Nima and Dylan discuss the early days of the cryptocurrency revolution, the history of Bitcoin's different forks, how Modern Monetary Theory thoroughly explains the value of cryptocurrencies (a topic that Nima and Dylan have pioneered and discussed for years), and which cryptocurrency and alt-tech projects appear interesting and genuinely useful in today's environment.

Notes:

• Early Bitcoin price history https://www.bitcoin2040.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BTC-price-history.jpg

• Kazaa https://imag.malavida.com/mvimgbig/download-fs/kazaa-3946-1.jpg

• Napster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster

• Austrian School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School

• Bitcoin QT https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/upload/en/images/6/62/Bitcoin-qt.png

• A Look at How Second Life's Linden Dollars Helped Kickstart Bitcoin's Value https://news.bitcoin.com/a-look-at-how-second-lifes-linden-dollars-helped-kickstart-bitcoins-value/

• So That's The End Of Bitcoin Then https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/06/20/so-thats-the-end-of-bitcoin-then/?sh=506ea3035d71

• Bitcoin Is Dying. Whatever. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/the-bitcoin-is-dying-whatever/

• The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin https://web.archive.org/web/20140409144129/https://www.wired.com/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/

• Why Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail https://www.chron.com/business/fool/article/Why-Bitcoin-Is-Doomed-to-Fail-4413416.php

• Fool's Gold https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/04/bitcoin-is-a-ponzi-scheme-the-internet-currency-will-collapse.html

• Bitoin Sees the Grim Reaper https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/06/bitcoin-sees-the-grim-reaper.html

• Did The SEC Shows Why Bitcoin Is Doomed https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2013-08-08/did-the-sec-just-validate-bitcoin-no-

• Bitcoin Is A Currency For Clowns https://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-is-a-currency-for-clowns-2013-11

• Bitcoin Is Still Doomed https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2013-11-20/bitcoin-is-still-doomed

• Meetup @ Internet Archive - Nima Mahdjour, Vitalik Buterin, Brewster Kahle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WcX57TFr8

• Bit.co.in https://bit.co.in

• People are taking out mortgages to buy bitcoin, says securities regulator https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/11/people-are-taking-out-mortgages-to-buy-bitcoin-says-joseph-borg.html

• Alpaca socks for bitcoins https://i.insider.com/5165c95cecad04cc46000007?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp

• Mandrik's tweet: "When we hit $71,428.58 I'm declaring that day #Bitcoin Baklava Day. That's when the first pan I sold in 2011 will be worth a million bucks." https://twitter.com/Mandrik/status/1449206810796232707

• Odysee https://odysee.com/

• Bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/

• Texas Bitoin Conference https://bitcoinmagazine.com/industry-events/texas-bitcoin-conference-1396465256

• Venture Capital Makes a Record $17 Billion Bet on Crypto World https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-18/venture-capital-makes-a-record-17-billion-bet-on-crypto-world

• Modern Monetary Theory flow https://i0.wp.com/www.johnlaurits.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/modern-money-mmt-circuit-modern-monetary-theory.jpg?ssl=1

• How the Bitcoin Blockchain Works https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suman-Ghimire-5/publication/331040157/figure/fig5/AS:748818874241024@1555543740706/How-the-Bitcoin-Blockchain-Works.jpg

• Proof of Existence https://proofofexistence.com/

• Vitalik Buterin proof of life https://miro.medium.com/max/1182/0*vkfj80IcLZBpQstQ.png

• Steemit https://steemit.com/

• Lbry https://lbry.com/

• Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

• Satoshi Nakamoto https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/XwmmERcQ9g6Fs9ybxoA6zMWLxcs=/660x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/satoshi-nakamoto_final-297c9027b6124891acf6e46918fa1b26.png

• A map of bitcoin forks https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/A-Map-of-Bitcoin-Forks_V2.jpg

• Report: Mining pool consolidation threatens Bitcoin security https://modernconsensus.com/cryptocurrencies/bitcoin/report-mining-pool-consolidation-threatens-bitcoin-security/

• Double Spending https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/double-spending/

• Bitcoin Weaknesses https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses

• Litecoin https://litecoin.org/

• SCrypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrypt

• Bitmain Escalates Bitcoin Mining Arms Race With Most Powerful Hardware In History https://www.forbes.com/sites/colinharper/2021/11/12/bitmain-escalates-bitcoin-mining-arms-race-with-most-powerful-hardware-in-history/?sh=6bacc64b3944

• Proof of Work VS Proof of Stake https://d3lkc3n5th01x7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/16000143/Proof_of_Work_vs_Proof_of_Stake5.jpg

• SegWit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

• Ethereum Proof of Stake https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/

• Welcome To 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has Never Been Better https://www.forbes.com/sites/worldeconomicforum/2016/11/10/shopping-i-cant-really-remember-what-that-is-or-how-differently-well-live-in-2030/?sh=7aa61ee01735

• Phil Venables https://www.linkedin.com/in/philvenables/

• What Is the Bitcoin Block Size Debate and Why Does It Matter? https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2015/08/21/what-is-the-bitcoin-block-size-debate-and-why-does-it-matter/

• Lightning Network https://lightning.network/

• Bitcoin Cash https://bitcoincash.org/

• Bitcoin SV https://bitcoinsv.com/

• Bitcoin creator irrelevant https://i.imgflip.com/5yhku8.jpg

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