedean.com/podcast/77-fiat-education-with-daniel-prince
• Liz Warren’s latest lie only deepens her dilemma on education - https://nypost.com/2019/11/26/liz-warrens-latest-lie-only-deepens-her-dilemma-on-education/amp/
• School Choice Saves Arizona Money - https://www.wsj.com/articles/school-choice-saves-arizona-money-hobbs-bankruptcy-private-public-esa-27950134
• Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students - https://www.amazon.com/Mediocrity-Government-Schools-Failing-Students/dp/B0BSZBSP8Q
• Corey DeAngelis Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey

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John Dennehy, the CEO and founder of startup nonprofit Mi Primer Bitcoin, joins us to discuss bitcoin education and how they are teaching bitcoin to tens of thousands of students in El Salvador!

References: 

• My First Bitcoin website - https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/
• My First Bitcoin Twitter -  https://twitter.com/MyFirstBitcoin_ 
• John Dennehy Twitter - https://twitter.com/jdennehy_writes
• My First Bitcoin Github - https://github.com/MiPrimerBitcoin
• BITCOIN EDUCATION CAN BE THE FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL CHANGE, BUT IT MUST BE LOCAL - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-education-must-be-local 

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Kgothatso Ngako is a South African coder and entrepreneur who has built Machankura, a service allowing a growing number of people in 9 African countries to use bitcoin on the lightning network, without needing a smartphone or internet connection. He joins us to explain how his start-up works and how he sees bitcoin adoption growing in Africa.

References: 

• Machankura Website - https://8333.mobi/ 
• Kgothatso Ngako Twitter - https://twitter.com/440UrPp 
• Run With Bitcoin with Paco de la India - https://saifedean.com/podcast/167-run-with-bitcoin-with-paco-de-la-india 

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Long-time bitcoin market analyst Tuur Demeester joins us for a discussion of his 11 years analyzing the bitcoin market, its cycles, the macro climate, and altcoins. He also explains why he views bitcoin as a modern reformation.

References: 

• https://unchained.com/how-to-position-bitcoin-boom  - How to Position For The Bitcoin Boom (2023)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/Rally2015.pdf - How to Position For The Rally in Bitcoin (2015)
• http://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/BitcoinEyes2012.pdf - Bitcoin Through The Eyes of a Central Banker (2012)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/HeavyAccumulation2019.pdf - Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (2019)
• https://adamantresearch.com/files/archive/BitcoinReformation2019.pdf - The Bitcoin Reformation (2019)
• https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1669453270065053696 - Saifedean's thread on inflation caused by Beyonce and Taylor Swift 
• https://twitter.com/TamasBlummer - Tamas Blummer's Twitter 
• https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester - Tuur Demeester's Twitter 

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Veteran bond analyst Greg Foss joins us to discuss the recent meltdown of the bond market, what caused it, and what it means for the future of bonds. 2022 saw the biggest drop in sovereign bond markets since the Napoleonic wars, and 2023 so far has not looked good. Can bonds continue as the traditional safe haven asset in investor portfolios with this kind of performance? Will bond holders begin to take bitcoin seriously as an alternative?

References: 

• http://nakamotoportfolio.com - Nakamoto Portfolio 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9johJ8eyucQ - It's Math - Greg Foss & Pleb Music 
• https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/why-bitcoin-is-the-perfect-option - Bitcoin is The Perfect Option and Central Banks Will Have to Buy In 

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We are joined by veteran international investor and Anarcho-Capitalist Doug Casey to discuss his decades of experience in practically seeking economic freedom. We discuss Doug's thoughts on where to live to maximize your freedom, why he likes Argentina, of all places, and El Salvador and the Arab Gulf. We also discuss gold and silver and whether they still have a monetary role to play, and how the IMF continues to pillage the world.

References: 

• http://ikesharpless.pbworks.com/f/AynRand-TheVirtueofSelfishness.pdf - The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand 
• https://saifedean.com/podcast/46-debate-are-precious-metals-being-demonetized - Debate: Are Precious Metals Being Demonetized? 
• https://www.amazon.com/How-you-Profit-coming-devaluation/dp/087000073X - You can profit from the current devaluation - Harry Brown 
• Doug Casey's Website: https://internationalman.com/ 
• Doug Casey's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake 
• https://www.amazon.com/Speculator-High-Ground-Doug-Casey/dp/0985933259 - Speculator (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt
• https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Lord-Doug-Casey/dp/194744901X - Drug Lord (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt 
• https://www.amazon.com/Assassin-Book-High-Ground-Novels/dp/1947449095 - Assassin (High Ground) - Doug Casey & John Hunt 

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Saifedean explores the role of capitalism in sustaining civilization, based on the discussion in his new book, Principles of Economics.

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A compilation of some of the discussions taking place in saifedean.com seminars on the topic of Bitcoin and Islamic finance, why Bitcoin is an Islamic form of money, why fiat money is not, and why bitcoin finance might resemble Islamic finance. The discussion features learners from saifedean.com as well as guests Harris Irfan, Safdar Alam, and Tarek El-Diwany.

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Natalie Brunell interviews Saifedean to discuss his new book Principles of Economics, where he makes the case for capitalism and discusses why the money supply does not need to be increased.

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Just how dangerous and how expensive is nuclear power? Is the fear of nuclear justified? Why is nuclear making a big comeback, and can it be used for bitcoin mining? Ryan MacLeod is a bitcoiner who works in the nuclear industry and has very interesting thoughts on these questions and more.

Resources: 

• The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard - https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard?details=true 
• The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard Volume II - https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_78743/the-nea-small-modular-reactor-dashboard?details=true 
• Ramsar, Iran: the most radioactive city on the planet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,_Iran#:~:text=Meteorological%20Organization%20(records)-,Radioactivity,building%20materials%20originating%20from%20them 

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Bitcoin coder Jimmy Song joins us to discuss his wonderful new book: Fiat Ruins Everything.

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Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom!

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Michael Saylor has read Murray Rothbard's magnificent history of the USA: Conceived in Liberty, and he is joined by Patrick Newman, Mises Institute Fellow and editor of the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, to discuss American colonial history, the American revolution, and economic freedom!

References:

• Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard - https://mises.org/library/conceived-liberty-2
• Murray Rothbard's books - https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard 
• The State in Third Millenium, Prince Hans Adam  - https://www.amazon.com/State-Third-Millennium-Prince-Hans-Adam/dp/3905881047 
• Conquests and Cultures, Thomas Sowell - https://www.amazon.com/Conquests-Cultures-International-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0465014003 
• Essays on Colonies, Adam Smith - https://www.amazon.com/Essay-Colonies-Adam-Smith/dp/0898757843
• Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607–1849, Patrick Newman - https://mises.org/library/cronyism-liberty-versus-power-early-america-1607-1849
• Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark - https://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/papers/FTA2006-1.pdf 
• The Transatlantic Persuasion: Liberal-Democratic Mind in the Age of Gladstone, Robert Kelley - https://www.amazon.com/Transatlantic-Persuasion-Liberal-Democratic-Mind-Gladstone/dp/0887386350 

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Investigative journalist Matthew Lysiak has written a fascinating inquiry into how the world's diet has changed over the past century, and the characters and institutions that have brought about this change. The book is being published today by Saifedean's publishing house, The Saif House, and it contains an introduction and two chapters by Saifedean. He joins the podcast to discuss the amazing stories he learned while looking into the crime of the century!

Fiat Food is available in cloth hardcover from TheSaifHouse.com as well as Amazon.com via link: https://a.co/d/6AAVqk1

References: 

• America's Great Depression, Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf 
• John Yudkin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yudkin 
• Matthew Lysiak's books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Matthew-Lysiak/author/B00FF0S5DE?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
• Matthew's twitter - https://twitter.com/Matthewlysiak 
• Saifedean's thread on climate science - https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1500851593570394115

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Human Action is the first lecture of Saifedean's new online course, based on his latest book, Principles of Economics. In this lecture, Saifedean explains the Austrian approach to economics, how it differs from mainstream economic approaches, and why the concept of human action is so important to understanding economics. The course will have 18 lectures, with a new lecture every two weeks, running until June. Sign up now on saifedean.com, and get all the lectures and join the live discussion seminars!

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Austrian school economist Per Bylund joins to discuss learning Austrian economics, and his free brief primer book: How To Think About The Economy.

References:

• Per Bylund's Mises Profile: https://mises.org/profile/bylund 
• How to Think about the Economy: A Primer - Per Bylund - https://mises.org/library/how-think-about-economy-primer 
• Per's website: perbylund.com
• How to Think about the Economy: A Primer on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-about-Economy-Primer-ebook/dp/B0BB8N2L78/ref=sr_1_1

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Bitcoiner, programmer, and Islamic scholar Muaawiyah Tucker joins to discuss his journey into Islam and bitcoin, why bitcoin is compatible with Islamic law, and why fiat is not.

References: 

• Muaawiyah's website to teach bitcoin - cryptohashreview.com
• Muaawiyah's newer website for charitable activity and bitcoin circular economy - MetaMadeenah.com 
• Muaawiyah's Qur'aan teaching platform - KeenOnDeen.com 
• Muaawiyah's Twitter - https://twitter.com/c_hashreview
• Muaawiyah's Nostr - npub1h34n29f3wqvcht0jyhnd36jxcdmljyqjv4vdjfrd69nhxhrdvvnsgwr4h0 

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This week's podcast is the full lecture 3 of the Principles of Economics online course, and its topic is Time! Find out why time is the ultimate resource and why all scarcity stems from the scarcity of time! Sign up to saifedean.com to study this online course, with a new lecture every 2 weeks and live discussion seminars!

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Lyn Alden joins us to discuss her new best-selling book, Broken Money, available now in cloth hardcover from TheSaifHouse.com!

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Join Luke Gromen and Saifedean in a conversation unpacking the theory of dedollarization. They delve into the implications of negative real rates, the gold market, the impact of oil on the global economy, and potential future actions by the Federal Reserve.

References: 

• Luke's Twitter - https://twitter.com/LukeGromen 
• Luke's website, The Forest for The Trees - https://fftt-llc.com/ 

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Aleks Svetski joins the podcast to discuss Spirit of Satoshi, the new Bitcoin AI model.

References: 

• The Bitcoin Times -  https://bitcointimes.io/ 
• Uncommunist Manifesto, Aleks Svetski and Mark Moss - https://www.uncommunist.com/optin1642549665295 
• Spirit of Satoshi AI - https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/ 
• Aleks's Twitter - https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites 

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Crowdhealth CEO Andy Schoonover joins us to discuss Crowdhealth's continued growth and progress in disrupting fiat healthcare, including why they're introducing lightning payments!

References: 

• "The Yield From Money Held" Reconsidered - Hans Hermann Hoppe https://mises.org/library/yield-money-held-reconsidered 
• CrowdHealth website - https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ 

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We discussed the idea of scarcity, the only real restriction to production being human time, the reason why human action is so important and the ridiculousness of simplifying human beings so they are assumed to act the same. We also talked about the reason why energy is such an important part of economic life and how unemployment is really a fiat phenomenon.

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Independent journalist and researcher Jeremy Hammond joins to discuss the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and what it means for today's events.

References: 

• PalestineRemembered - https://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html 
• Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of The Mass Media By Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky - https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499 
• What Was the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and Why Is It Significant? -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2017/11/02/what-was-the-balfour-declaration-of-1917-and-why-is-it-significant/
• The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2010/10/26/the-myth-of-the-u-n-creation-of-israel/
• The Rise of Hamas in Gaza -
  https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2010/01/20/the-rise-of-hamas-in-gaza/
• Jeremy Hammond's website - https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/ 
• Jeremy Hammond's books - https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/#books 
• Jeremy Hammond's Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/JeremyRHammond.page
• Jeremy Hammond's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyrhammond
• Jeremy Hammond's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyrhammond/

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We host Tony from The Bitcoin Way, to tell us about their new service as your personal Bitcoin IT team, offering you personalized, secure and comprehensive solutions for every step along your bitcoin journey. The Bitcoin Way offer live concierge service to guide you with your bitcoin cold storage, running your node, privacy best practices, inheritance planning, corporate strategy, and multisig solutions. They don't touch your coins, they guide you through the process of acquiring your coins and securing them. If you'd like to make your set up safer and more reliable, book a consult with them and see what they have to suggest. If you want to give someone the gift of bitcoin, get them this professional service that will ensure they start off knowing exactly how to manage their coins and not lose them. Go to TheBitcoinWay.com and start bitcoining more confidently!

References: 

• The Bitcoin Way Website -  thebitcoinway.com 
• The Bitcoin Way Twitter -  https://twitter.com/Thebitcoinway_
• Tony's personal Twitter - https://twitter.com/V4BTC
• The Bitcoin way LinkendIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thebitcoinway/

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Pierre Rochard joins to discuss the economics of bitcoin block space and mining!

References: 

• Nakamoto Institute - https://nakamotoinstitute.org/
• Riot's Website - https://www.riotplatforms.com/
• Pierre Rochard Twitter - https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre

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Ken Berry MD has helped millions regain their health by eating meat & avoiding fiat food. He joins us to discuss his experience, the best ways to improve your health and the resistance he faces from the disease industry.

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