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Someone asked me today whether I had done any podcasts beside the one with @stephanlivera. It reminded me that, indeed I had, all the way back in 2014 with the great @KoenSwinkels. Here it is:

stitcher.com/podcast/philos…
It was gratifying to discover that my thoughts on Bitcoin as money have remained largely consistent after all these years.

Koen, btw, is a very insightful thinker who not enough people are following. You should also check out his blog:
philosophyofbitcoin.com
I'm also happy to see that all the thoughts that went into my article, The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, were percolating in my head back in 2014, and probably a few years earlier.

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