237. Peter St. Onge

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

Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:

Economist and daily commenter on all things financial Peter St.Onge returns to the podcast for a back and forth about Powell, Trump, the tariffs and why, in the end, defending your home is what our top priority should be.Show Notes:Peter on XMike Rowe's Classic TED Talk.Tom on XS ...  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

Preston Pysh and Dr. Peter St. Onge cover some of the current macro events and themes while also talking about a few parallels to the previous global superpowers of the past, like the Roman Empire. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:44 - Peter's overview of what's ca ...  Show more