Finishing this week out with a short but wonderful introductory article by Nik Bhatia. Bitcoin is a money, a game, a land grab, works like email, and ultimately, Bitcoin is a human right. My discussion afterward may have gotten a little out of hand with a 40 minute follow-up to a 5 minute article. But when a good article sparks great ideas, sometimes its just hard to stop. ;)
Today we read and discuss Nik’s excellent piece, “Bitcoin is a Human Right”
https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/bitcoin-is-a-human-right-ff48c0b31134
Don’t forget to follow Nik Bhatia on twitter and medium and check out his other great work:
https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc
Check out the other great pieces of Nik's we have covered on the show in the past:
The Time Value of Bitcoin:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_143---The-Time-Value-of-Bitcoin-e2ndq2
The Bitcoin Second Layer:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_132---The-Bitcoin-Second-Layer-e2ndqd
The Business of Bitcoin Cold Storage:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_182---The-Business-of-Bitcoin-Cold-Storage-e2ndoj
The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_109---The-Bitcoin-Risk-Spectrum-e2ndr7
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