Recorded 5/24/21
Bitcoin price at the time ~$37,500
Guy Swann is the CEO of One Eleven Productions and the host of Bitcoin Audible and he is very well known as “the Guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anyone!” We cover touch all of the bases on this one, from Guy’s journey to understanding Bitcoin to how Bitcoin will change the world moving forward.
Where to find Guy Swann:
@TheCryptoconomy (https://twitter.com/TheCryptoconomy)
@BitcoinAudible (https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)
@ShitcoinInsider (https://twitter.com/ShitcoinInsider)
2:00 - The start of Bitcoin Audible
8:00 - Guy’s background
10:45 - Discrepancies while trying to learn Keynesian economics leads to his introduction to Bitcoin
26:00 - How Bitcoin is the best risk-adjusted investment opportunity
29:30 - What is money - how it should hold value over time
43:15 - How the creation of money is the theft of time
58:00 - What fiat money has done to the dollar and the economy
1:12:30 - How Bitcoin can correct the wrongs of fiat
1:23:00 - How Bitcoin’s increasing price leads to an increase in the security of the network
1:28:15 - How money is a communication tool
1:40:45 - Lightning network and where it is headed
1:54:30 - Film industry and the future of streaming
Resources mentioned:
Bitcoin white paper (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)
Swan Bitcoin (swanbitcoin.com/e3)
Cash App (https://cash.app/app/KWJSDQR)
Strike (https://invite.strike.me/21XVVW)
Shelling Out the Origins of Money - Nick Szabo (https://bitcoinaudible.com/shelling-out-the-origins-of-money/)
Masters and Slaves of Money - Robert Breedlove (https://bitcoinaudible.com/?s=masters+and+slaves)
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
The Hidden Costs of the Petrodollar System - Alex Gladstein (https://bitcoinaudible.com/the-hidden-costs-of-the-petrodollar-system/)
Sphinx Chat (https://sphinx.chat/)
Breez (https://breez.technology/)
