The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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Saifedean's The Bitcoin Standard Podcast is the place to discuss Bitcoin and economics from the Austrian school's perspective. Listen to the weekly saifedean.com discussion seminar, where a group of learners from all over the world discuss the website's online courses, as well as a wide variety of economic, political, and social issues, and occasionally host special guests for the discussion. The podcast also includes the most interesting interviews conducted with Saifedean on other shows.

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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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30. Gamestop, deflation, and Q&A

30 GEN 2021 · In this week's seminar we discuss reddit's attack on hedge funds by buying Gamestop stock. How the analysis of hard money in The Bitcoin Standard can help us understand why these short-squeezes will be self-defeating everywhere except with bitcoin, because of its unique Number Go Up technology. We also discuss deflation, monarchy, and more fun!

Ascoltato 58 min. 21 sec.
29. Entrepreneurship in the Austrian tradition, with Per Bylund

29 GEN 2021 · We are joined by Austrian-school economist Per Bylund to discuss entrepreneurship as studied in the Austrian school tradition, and how and why the treatment of this topic differs from mainstream schools of thought. Per is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Records-Johnston Professor of Free Enterprise in the School of Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.

Ascoltato 1 h 9 min. 9 sec.
28. Intellectual Property & Patents with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant

26 GEN 2021 · Stephan is a patent autorney and Libertarian scholar, from whom I’ve learned a lot over the years. Although he is not an economist, he has made a very important contribution to economics by providing the best alaboration of the case against intellectual property. I highly recommend his paper “Against Intellectual Property”, which I taught in my ECO12 class. Jed Grant is CEO of KYC3.com and founder of OpenCryptoAlliance, which is attempting to help fight patent trolls in the bitcoin space. We discussed the nature of patents and the threat they pose for bitcoiners and bitcoin companies, and how they attempt to fix it.

Ascoltato 58 min. 37 sec.
27. The Underlying Technology Behind Fiat Standard

22 GEN 2021 · Saifedean discusses chapters 3 and 4 of The Fiat Standard with subscribers. These foundational chapters explain how the fiat system functions with analogy to Bitcoin, studying central banks as nodes and examining their core functions, explaining how lending in fiat is the equivalent of mining in bitcoin, how it translates to supply issuance, and how to understand price inflation in fiat. Join saifedean.com to receive new chapters as they're written, before publication!

Ascoltato 1 h 22 min. 39 sec.
26. Is this bull market different? With Preston Pysh

17 GEN 2021 · In this seminar we are joined by Preston Pysh, an investor and podcaster who has produced excellent thought-provoking research on bitcoin. We discuss Preston's journey from value investor to bitcoiner, and how he bridges his Warren Buffet background with being a bitcoiner. We also discuss his fascinating mental model for thinking about bitcoin bull runs, and whether this bull run will be similar to previous ones in being followed by a big crash, or if this time will be different.

Ascoltato 1 h 52 min. 22 sec.
25. Economics of time and time preference, from Principles of Economics

11 GEN 2021 · Description: Discussion of the economics of time, based on chapter 3 in Saifedean's forthcoming textbook, Principles of Economics. Why is time the ultimate resource, and how does money affect time preference. Subscribe on saifedean.com to receive weekly emails with the chapters of Saifedean's books!

Ascoltato 54 min. 41 sec.
24. Why bitcoin's price matters, and Bitcoin as a settlement network

6 GEN 2021 · In today's seminar, we discuss why bitcoin's price matters, what bitcoin skeptics get wrong about it, and what it means to the success of the network. We also discuss the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's new guidance allowing banks to use public blockchains as settlement infrastructure, and how it agrees with The Bitcoin Standard's thesis.

Ascoltato 1 h 2 min. 18 sec.
23. Bitcoin in Lebanon with Thomas Semaan

2 GEN 2021 · Thomas Semaan is an ex-student of Saifedean who has been active in the Lebanese bitcoin scene. He joins us to tell us about the Lebanese fiat crisis, how bitcoin has helped him and other bitcoiners, and compare its effectiveness to political activism and delusions of reform. Bitcoin Du Liban website and TG group: https://bitcoinduliban.org Thomas's blog: https://thomassemaan10.medium.com/

Ascoltato 1 h 26 min. 47 sec.
22. Is Trading Bullshit, with Tone Vays

31 DIC 2020 · We are joined by Bitcoin trader and analyst Tone Vays, to discuss professional trading, amateur trading, bitcoin trading, and the likely course of the bitcoin bull market.

Ascoltato 1 h 45 min. 55 sec.
21. Central Bank Digital Currencies, the Small Reset, and was Hayek a shitcoiner?

26 DIC 2020 · In today’s seminar we discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies and what they mean for Bitcoin. What are the likely contours of a new global monetary system, in the wake of the global economic crises? Finally we examine Hayek’s proposal for competing currencies and whether it makes him a shitcoiner.

Ascoltato 1 h 32 min. 27 sec.