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December 20, 2022

The Bishops of Fiat and the Enlightenment of Money with Bitkiwi Paul

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I talk with Bitkiwi Paul about his ideas on how the emergence of Bitcoin represents for money what the Enlightenment was to science: a technology-driven change that led to fundamental shifts in society and the way we understand the world around us.

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