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![Read_553 - Bitcoin's "Naive" Monetary Policy [Natasha Che]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740956/c1a-9mg94-ddkn67d2t41q-zmonxl.jpg)
Read_553 - Bitcoin's "Naive" Monetary Policy [Natasha Che]
"Bitcoin fails as a money b/c of its naive monetary policy. Many people think government printing too much is evil, so a fixed money...
![Read_552 - Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740957/c1a-9mg94-gd412qd5umm2-mvrcg0.jpg)
Read_552 - Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution [Alex Gladstein]
“This technology goes around blockades and government restrictions, it allows you to move value without trusting anyone, it connects you to the world, and...
![Read_551 - I Tried Hacking Bitcoin, and I Failed [Dan Kaminsky]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740958/c1a-9mg94-row10mooc2pj-fswkcp.jpg)
Read_551 - I Tried Hacking Bitcoin, and I Failed [Dan Kaminsky]
"By all extant metrics in security system review, this system should have failed instantaneously, at every possible layer. And, to be fair, it has ...
![Read_550 - Bitcoin's Energy Use isn't a Problem, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740959/c1a-9mg94-gd412qddcd72-63zanb.jpg)
Read_550 - Bitcoin's Energy Use isn't a Problem, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]
"And it’s easier to sensationalize things for pageviews or political gain. For example, it’s commonly said that the Bitcoin network uses more energy than...

Guy's Take #49 - Backed by Truth
"Bitcoin is a network, a money, a language, a system of rules, & a clock. Bitcoin is backed by Truth" - Guy Swann Links...
![Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740961/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1o3akon-4bdpst.jpg)
Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]
The word “fiat” is growing more aggrandized in the modern lexicon, however, despite its increasing popularity it is often ill defined or misused. I...