Bitcoin: Savior of a Dying Empire? ( w/ Michael Krieger & Brent Johnson )
Michael Krieger joins Brent Johnson to discuss their discovery of Bitcoin, evolution of the subculture and a government regulated network shutdown.
Real Vision: Finance & Investing · Real Vision Podcast Network
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Show Notes
Real Vision Crypto Wednesday: Michael Krieger, creator of Liberty Blitzkrieg, joins Brent Johnson, CEO of Santiago Capital, to discuss their discovery of Bitcoin, the subculture, and the probability of a government shutdown. Krieger describes Bitcoin as a representation of a path or blueprint for humanity to follow: not just with money, but with nearly everything. They note that Bitcoin is decentralized, permissionless, and open-source, and that these three qualities are key to Bitcoin's success. Krieger also believes that Bitcoin is increasingly becoming more political, and he notes that the only 2 major political movements in this day and age are localism and Bitcoin.
Recorded on March 18, 2021.
Key Learnings:
- Krieger and Johnson believe that, although the current US infrastructure is still strong, citizens are looking to shift to more free and open sources in both their digital and physical lives.
- They believe that Bitcoin is better than any country's digital reserve currency because of its decentralized and open source nature.
- In their view the entire social, political, and economic organization of humans is being disrupted by Bitcoin.
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