59. Bitcoin: The Most Islamic Form of Money? with Harris Irfan

May 27, 2021 01:22:33
59. Bitcoin: The Most Islamic Form of Money? with Harris Irfan
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
59. Bitcoin: The Most Islamic Form of Money? with Harris Irfan

May 27 2021 | 01:22:33

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Show Notes

In today’s episode Saifedean talks to former investment banker and author of Heaven’s Bankers, Harris Irfan. They discuss Harris’ decades of experiences in Islamic finance and what sparked his interest in bitcoin as a Muslim. Harris explains why bitcoin might be the most sharia-compatible money, why the decentralized nature of bitcoin should be appealing to Muslims, and what Islamic scholars get wrong about bitcoin. We then discuss whether a hard free market money like bitcoin would make finance more equity-based than debt-based. 

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THE BITCOIN STANDARD TOOLKIT

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NYDIG  

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Nodl

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Check their website here: https://www.nodl.it/

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Coldcard

My hardware wallet of choice is the Coldcard. I strongly recommend only conducing bitcoin trades on computers that are dedicated to bitcoin and cannot connect to the internet. I like the Coldcard because it is a contained machine optimized for bitcoin and bitcoin only.

Coldcard is basically a small computer that can only do bitcoin, which makes securing it more straight-forward. Use the code BITCOINSTANDARD on coldcardwallet.com to get a 5% discount. 

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