Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) forcefully tells Nick Gillespie that bitcoin not only provides a legitimate alternative store of value and medium of exchange but can act as a check on the devaluation of the U.S. dollar and other currencies through the runaway creation of fiat money. She also believes that the growth of bitcoin—mistakenly assailed for its heavy use of electricity—is acting as a spur to create renewable energy in places such as Wyoming, and she extols its privacy features in a world of increasing surveillance by governments and corporations alike.