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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(13:05) – Can humans fully understand reality?

(15:34) – The dollar system

(21:44) – Bitcoin

(23:19) – Opendime

(27:22) – Core values of Bitcoin

(35:51) – Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

(41:39) – How Bitcoin works

(50:02) – Bitcoin blocksize wars

(1:02:27) – Layered scaling of Bitcoin

(1:07:25) – Lightning network

(1:10:25) – Schnorr/Taproot update to Bitcoin

(1:15:17) – Criticisms of Bitcoin

(1:25:04) – Bitcoin failure modes

(1:33:07) – Bitcoin vs Ethereum

(1:37:03) – Vitalik Buterin

(1:39:56) – Creative destruction

(1:44:51) – Future of Bitcoin

(1:48:38) – Tesla, Elon Musk, and Dogecoin

(1:56:44) – NFTs

(2:04:00) – Bitcoin maximalism

(2:10:37) – On writing

(2:16:37) – Writing a book on Bitcoin

(2:21:07) – Bitcoin resources

(2:23:57) – Book recommendations

(2:25:56) – Advice for young people

(2:29:13) – Meaning of life