"So far, it seems that when governments try to ban or restrict Bitcoin, it ends up merely accelerating the adoption of the currency inside their countries. Governments that have failed miserably with their Wars on Drugs may find stopping people from holding something that’s invisible, borderless, and teleporting much more difficult." - Alex Gladstein

Today we read an amazing article from Quillette by returning author and brilliant Bitcoiner, Alex Gladstein. Can governments ban Bitcoin? Will they? Will this kill Bitcoin? Find out in an excellent walk through the many different potentialities of a government attack on Bitcoin, and why its likely that they all fail, or backfire in a major. Plus a 50 minute Guy's Take on all the reasons Alex is potentially right, & what we can draw from Bitcoin's history that informs this perspective.

Don't forget to check out the article below, and follow Alex on Twitter:
https://quillette.com/2021/02/21/can-governments-stop-bitcoin/
https://twitter.com/gladstein

For other great episode on this topic and others related to it mentioned in the show:
Bitcoin Cannot be Banned [Parker Lewis]:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=3943
Bitcoin POW is a Decentralized Clock [Grisha]:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=4728
An Unstoppable Force [Guy's Take]:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=5450
The Sovereign Company Thesis [Ck Snarks]:
https://bitcoinaudible.com/?p=5521

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Read_498 - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? [Alex Gladstein]

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Tuur Demeester joins us to day as we dig into Bitcoin's past halvings and market cycles and how they compare to today. With 12 years of perspective, where are we in reference to the larger trends and what may lie ahead in the coming future? Tuur is deeply knowledgeable on the macro landscape and in seeing how the pieces of the puzzle fit together, explains the differences that allow us to know that Bitcoin's destiny will not end up like gold's, and a worthy note, he is also incredibly bullish. The world is changing, and Bitcoin is changing it. Don't miss this excellent conversation with Tuur Demeester


Links to check out:

 The Bitcoin Reformation - by Tuur Demeester (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yc6n8scc)
 CryptoQuikRead_243 - Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation (Link: https://tinyurl.com/avna4j89)
  How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3f2u2rev)
  Strong Towns Website by Charles Marohn (Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/)
  Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (Link: https://t.ly/dejM2)
  The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry  (Link: https://tinyurl.com/ymzrk7z8)
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Chat_098 - Replacing Gold with Tuur Demeester

"I'm a Bitcoin skeptic. I'm not buying Bitcoin in 2024, even if it goes back to its recent all-time highs, or higher. Here's why."
~ Ben Gran


Ben breaks down his view of Bitcoin and why he cannot see or understand any reason it would go higher. Why he doesn't invest in things that don't produce anything, because this is antithetical to investment. Why he doesn't see how something that has no purpose could possibly continue increasing in value. And how something that people claim will be the most valuable asset in the world, will also be the dominant money, because (obviously) these two ideas are contradictory. It's important to refresh our understanding of the typical person's perspective of Bitcoin, in order to be able to relate to, and hopefully explain where their thinking is wrong. So that is what I hope to do in today's episode, reading "Why I'm Still Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024" from the Motley Fool...


Check out the original article at Why I'm (Still) Not Buying Bitcoin in 2024. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5xnxbe5x)


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  Book "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson for a historical perspective on economic collapses. (Link: https://a.co/d/8E8AVpZ)



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Read_816 - Why I'm Still Not Buying Bitcoin

"If you care about your...country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school."
~ Renato Moicano


With a surge in interest thanks the UFC fighter Renato Moicano, Mises's Six Lessons is suddenly in the popular lexicon. After knocking out his opponent he took to the mic to share his love of freedom, and the critical importance in understanding Austrian economics. Is the tide of freedom and the culture of common sense turning? And what are Mises's six lessons, and what can they teach us? All this and more in today's episode with a read from Jonathan Newman at the Mises Institute.


Check out the original article at What are Mises’s Six Lessons? (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3bkpvxub)


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 Chat_090 - The Danger of Being Right Too Early with Devon Eriksen (Link: https://tinyurl.com/57akzped)



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“He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.”  
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Read_815 - What are Mises’s Six Lessons

Many people make the serious miscalculation, that if the CPI isn't too high, then printing money isn't a problem and doesn't really cost them anything. This couldn't be further from the truth. All it means is that the cost is just that much harder to see. But if you want to look at something that is truly dominated by the fiat culture and incentives of the money, there is no better example, than finance. This is where the money printing begins, and so all of the disastrous effects of monetary inflation and fiat, occur first, and to the greatest degree, in the financial sector. So take a dive, into fiat finance. Its time for a guy's take episode...


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 AI Unchained Podcast: Another podcast by Guy Swan. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/fjt7satz) 
 Devs Who Can't code: You don't need to be a coding wizard to build apps (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35rsnm7j)
  Bit Block Boom Talk: Guy Swan's speech on the consequences of fiat money [7:27:22 - 8:04:22] (Link: https://tinyurl.com/29pvevc7)
  Alan Farrington’s Article: "Only the Strong Survive" (Link: https://tinyurl.com/krzbu87p)
  Alan Farrington’s Article: "Green Eggs and Ham" (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yne2az8y) 



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Guy's Take_084 - Fiat Finance

"That dogma was necessary — without it the people who have built this ecosystem into what it is today wouldn’t have had the motivation to do so. Without that dogma, those people would not have had customers and users to build anything for in the first place. It was the foundation of everything we have around us today.
Now the inevitable is happening: the foundation is cracking."
~ Shinobi


Guy Swan delves into an article by Shinobi from Bitcoin Magazine, exploring the complexities of ideological dogmas within the Bitcoin community. The episode questions the sustainability of foundational beliefs that have driven the cryptocurrency's ecosystem thus far. What happens when the dogmatic pillars that supported the growth of Bitcoin begin to crumble? Tune in as Guy Swan offers a deep dive into these evolving controversies, providing insights that challenge the conventional wisdom of Bitcoin's invulnerability to ideological shifts.

Check out the original article at Dogma Kills Brain Cells. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ma2pu56)


References from the show 

 Devs Who Can't Code #1 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35rsnm7j)
 Devs Who Can't Code #2 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/25juuzbt)
 Read_783 - Ordinals Are Fiat, Inscriptions Aren't Rare (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yu8aurbw) 
 Guy's Take #66 - Pooping in the Park (Link: https://tinyurl.com/38xkkfrs)



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Read_498 - Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? [Alex Gladstein]

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