Bitcoin Tech Talk #323
What I've been working on
Bitcoin vs. Fiat Money - My talk from laBitConf is up, where I talk about fiat money, how it’s tyranny under the veneer of market forces and how it enslaves us. I contrast fiat money to Bitcoin, which is based on freedom, merit and more. The freedom we have in Bitcoin cannot be overstated. We are enslaved under fiat money and it’s an elaborate trick.
Why Bitcoin? - This short interview I did in Innsbruck is where I make the case that Bitcoin is the only thing that matters and why it will change everything. As usual, I do an altcoin rant and explain how terrible they are in taking Bitcoin’s good name and muddying it.
InfoMoney - Last podcast, this one I did on the FTX collapse and the contagion that we can expect. We also delved into CBDCs, legal tender laws, halving and macro-economic factors for central banks. I find that many of these news outlets that interview me are very favorable to Ethereum, and I find that I have to explain why Bitcoin is so different. Regulation is the big unknown at this point and I expect them to be very unfavorable fairly soon.
What I'm up to
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt - I’ll be in these places over the next few weeks and I’m especially excited to be in Israel for Christmas season! As a Christian, this is a pilgrimage that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. If there are any particular places or tours you’d recommend, I’d love to hear about it! I’m also curious if there are easy ways for me to turn Bitcoin into local currency as many of these places have weird capital controls.
Year end review - The year end is always a good time to reflect and see what I have done and what I can do differently. I’m realizing one of the main ways in which I’m still in a fiat mindset is in how I treat money. I should care a lot more about quality and convenience than I currently do. You can take fiat out of a man, but not the man out of fiat.
Art of Rhetoric - I’m reading this ancient book and realizing that what we identify as memes are really forms of rhetoric, something identified from a couple thousand years ago. It’s a bit of a hard read, but I’m trying to be a more patient reader, so this is good for me. I would love book recommendations, but only if the books are older than 100 years!
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