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Episode 5: The Currency Wars

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts.

Follow on Twitter: @aantonop

Website: https://aantonop.com/

In “The Currency Wars,” Andreas examines what Bitcoin’s place is within the international world of finance, and what role it may play in the economic turbulence to come with capital controls, hyperinflation, cashlessness, trade wars, and demonetisation. In the previous episode, “Streaming Money,” he talked about the future possibilities of Bitcoin as money. Now he explains that the state of the traditional financial system will not only affect how Bitcoin is designed and deployed, but why the presence of a borderless, censorship-resistant money will provide an exit from these bubbles of bordered, nationalist “flag money.”

This talk took place on December 3rd 2016 at the Coinscrum MiniCon, hosted by Imperial College in London, England.

This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description.

Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan.

iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-currency-wars/id1482850426?i=1000454608849

CLARIFICATION:

At 5:24, Andreas mentions India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi declaring that rupee notes in the 500 and 1000 denominations (which accounted for over 30% of the rupee supply value) would be taken out of circulation; not all rupee notes or the rupee currency as a whole.

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

"The Currency Wars and Bitcoin's Neutrality" - https://youtu.be/Bu5Mtvy97-4

PREVIOUS EPISODES:

"Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://aantonop.com/introduction-to-bitcoin/

"The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/

"Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies" - https://aantonop.com/forkology/

"Streaming Money" - https://aantonop.com/streaming-money/

NEXT EPISODE:

"Escaping the Global Banking Cartel" - https://aantonop.com/escaping-the-global-banking-cartel/

RELATED:

Playlist: Adoption: How, When, and Why - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTtvv7niltqwd_h0UOBGxocm

SUPPORT:

Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

BOOKS:

MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM

Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5

French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390

Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg

Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK

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Episode 4: Streaming Money

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts.

Follow on Twitter: @aantonop

Website: https://aantonop.com/

In "Streaming Money,” Andreas guides the audience through a future where money acquires a new time dimension. Do you struggle with the temptation to go on spending sprees? What if you could render your money unspendable for a period of time? In the last episode, “Forkology,” he talked about what happens when there are rifts in consensus. Now he explores the implications of existing scripting capabilities in Bitcoin, and how those capabilities will expand even further with a second-layer protocol called the Lightning Network -- more than a year before it would even go live on testnet in 2017!

This talk took place on October 19th 2016 during the Bitcoin Wednesday Meetup at the Eye Film Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description.

Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan.

iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/streaming-money/id1482850426?i=1000454608847

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

"Streaming Money" - https://youtu.be/gF_ZQ_eijPs

PREVIOUS EPISODES:

"Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://aantonop.com/introduction-to-bitcoin/

"The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/

"Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies" - https://aantonop.com/forkology/

NEXT EPISODE:

"The Currency Wars" - https://aantonop.com/the-currency-wars/

RELATED:

Playlist: The Lightning Network - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTurL4wU_y3jOhBi9rrpsYyi

SUPPORT:

Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

BOOKS:

MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM

Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5

French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390

Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg

Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK

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Episode 3: Forkology - A Study of Forks for Newbies

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts.

Follow on Twitter: @aantonop

Website: https://aantonop.com/

In “Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies,” Andreas introduces newcomers to the emerging computer science speciality of "forkology," or the study of forks, how blockchain ecosystems change over time, and the game theory of competing consensus models. In the previous episode, “Stories We Tell About Money,” he explained that our perception of money is constructed based on many myths. Now he covers the various types of forks and the agents involved in consensus evolution, using relatable analogies from the restaurant business to help us grapple with this crazy new world where the traditional menus and stories will no longer do.

This talk took place on June 6th 2017 at a joint meet-up with Blockchain Professionals, BitcoinSYD and SydEthereum in Sydney, Australia.

This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description.

Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan.

iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forkology-a-study-of-forks-for-newbies/id1482850426?i=1000454608850

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

"Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies" - https://youtu.be/rpeceXY1QBM

PREVIOUS EPISODES:

"Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://aantonop.com/introduction-to-bitcoin/

"The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/

NEXT EPISODE:

"Streaming Money" - https://aantonop.com/streaming-money/

SUPPORT:

Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

BOOKS:

MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM

Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5

French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390

Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg

Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK

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Episode 2: The Stories We Tell About Money

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts.

Follow on Twitter: @aantonop

Website: https://aantonop.com/

In “The Stories We Tell About Money,” Andreas recounts the history of Bitcoin and what it represents, building upon all the stories we've been told over the centuries about what "money" is, how we perceive its value, and why the old answers have changed as we adjust to this new world of digital peer-to-peer currencies. In the previous episode, “Introduction to Bitcoin,” he talked about what Bitcoin is and why it is special. Now he also discusses global threats to economic stability and trust in the traditional financial system, including demonetisation and wealth destruction through inflation, which will be explored further in “The Currency Wars.”

This talk took place on March 26th, 2017 at the JW Marriott Sahar International Airport in Mumbai, India.

This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description.

Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan.

iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/id1482850426?i=1000454607620

CORRECTIONS:

At 1:44, Andreas says “this all started on January 3rd 2009 with the simultaneous publication of a paper,” referencing Bitcoin’s whitepaper. Bitcoin’s whitepaper, written by Satoshi Nakamoto, was actually published on October 31st (or November 1st, in some timezones) of 2008. January 3rd was the date of the genesis block being mined, the start of the Bitcoin blockchain.

At 38:26, Andreas talks about how a 2% inflation rate sounds innocuous to most people, because they can’t project the effect of that rate year-on-year in the long term. He says that a 2.2% inflation rate will result in 50% of the value or spending power of your savings being lost over a period of 10 years. The loss of spending power is actually closer to 25%.

At 43:45, he also says, “In 2000, [about] 90% of the companies were wiped out in a single stock market wash-out,” referring to the dot-com crash. However, according to professors from the University of Maryland and University of California, about “48 percent of dot-com companies founded since 1996 were still around in late 2004, more than four years after the Nasdaq’s peak in March 2000,” though at much lower valuations.

[Note from ANDREAS: In this talk I foolishly attempted to improvise math in my head while delivering the talk. I am not very good at math. Turns out I am even worse at improv-math. None of my bad math changes the point I was making. Ssssh! Don’t tell anyone I suck at improv-math.]

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

"The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://youtu.be/ONvg9SbauMg

PREVIOUS EPISODE:

"Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://aantonop.com/introduction-to-bitcoin/

NEXT EPISODE:

"Forkology: A Study of Forks for Newbies" - https://aantonop.com/forkology/

SUPPORT:

Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

BOOKS:

MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM

Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO

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Episode 1: Introduction to Bitcoin

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts.

Follow on Twitter: @aantonop

Website: https://aantonop.com/

In “Introduction to Bitcoin,” Andreas delivers an entry-level talk about how he discovered Bitcoin (twice) in 2011; the second time around, being consumed by a desire to learn more about this new form of network-centric currency and why it was so revolutionary not only in the field of distributed systems, but also in the evolution of money. He explores various topics in economics, psychology, technology, and game theory with current events, personal anecdote, and historical precedent that will be explored further in future episodes.

This talk took place on September 16th 2016, at Singularity University's Innovation Partnership Program (IPP) conference in California. It is currently his most popular talk on YouTube.

This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description.

Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan.

iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introduction-to-bitcoin/id1482850426?i=1000452816762

ORIGINAL VIDEO:

"Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://youtu.be/l1si5ZWLgy0

NEXT EPISODE:

"The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/

SUPPORT:

Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

BOOKS:

MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM

Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO

German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5

French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390

Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg

Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK