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#52 - PIERRE ROCHARD Mar 11, 2021

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Pierre is an economist, software engineer and self-ascribed Bitcoin maximalist. He is a prominent figure in the world of Bitcoin and currently serves as Bitcoin Strategist at Kraken. Pierre has researched and written about Bitcoin since February 2013 and co-founded the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute in 2014 to curate the best primary source literature on Bitcoin. He is a co-producer of the Noded Bitcoin Podcast alongside Michael Goldstein.

[0:48] - How Pierre's early interest in Austrian economics led him to Bitcoin

[4:45] - What constitutes good money vs. bad money

[18:09] - Keynesian vs Austrian economics

[25:15] - Using the internet to question traditional education

[28:53] - Non-obvious insights about Satoshi Nakamoto

[37:04] - Why Pierre believes Bitcoin will become the dominant global currency of the future

[48:06] - Pierre's priorities for the future

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#51 - JERRY BRITO Mar 09, 2021

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Jerry is the executive director of Coin Center, a DC-based think tank focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies. He previously was a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and director of its Technology Policy Program. Jerry has testified several times before Congress on the subject of cryptocurrencies and regularly holds briefings for policy makers in Washington.

[0:10] - Jerry’s background and intro to crypto

[4:41] - The Encryption Wars of the late 90s

[9:07] - Early internet vs modern crypto regulations

[17:37] - How government policy can shape crypto’s future

[26:51] - Comparing open vs. closed monetary systems on a global scale

[30:28] - Crypto innovation at the state level

[36:27] - Coin Center’s role in preventing the recent FinCEN midnight ruling on self-hosted wallets

[49:04] - Coin Center’s future priorities

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#50 - ALBERT WENGER Mar 04, 2021

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Albert is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures and the author of the book, World After Capital. Before joining USV, he was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor in companies including Etsy and Tumblr. Albert previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. He graduated from Harvard College where he studied economics and computer science before obtaining his Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT. He writes regularly on his blog at continuations.com.

[1:03] - Introduction to Albert's book, World After Capital

[5:43] - Why attention, not capital, is now the key scarcity

[14:04] - What is driving the common crisis of purpose

[19:58] - Dissecting the magic employment fallacy

[23:42] - The role of automation in a post-capital age

[32:21] - Defining the knowledge loop

[35:19] - The 3 key freedoms for the Knowledge Age

[48:31] - The importance of the "eutopian" narrative

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#49 - JOHN PALMER Mar 02, 2021

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John is a product designer and software engineer as well as the creator of $ESSAY, the first community-owned essay, crowdfunded on Ethereum. He began his career at Snapchat before founding a startup that went through Y Combinator in 2018. Since then, John has worked as a designer and consultant for several startups and investors, including Mirror, Muze, a16z Crypto, and Y Combinator, where he helps out part-time with admissions. John has written several long-form essays which can be found on his website, darkblueheaven.com.

[0:10] - John's background in software engineering and journey into tech

[12:05] - The differences between working in banking and tech

[17:34] - John's experience screening companies for Y Combinator

[23:12] - Viewing ideas through a product lens

[28:20] - Product developments within the crypto industry

[40:07] - Our changing approach to monetizing creative work

[56:08] - Spatial software as an extension of traditional user experience

[1:03:42] - Integrating crypto with spatial software

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