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Matthew interviews Mikk Maal, co-founder and CEO of Comistar.

Comistar offers business advisory services and expertise to entrepreneurs and executives looking to develop a company in business-friendly Estonia. We discuss Mikk's consulting services and experience in Estonia, taxes, regulation, and Estonia's (first of its kind) crypto license.

We also take a stroll down memory lane, from the post-Soviet roots of Estonia's economy, to how and why they became such a force in tech and business today.

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https://ee.linkedin.com/in/mikkmaal

https://comistar.com/comistar-estonia/

https://comistar.com/

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Crypto Voices: Episode 100

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Matthew and Fernando celebrate the 100th episode of Crypto Voices on its 4-year anniversary, reflect on 2020, and what will come in 2021. Thank you all for listening over the years!! Wish you health and happiness in 2021.

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https://twitter.com/fernandoulrich

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Crypto Voices: Episode 99

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Matthew interviews Rodolfo Andragnes from LaBITconf.

We dive into all the new and creative things LaBITconf is doing to make this year's premier Bitcoin conference not just another online conference, from VR to moon rooms.

We also review some of the latest economic and currency happenings with the peso Argentine.

It'll be easier than ever to join the fun at LaBITconf this year!

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https://twitter.com/RodolfoBits

https://twitter.com/laBITconf

https://labitconf.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJjnf5bJcs

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Crypto Voices: Episode 98

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Matthew welcomes Paul Sztorc back to the show.

We get an update on Drivechain, the sidechain technology Paul is behind, which is a necessary Bitcoin soft fork in order to implement Paul's other project, Bitcoin Hivemind (formerly Truthcoin).

Paul discusses his perspective and reflections on the scaling debate in Bitcoin over the years, his views on where we are now, some of the bright spots in Bitcoin, and some of his concerns. We discuss exchanges and the world of credit, and the nexus of "interested parties" as Bitcoin grows.

We cover some of the basics of Paul's prediction market idea, and the importance of getting it right on Bitcoin (in order to eventually be as successful an idea as Bitcoin). What is the meaning of truth? The link below on Paul's video presentation at Anarchapulco describing how prediction markets can change politics is a must watch.

We wrap it up with some thoughts on Covid-19 and the latest Drivechain news.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/Truthcoin

https://t.me/dcinsiders

https://www.drivechain.info/

https://www.drivechain.info/releases/index.html

https://www.drivechain.info/peer-review/peer-review-new/

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0300.mediawiki

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0301.mediawiki

https://bitcoinhivemind.com/

https://youtu.be/dJLYRADcPP4

https://www.truthcoin.info/files/part2-slide-teaser.png

https://medium.com/@bramcohen/bitcoin-s-ironic-crisis-32226a85e39f

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1427885.msg14601127#msg14601127

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Crypto Voices: Episode 97

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Matthew interviews Juan Galt, journalist educator, and Bitcoin evangelist.

We discuss a variety of current events in Bitcoin, such as the PayPal and BitMex news. Juan gives great perspective on the history of libertarian views on Bitcoin, a world he is very familiar with.

Do check out Juan's work with Ugly Old Goat, especially if you're interested in trading.

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https://twitter.com/JuanSGalt

http://juangalt.com

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https://uglyoldgoat.com/newsletter

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Crypto Voices: Episode 96

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Matthew interviews Jesse Berger, author of the new book "Magic Internet Money: A Book About Bitcoin."

Jesse has just published a new educational book about Bitcoin, how Bitcoin, and why Bitcoin. His book covers a ton of good topics to address these questions. Each chapter is one page packed with well-written info, and the illustrations are fantastic.

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https://twitter.com/jayberjay

http://www.magicbitcoinbook.com/

- This article mentions all three calls for energy money. Buckminister Fuller recommended a "kilowatt dollar," Thomas Edison envisioned an "energy dollar," and Henry Ford conceptualized backing a currency by "a unit of energy." (https://ddcolrs.wordpress.com/2018/09/27/edisons-energy-dollar/)

- As for the actual source materials, and not just the mentions, Henry Ford's energy currency proposal is the headline of this NY Tribune article from 1921 (top left corner) (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-12-04/ed-1/seq-1/)

- Jesse: "Though I unfortunately cannot say that I have read the direct source material for the Fuller or Edison quotes, Fuller's quote is apparently taken from his book 'Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth'" (https://www.amazon.ca/Operating-Manual-Spaceship-Buckminster-Fuller/dp/3037781262)

- Edison's quote apparently comes from this book, "1929: America Before the Crash" - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0815412800/. I was referred to the aforementioned Edison quote & book from this article (https://energybackedmoney.com/chapter5.html)

- Bonus - Dan Held mentions "In the early 20th century, industry leaders like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were interested in replacing gold or the dollar with “the energy dollar” or “units of energy” (commodity/energy currency)" in this blog (https://www.danheld.com/blog/2019/1/5/pow-is-efficent)

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Crypto Voices: Episode 95

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Matthew updates on the Crypto Voices Monetary Base exhibit for 2020 Q2 with Marty Bent on his Tales from the Crypt podcast. This episode will be a lot easier if following along with the tweet thread, which is here: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices/status/1296442813756911623?s=20

Or, you can also follow along with the exhibits here: cryptovoices.com/basemoney

Bottom line:

Bitcoin is currently the #10th largest base money in the fiat world.

Bitcoin is currently the #12th largest base money in the fiat world, including past base monies gold & silver.

Bitcoin is unquestionably unlike anything else in the (financial) world. However, if you are going to try and compare Bitcoin's supply with other supply curves in the financial world, don't. The only money supply you can compare it to is fiat's "Monetary Base," or "Base Money."

Firstly, something needs to be used as a medium of exchange to technically be called "money."

Gold and silver used to be.

Fiat is now.

Bitcoin very well could be.

But don't get carried away. We need to compare bitcoin (and gold... and silver) to fiat's "base money" supply, and *only* to the base money supply.

M1/M2/M3 and all others simply aren't comparable. Why? Because those supplies include "claims" on base money.

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Crypto Voices: Episode 94

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Matthew and Fernando interview Andrey Dashkov, native of Belarus, about the emerging situation in his country; most importantly, the egregious human rights violations by the State against peaceful protestors.

The situation is very serious in Belarus, and the values and ideals of freedom for people in the former Soviet Union is close to the heart of the show. Please consider donating at the links below.

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Crypto Voices: Episode 93

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Matthew interviews Misir Mahmudov, independent researcher and author of "This Book Will Save You Time," available now in many languages, also now in audio. All proceeds go to Bitcoin development.

Misir discusses some of our favorite topics on money and inflation, scarcity, shrinkflation, economic history, and how it all relates to our most precious commodity, which is our own time.

Misir is a positive and enthusiastic educator on Bitcoin and economics, and if you haven't read his work, you should. Please check him out at the links below, and buy the book to support Bitcoin development while you're at it.

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https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov

https://medium.com/@misir_mahmudov

https://timeandmoney.co/

https://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Will-Save-Time-ebook/dp/B085PVW6M2

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Crypto Voices: Episode 92

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Matthew and Fernando update on the latest goings on in the monetary and political game, with a focus on Brazil.

Fernando rejoins the show after being absent for many interviews, as he has been focusing on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLJkh3QjHsLtK0LZFd28oGg), which is rapidly becoming a popular forum in Brazil on money and the political economy. Keep in mind, even though the channel is in Portuguese, it's easy to watch in any language with YouTube's closed captioning! Fernando will stay with Crypto Voices, but will be a less frequent color-commentating guest moving forward. Also interesting "news" is that Fernando late last year joined the board of the Brazilian mint (Casa da Moeda do Brasil), where he will advise on the printing of basic currency (acting on behalf of the central bank).

From Matthew and Crypto Voice's side, he will continue to do guest interviews in the Bitcoin space, but will focus more on producing web content and YouTube videos in the future, also in the political and monetary sector, such as developing out the monetary base exhibits.

Matthew and Fernando discuss the political and monetary economy due to Covid, as well as updating and clarifying a few points in our Q1 2020 monetary base update (released in May). When you reach that part in the episode, it's easiest to follow on with the Twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices/status/1260212049436708867?s=20

Thanks to all our loyal listeners who have been with us during this time, all the best and look forward to hearing from you and providing more content in the future.

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