Bitcoin Takeover Podcast
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John Carvalho on Being a Long-Time Bitcoiner and Getting Engaged in Bitcoin Politics
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00:53 Calea Victoriei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calea_Victoriei
02:10 The politics of Bitcoin
04:19 Ion Câmpineanu street, where you find one of the oldest cinemas in the city (Cinema Union) and lots of cool guitar shops.
05:25 Getting into BTC for the first time
08:12 Bitcoin back in the day
10:18 Bitcoin Foundation
12:25 Consulting Bitcoin Foundation
14:00 Opinions on The B (Foundation)
15:00 Bitcoin Foundation vs The B
20:01 Cișmigiu Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cișmigiu_Gardens
20:10 Bitcoin’s multiple narratives
24:30 Should everything be on a blockchain?
25:10 Moments of despair in Bitcoin
29:15 Bitcoin wants to be set free
30:30 Andreas Antonopoulos and Roger Ver
32:00 BTC millionaires by accident
33:30 Bitcoin then and now
36:30 The Bitcoin world is smaller than it seems
38:00 Political considerations on Bitcoin
41:20 Store of value vs mean of exchange for altcoins and for Bitcoin
43:15 Swiss bank in your pocket
45:00 Trump helped Bitcoin and the bull run?
48:30 Bitcoin vs stocks
50:10 John’s education and involvement in finance
52:50 How John learned how to debate
53:50 Preparing to debate Roger Ver
58:25 How to ruin an honest debate
1:01:25 On being skeptical
1:02:00 Blockstream
1:08:50 Politics vs merit and reputation
1:10:00 Roger Ver causing friction on markets and burning his resources
1:15:00 On Roger Ver and Jihan Wu potentially returning to Bitcoin
1:18:30 Proud of Bitcoin involvement
1:19:10 Bitrefill and gift cards
1:22:50 Steam vs Steemit
1:23:40 On the Brave browser and BAT
1:28:30 Hyperbitcoinization
1:32:00 On governments buying BTC
1:36:40 Retail businesses in BTC
1:38:00 Bitcoin in 10 years
1:40:00 Bitcoin and fiat as Ponzis
1:41:00 The Cantillon effect
1:42:30 Deflationary economy
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