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Ai_006 - Evil, Intelligence & Value with Dhruv Bansal
Today we delve into a captivating topic, as we explore the potential relationship between AI and evil. My guest Dhruv Bansal brings his profound...

Read_754 - Bitcoin Is Not Crypto, The SEC Confirms
"Talk to a bitcoin maximalist – someone who believes that bitcoin is the only digital asset with innate value – and, more likely than...
![Read_753 - Bitcoin Timestamp Security [Jameson Lopp]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740694/c1a-9mg94-1xnz019xb4k2-sxingi.jpg)
Read_753 - Bitcoin Timestamp Security [Jameson Lopp]
"Bitcoin is often referred to as a secure timestamping service. We never had a global record of truth with trustworthy timestamps, so how did...
![Read_752 - Bitcoin Becomes the Flag of Technology [Balaji S. Srinivasan]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740695/c1a-9mg94-ddkn6q9vtnp-zo9crf.jpg)
Read_752 - Bitcoin Becomes the Flag of Technology [Balaji S. Srinivasan]
"Bitcoin represents the explicit encoding of previously implicit values of the tech community. It's not just software — it is a Schelling point and...
![Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740696/c1a-9mg94-1xnz019zsdm6-rpgxjt.jpg)
Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]
"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Other...
![Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740697/c1a-9mg94-5r54gpm2uxq-3zbdpt.jpg)
Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]
"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known monetary...