Jesse Berger: Magic Internet Money (A Book About Bitcoin)

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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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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