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Join Ram and Krishna as they sit down with Gigi to discuss about Proof of Work, how Value-For-Value fixes the monetization of information and how privacy & freedom are two sides of the same coin. Guest Links @dergigi Gigi's Website 21 Lessons Show Notes Bitcoin Is Time, by Gigi The Words We Use In Bitcoin, by Gigi DAOs, Democracy and Governance, by Ralph Merkle Blockchain Proof-of-Work Is a Decentralized Clock, by Gregory Trubetskoy Bitcoin Astronomy, by Dhruv Bansal Inalienable Property Rights, by Gigi The Freedom of Value, by Gigi Freedom and Privacy, by Gigi True Names, by Vernor Vinge Follow Us Website Twitter

Join Ram and Krishna as they sit down with Daniel Prince to discuss how incentives are broken in the education system, how ESG is a scam and how Bitcoin is intuition and truth. Guest Links @PrinceySOV Once Bitten Choose Life Travel Blog Show Notes Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto Weapons of Mass Instruction, by John Taylor Gatto Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning, by Naomi Fisher Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves? Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins Follow Us Website Twitter

Join Ram and Krishna as they discuss how altcoins like Ethereum compares with Bitcoin and if they have a chance to take over Bitcoin as money. Topics Discussed Bitcoin's conception Can Bitcoin be cloned? What about a better Bitcoin? Blockchain as a technology, Utility coins Ethereum Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work Resources Bitcoin can't be copied, by Parker Lewis Proof-of-Stake and Stablecoins: A Blockchain Centralization Dilemma, by Lyn Alden An Economic Analysis of Ethereum, by Lyn Alden 2021 Altcoin Node Sync Tests, by Jameson Lopp Only The Strong Survive, by Allen Farrington & Big Al Follow Us Website Twitter

Join Ram and Krishna as they tackle some of the common criticisms Bitcoin faces - Volatility and Intrinsic Value. Topics Discussed Is volatility good or bad? Why is bitcoin volatile? Bitcoin's antifragility What is the intrinsic value of something? What gives dollar its value? Dollar credit system Resources Bitcoin Is Not Too Volatile, by Parker Lewis Bitcoin is Not Backed by Nothing, by Parker Lewis How The Economic Machine Works, by Ray Dalio Chart - M1 Money Stock Chart - Debt Securities and Loans Follow Us Website Twitter

Ram and Krishna take on the never-ending debate about Bitcoin's energy consumption. We recap why Bitcoin needs energy in the first place, compare its energy consumption with other activities and also uncover the hidden costs of US Dollar a.k.a Petrodollar. Topics discussed  Why Bitcoin uses energy? Comparison of energy consumption of other activities Petrodollar  Bitcoin incentivizes renewable energy Evolutionary approach to energy consumption Resources The Frustrating, Maddening, All-Consuming Bitcoin Energy Debate, Nic Carter Uncovering The Hidden Costs Of The Petrodollar, by Alex Gladstein PoW is Efficient, by Dan Held Bitcoin Does Not Waste Energy, by Parker Lewis Bitcoin Net Zero, NYDIG Follow Us Website Twitter

Ram and Krishna discuss some of the attack vectors to neutralize Bitcoin. We also discuss the effect of banning Bitcoin, the game theory behind it and how regulation will play out potentially. Topics discussed  Outright ban of Bitcoin Can Bitcoin be hacked Game theory behind countries ban  - Prisoner's dilemma Regulation Links Mentioned Prisoner's dilemma Other Resources Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?, by Alex Gladstein Bitcoin Cannot be Banned, by Parker Lewis Follow Us Website Twitter  

  Ram and Krishna cover some Bitcoin fundamentals like miners, nodes, difficulty adjustment and the halving cycle.  We also discuss: Importance of decentralization  Financial privacy with CBDC How Bitcoin is freedom money Resources Bitcoin Whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto The Stories We Tell About Money, by Andreas Antonopolous Alex Gladstein's website Follow Us Website Twitter  

In this episode, Ram and Krishna talk about their journey in to the Bitcoin rabbit hole, the current economic landscape, brief history of money and how Bitcoin is the best form of money we have right now. Links Mentioned Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model http://wtfhappened1971.com/ Other Resources Bitcoin Whitepaper, by Satoshi Nakamoto The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, by Vijay Boyapati The Bitcoin Standard, By Saifedean Ammous The Stories We Tell About Money, by Andreas Antonopolous Shelling Out: The Origins of Money, by Nick Szabo Follow Us Website Twitter