The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Paco de la India is on a journey to run through forty countries while using and spending bitcoin. He joins us from Mexico, country 28/40, to tell us about his inspiration, and what he has learned from meeting bitcoiners all over Africa and Latin America.

References

• Paco's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PacoDeLaIndia 
• Paco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunwithBitcoin 
• Machankura Project: https://8333.mobi/
• India banknote demonetisation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation 

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Daniel Harmon is the creator of Tuttle Twins TV Show, an award-winning cartoon that teaches kids about principles of freedom and economics, based on the book series that has sold over 5 million copies. Their latest episode does a wonderful job explaining bitcoin and the concept of hard money and he joins us to discuss how to best communicate these ideas to children.

References: 

• Tuttle Twins website: https://tuttletwins.com/ 
• Tuttle Twins books: https://tuttletwins.com/products/? 
• Tuttle Twins Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TuttleTwins
• Tuttle Twins Bitcoin and the Beast Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ekzsZZGfsk 

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Magatte Wade is a successful international entrepreneur from Senegal with a passion for free market solutions. She explains why modern statist central planning is the root of Africa's economic problems, and how free markets are the only way to solve these problems. Magatte also explains her ambitious vision for start-up cities in Africa, and how historical African governance institutions are more compatible with a prosperous free African future than imported statist ideas.

References:

• Magatte's website: https://magattewade.com/
• Magatte's twitter: https://twitter.com/magattew
• Economist George Ayittey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ayittey 
• George Ayittey's books - https://www.amazon.com/Books-George-Ayittey/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AGeorge+Ayittey 
• The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa - https://www.amazon.com/Law-Somalis-Foundation-Economic-Development/dp/156902250X 

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Economist Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss whether the dollar is losing its global reserve currency status. Peter makes the case for why US economic and foreign policy is undermining the role of the dollar, and discusses the ramifications of such a move, while Saifedean presents the case for why other national currencies cannot replace the US dollar. We also discuss recent bank failures in the US, and what it teaches us about the instability of fractional reserve banking.

References: 

• Articles on Hyper-Bitcoinization: stonge.substack.com
• Peter's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Profstonge 
• Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

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Jason Sorens is the founder of the New Hampshire Free State Project, and he joins us to discuss the history of the movement, its goals, and its potential. We discuss the difference between anarchism and monarchism, the feasibility of political approaches to increasing liberty, building free communities, and how bitcoin compliments these initiatives.

References

• The State in the Third Millennium: Hans Adam, Prince  - https://www.amazon.com/State-Third-Millennium-Prince-Hans-Adam/dp/3905881047 
• Free State Project – www.fsp.org
• AIER – www.aier.org
• Freedom in the 50 States – www.freedominthe50states.org
• PorcFest - https://porcfest.com

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What are the main differences between classical and modern architecture? Is it a coincidence that the century of fiat was the century of modern architecture? Does easy money discourage building for the long-term? Is modern architecture more efficient, or is to just architecture of a higher time preference society? We are joined by Michael Diamant, the founder of The New Traditional Architecture online community to discuss these questions and much more!

References

• Michael Diamant Twitter - https://twitter.com/michael_diamant?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 
• New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism website - https://newtrad.org/ 
• New Traditional Architecture Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/Klassisknyproduktion/

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We host Rodolfo Novak, founder of Coinkite, to talk bitcoin hardware and storage solutions. We discuss the history of Coinkite, and how they evolved over time from a software to a hardware company, the success of the OpenDime as a bitcoin bearer asset, the Coldcard hardware wallet, and their upcoming advanced device Q1. What are the trade-offs and risks of various storage solutions, and what should you look out for?

References:

• Airgap computer blog - https://airgapcomputer.com/ 
• Early bird discount now available on Coinkite’s store - https://store.coinkite.com/store/cc-q1 - Q1 
• Learn more about the Q1 - https://coldcard.com/docs/coldcard-q1
• latest MK4 software release: https://open.substack.com/pub/coinkite/p/huge-mk4-release-version-510?r=1gwp63&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• Bitcoin Review Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-review-podcast-with-nvk-guests/id1632017958 
• Bitcoin Review episode on Nostr with fiatjaf, Jack Dorsey and William Casarin  - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/br018-nostr-deep-dive-panel-with-nvk-ft-jack-dorsey/id1632017958?i=1000593557072
• Crisis and Levanthian - https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Leviathan-Critical-Government-Institute/dp/019505900X 

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Can a libertarian or anarchist support the state of Israel? In this debate, Austrian economist Walter Block argues the affirmative and makes the case for why Israel is a force for liberty, while Saifedean argues political Zionism is the socialist central planning of land ownership, and is not possible without the violation of the property of Palestinians.

References

• PalestineRemembered.com
• Israeli soldiers recount Tantoura massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ1TAOibLss
• Israeli settler stealing Palestinian home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8

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Saifedean sits down with the Meat Mafia guys to discuss fiat food, the benefits of eating meat, why the destruction of money leads to the destruction of food, and how bitcoin fixing money fixes food!

References

• saifedean.com/meat
• saifedean.com/fiatfood
• 9. Bitstein on Bitcoin, Meat, and Arctic Carnivore Diets
• 40. Dr. Shawn Baker on Meat, Fiat Foods, and Bitcoin
• 127. Why We Get Sick with Dr Benjamin Bikman
• 135. Cholesterol Con with Malcolm Kendrick

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We are joined by Ray Youssef, the founder of one of the world's biggest peer-to-peer bitcoin markets, Paxful. We discuss his entrepreneurial history, what drew him to bitcoin, and how Paxful has grown in the developing world. We also discuss Ray's views on economic development in Africa in general and Egypt and Nigeria in particular, what policies can end poverty, how bitcoin helps, and why Paxful delists centralized shitcoin scams.

Enjoyed this episode? You can take part in podcast seminars, access Saifedean’s courses – including his ongoing course ECO22: The Fiat Standard – and read chapters of his forthcoming book, Principles of Economics, by becoming a Saifedean.com member. Find out more here.