185. Fiat Ruins Everything with Jimmy Song

Saifedean joins Nick Carey to discuss money as a civilizational force: why mainstream economics has an inflation blind spot, how banks "mine" fiat through credit creation, why the rich hold negative fiat balances to acquire hard assets, and how inflation funds war, corrodes moral ...  Show more

Lecture 17 of Principles of Economics explores the economics of defense as a market good rather than a uniquely governmental function, how law and order emerge through voluntary provision, the failure modes inherent of the state's monopoly over defense & law, and what a free mark ...  Show more

Bitcoin core developer and author Jimmy Song recently published a new book titled Fiat Ruins Everything. In this episode, Preston Pysh and Jimmy highlight some interesting perspectives on how the money is not only changing the way businesses conduct themselves, but also how it’s ...  Show more

Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Educator, Developer, and Entrepreneur) joins me in this episode to discuss his recent debate with Roger Ver, and in the second half we also discuss Blockchain skepticism. We separate the signal from the noise on 'enterprise blockchain' technology by discussing ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: How are Bitcoin updates generated between developers How are Bitcoin updates released once complete How are new versions tested and agreed to What happens if updates aren't used by full node operators Why full node operators are important versus why ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:51 - What gave Saifedean the idea for the new book. 04:15 - What are the four key elements of how the Fiat system works? 10:38 - What surprised Saifedean the most about what value fiat brings to the existing economy. 15:39 - Inflation is a vector ...  Show more