The Bitcoin Binge List:
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#1 Jack Mallers ‘Intro to Bitcoin’ at Bitcoin Atlantis 2024
Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike and one of Bitcoin's most influential young entrepreneurs breaks down the fundamentals of Bitcoin through an unexpected lens: the relationship between money and information.
In this talk from Bitcoin Atlantis 2024, Mallers draws on his experience building one of the world's largest Bitcoin payment networks to explain how digital scarcity works in practical terms.
Having pioneered Bitcoin's adoption in El Salvador and revolutionized cross-border payments, Mallers offers a fresh POV that strips away the complexity of cryptocurrencies to focus on the powerful concepts at their core.
#2 Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics - Lex Fridman Podcast #284
Economics professor and author of "The Bitcoin Standard" Saifedean Ammous joins Lex Fridman for a deep dive into monetary theory and Bitcoin's revolutionary potential.
Drawing from his extensive research in Austrian economics and monetary history at Columbia University, Ammous explores how Bitcoin could reshape our financial system in ways gold and fiat currencies never could.
From dissecting the fundamental differences between Austrian and Keynesian economic theories to critiquing central bank digital currencies, he makes complex financial concepts digestible for everyday listeners, while offering pointed criticism of modern monetary policies and alternative cryptocurrencies.
#3 Michael Saylor Explain Bitcoin on Tucker Carlson Today
Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy and one of the largest individual Bitcoin holders with over $30 billion and +500,000 BTC, breaks down the fundamentals of Bitcoin in a way that cuts through the noise.
Speaking with Tucker Carlson, Saylor draws from his experience as both a successful tech entrepreneur and a major institutional investor to explain how Bitcoin functions as "digital property" and why he believes it's reshaping our understanding of money.
The conversation moves beyond typical crypto hype to explore Bitcoin's unique attributes as the world's first engineered monetary network, with Saylor's MIT engineering background and decades of tech industry experience lending weight to his clear, practical explanations.
#4 Balaji Srinivasan, Bitcoin and Ethereum, Crypto Oracles and More - The Tim Ferriss Show
Former Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) CTO and Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan joins Tim Ferriss for a deep dive into cryptocurrency, digital governance, and the future of technology.
Drawing from his experience as both a successful tech entrepreneur and Stanford bioinformatics lecturer, Srinivasan explores how Bitcoin and Ethereum are reshaping traditional power structures.
His track record of accurate predictions about technological shifts, combined with his roles in building multiple billion-dollar companies, lends weight to his insights about decentralized systems and digital transformation.
He explores practical ways that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology could reshape everything from education to national economies, while offering actionable insights for listeners about managing risk and opportunity in this evolving landscape.
#5 Jack Mallers Orange Pilling the IMF with Bitcoin - Peter McCormack Podcast
In this eye-opening episode of Peter McCormack's podcast, Jack Mallers shares his unexpected encounter presenting Bitcoin's Lightning Network to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Mallers weaves together compelling stories from Argentina's economic struggles with insights into how traditional finance has stifled innovation, while explaining why Bitcoin's technology could transform global payments.
Drawing from his firsthand experience building payment infrastructure used by millions, Mallers makes complex concepts accessible through colorful analogies, including an amusing anecdote about Jeff Bezos and peanuts that illuminates Bitcoin's true potential.
#6 Digital Gold: Harder, Stronger, Faster - The Saylor Series Robert Breedlove
In this thought-provoking episode, Saylor expertly weaves military history and physics into a compelling narrative about Bitcoin's evolution.
He explains how Bitcoin's antifragile nature allows it to grow stronger through adversity, comparing it to a living ecosystem rather than a "dumb rock" like gold. Using Einstein's E=MC² as a framework, he illustrates how Bitcoin's ability to transfer value at the speed of light revolutionizes global finance.
Through analogies and real-world applications, Saylor demonstrates why Bitcoin's programmatic intelligence and constant evolution through market competition make it not just digital gold, but an entirely new paradigm for storing and transferring value.
The discussion culminates in a forward-looking analysis of how Bitcoin's fundamental properties - being harder, smarter, stronger, and faster than traditional alternatives - position it for continued growth through software innovation rather than physical limitations.
*This list will continue to be updated over time