Dive into the surprising truth about Bitcoin. Often seen as complicated and scary, this episode reveals that Bitcoin is fundamentally text, speech, and math. Understand why understanding its basic principles makes the idea of outlawing it seem foolish. Learn how Bitcoin operates like a messaging protocol, where creating a wallet can be as simple as flipping a coin, and holding a key allows you to receive and create transactions. Discover that sending sats means sending a message, and even mining involves guessing a number. Everything in Bitcoin is just information, and transactions are plain text, visible to everyone. Exploring how Bitcoin is numbers, math, and the exchange of messages shows why trying to outlaw it would mean outlawing information itself, requiring surveillance or even attempting to criminalize thought. Grasp the core idea: Bitcoin is pure information, like thought and speech, utilizing computation to create a shared, verifiable reality.

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