Guy's Take #60 - Digital Money

October 14, 2022 00:57:09
Guy's Take #60 - Digital Money
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Guy's Take #60 - Digital Money

Oct 14 2022 | 00:57:09

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Guy Swann

Show Notes

Today we explore a highly earned Guy's Take for Dergigi's "Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity" as well as using a core part of his framing to make sense of a few fundamental ideas behind Bitcoin. Recently as well I continue to run into the question, what is Bitcoin backed by? And I think this misses the entire point of why our virtual monies today need to be "backed" by something else, and why Bitcoin is different. So let's dive in... Don't forget to check out the episodes and reads mentioned in this Guy's Take at the links below: Dergigi's "Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity" Trent's "Five Examples of Bitcoin's Real World Utility" Nick Szabo's "Shelling Out - The Origins of Money" Check out our amazing sponsors and the products that Guy uses most in the space: • Gets sats back every time you dump fiat at a store, to pay your bills, everything in your fiat life pays you sats with the Fold Debit Card and FoldApp. 5,000 FREE SATS at (guyswann.com/fold) • COME HANG OUT! Join us and the Swan Bitcoin team at the Pacific Bitcoin Conference in November! Get your tickets now, 10% off with code BITOCINAUDIBLE (https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/) • The best place to onboard a true Bitcoiner - Stack sats automatically, withdraw automatically, and learn or get help from the best team of Bitcoiners out there with Swan Bitcoin. (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Dive into the Bitcoin only wallet, the cypherpunk calculator, and a company that has built secure Bitcoin products for nearly a decade. Code BITCOINAUDIBLE gets 5% off everything in the store! (guyswann.com/coldcard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

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