Is Everything Good For Bitcoin? with Christian Keroles SLP549

We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss:

Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive

Bitcoin Spam 

Antifragility

What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance

How 2023 played out with “ordinals”

Not being used to winning

Links:

X: @ck_SNARKs

Site: HRF.org

Site: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

Follow me on X: @stephanlivera

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Timestamp/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:22 - Defining Monetary Maximalism

03:10 - Monetary Maximalism as an Observation

05:00 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive Monetary Maximalism

09:50 - The Debate on Ordinals and Spam

21:05 - The Nuisance Level of Spam

22:48 - What Are Most Bitcoiners Getting Wrong On Personal Finance

29:49 - The Emergence of Ordinals and Inscriptions

32:27 - Coinkite.com

33:28 - Swan.com

34:31 - Mempool.space

35:54 - The Umbrella Term of Ordinals

41:16 - The Fallout and Consequences of Bitcoin Developments

48:53 - The Strengthening of Bitcoin through Challenges

53:20 - The Debate on Filtering in Bitcoin

58:32 - The Emergence of Runes Protocol

01:02:13 - Bitcoin's Winning Streak

01:04:35 - Confusion and False Narratives

01:07:37 - The Base of Bitcoin: 21 Million Coins and HODL

01:08:37 - Closing Thoughts and Bitcoin Adoption