Episode 9
Maximal Critique
April 11th, 2022
52 mins 3 secs
About this Episode
News
Criticism: Internal and External
- Pete Rizzo's latest article is a thoughtful summary of the three main narratives of bitcoin maximalism
- Currently tether is an important humanitarian tool which challenges the 'bitcoin fixes this' narrative of 3rd world finance
- The Cannadian government's sanctions of the Ottowa truckers suggest that 1st world surviellance states may be able to supress some aspects of subversive bitcoin usage
- A critique on NFTs that begins with a somewhat lazy attack on bitcoin but is generally correct in it's critique of financial grifters pushing DeFi, WEB3, and NFTs
- Why do narratives like this appeal to no-coiners like Ezra Klein?
- Why do narratives like this appeal to no-coiners like Ezra Klein?
Privacy News
- A deeper look at Rohan's ECASH act and why the Bitcoin Dad supports it, but is concerned about its limitations
- The act has a fascinating research section
- Coincenter has researched the necessity of anonymous cash for an open society as well
- Cash App gets hacked and containg ~8 million customers, inside job
- Moxie (rightly) takes down the false privacy assumptions of Telegram
- But what are the trade offs of Signal?
- Protonmail + Simplelogin? *Chef's kiss
Bitcoin Education
- Even Vitalik thinks ETH doesn't really work
- Bitcoin 2022 Conference Open Source Stage has great technical discussion
- The Bitcoin Core PR Review Club is a way to learn about bitcoin and software development in a hands on manner
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
On MMT, Stephanie Kelton is inspirational not stupid, but I think her strategy is likely to be highly inflationary
- MMT tries to describe the complex financial systems that regulate money production in an economy
- It also debunks the "how will you pay for it?" argument to redistributive social policies
- On the darker side, it likely requires capital controls and financial surveillance to work
Corrections
- No one has raised anything lately...
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Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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