Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous

September 15, 2020 01:22:34
Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Economics, Energy, and Bitcoin w/ Alex Epstein & Saifedean Ammous

Sep 15 2020 | 01:22:34

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Show Notes

In this episode of Power Hour by Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, interviews Dr. Saifedean Ammous, economist and author of "The Bitcoin Standard."

Alex and Dr. Ammous discuss a wide range of topics, including:

How Ammous got interested in energy economics.
What Ammous learned studying the economics of biofuels.
Why it’s crucial to think of time as the most important resource.
How energy relates to time.
How economists tend to undervalue energy - and what Ammous is doing to address this.
Additionally, they discuss several foundational issues in economics, such as the nature of money, economic calculation, the nature of value, and opportunity cost.

 

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NYDIG  

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Cyphersafe 

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Check their website here: https://cyphersafe.io/

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OKCoin

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Check their website here: https://okcoin.com/

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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. 

Check their website here: https://coldcardwallet.com/

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