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Description

Nic Carter is a financial researcher, investor, writer, and podcaster on topics of decentralized finance. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (13:05) - Can humans fully understand reality?
  (15:34) - The dollar system
  (21:44) - Bitcoin
  (23:19) - Opendime
  (27:22) - Core values of Bitcoin
  (35:51) - Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
  (41:39) - How Bitcoin works
  (50:02) - Bitcoin blocksize wars
  (1:02:27) - Layered scaling of Bitcoin
  (1:07:25) - Lightning network
  (1:10:25) - Schnorr/Taproot update to Bitcoin
  (1:15:17) - Criticisms of Bitcoin
  (1:25:04) - Bitcoin failure modes
  (1:33:07) - Bitcoin vs Ethereum
  (1:37:03) - Vitalik Buterin
  (1:39:56) - Creative destruction
  (1:44:51) - Future of Bitcoin
  (1:48:38) - Tesla, Elon Musk, and Dogecoin
  (1:56:44) - NFTs
  (2:04:00) - Bitcoin maximalism
  (2:10:37) - On writing
  (2:16:37) - Writing a book on Bitcoin
  (2:21:07) - Bitcoin resources
  (2:23:57) - Book recommendations
  (2:25:56) - Advice for young people
  (2:29:13) - Meaning of life

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