SLP88 Conner Brown - Bitcoin is Money, not Payments

Conner Brown joins me in this episode to talk about his journey of learning about Bitcoin and why Bitcoin should be thought of as money, not payments. We talk about:

• How he came to learn about Bitcoin
• His journey coming from the Bcash world view to the Bitcoiner view 
• Common pitfalls in learning or reasoning about Bitcoin
• Dealing with Ripplecoin shills

Conner Brown links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_ 
• Article - Bitcoin has no intrinsic value: https://medium.com/coinmonks/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-value-and-thats-great-e6994adbfe0f 

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