Civil Discord

DeFi-Curious, Defying Science

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El Salvador Accepts BTC as Legal Tender! Now What? 

https://decrypt.co/73125/el-salvador-approves-bitcoin-law-btc-is-legal-tender 

We Discuss: 

  • Merchants (including Tesla) operating in El Salvador now have to accept Bitcoin as payment. 
  • What does this mean for capital gains taxes? Independent contractors with U.S. citizenship who are paid for services in El Salvador? Where is our amicus brief? Get excited. 
  • Why are Latin American countries leading the charge?
  • DeFi vs. CeFi vs. C-Sharp-Fi, and the global financial ecosystem
  • Why the revolution will not be centralized
  • Amanda & Maurice on rules without rulers
  • Why does Elizabeth Warren hate sustainable currency mined with sustainable energy? https://www.coindesk.com/volcano-powered-bitcoin-mining-goes-from-twitter-idea-to-state-policy-in-el-salvador 
  • Amanda recommends: Raoul Pal on the Exponential Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJrla31t8I 

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    Gavin with the Good Hair: Loves Platitudes, Hates Science

    https://deadline.com/2021/06/gavin-newsom-state-of-emergency-californis-june-15-1234769594/ 

    We Discuss:

    • Gavin’s good hair
  • Why you should care about Friday headlines
  • The pandemic that wasn’t (more than a few months long) 
  • Increased deaths from things that aren’t Covid: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-finds-deaths-heart-disease-diabetes-climbed-amid-covid-u-n1270260
  • Policies that would have actually helped people of color
  • Maurice explains: Policies that would have actually helped people of color
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