63. Bitcoin efficiency and cost-benefit analy...

Saifedean argues bitcoin mining electricity consumption and capital expenditure may have peaked, and presents the argument as a testable hypothesis, and discusses the long-term implications for bitcoin, mining, and AI.Full Article: https://saifedean.substack.com/p/bitcoin-electri ...  Show more

Saifedean hosts a debate between JW Weatherman and Giacomo Zucco on whether hardware wallets are a security liability. They discuss the Cold Card entropy backdoor, multi-vendor multisig, the code review process in Bitcoin Core, using generic laptops, and how to think about your t ...  Show more

Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:

In an inflationary monetary system—growth forever—on a finite planetary system it equals total destruction. To avoid a financial system collapse, today’s guest explains why the world needs assets such as bitcoin, “the only asset that cannot be manipulated."  Jeff Booth, the autho ...  Show more

Gold became money as determined by the free market because of its properties—scarcity. But with the invention of Bitcoin, we are now seeing a historical event that will never be repeated. Bitcoin’s characteristics make it a direct competitor to the central banks because of its ab ...  Show more

The new economy based on bitcoins, the computer-generated crypto-currency, is the subject for discussion. What can you buy with them and as the market fluctuates wildly, can investors hold their nerve? The programme will look at how the bitcoin craze began and whether the world r ...  Show more