20. Bitcoin and the Decentralized Revolution - James + Andrew

James Roquemore and Andrew Rozario join me to discuss Bitcoin, the the decentralized revolution, and related topics

Timestamps:

Sec 1 - 0:00:00 - introductions: journeys through theology and into Bitcoin

Sec 2 - 0:34:42 - what is money? Fiat vs BTC, what is the state?

Sec 3 - 1: 06:51 - separation of money and state, efficiency, crypto governance - links to OAO and patchwork below

Sec 4 - 1:42:17 - out-competing the state, AI dystopia

Sec 4.2 - 2:02:57 - (optional) musings and ramblings, speculation and betting

Sec 5 - 2:13:08 - security, why River doesn’t hold BTC yet

Sec 6 - 2:24:00 - the empire, crackdowns, geopolitics, the revolution

Guests Info:

James’ channel https://youtube.com/@freetheory

Andrew https://castinglifefilms.com/film/

Further reading for sec 3:

OAOs (optimal autonomous organizations) - https://open.substack.com/pub/graymirror/p/optimal-autonomous-organizations?r=1oifxr&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Patchwork: Re-imagining the state - https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-positive-vision-part-1/