#506: Q1 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast · Marty Bent
May 15, 20242h 17m
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Show Notes
<p>Marty sits down once again with Matthew Mežinskis for the Q1 2024 monetary base update.</p>
<p>Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney</p>
<p>0:50 - Power law trend is trending</p>
<p>5:42 - Govt attacking bitcoin</p>
<p>11:47 - Sponsors 1</p>
<p>13:02 - US debt and inflation</p>
<p>24:27 - Monetary base vs hard assets</p>
<p>34:05 - Top 5 currencies</p>
<p>37:06 - M3</p>
<p>45:58 - Outside money</p>
<p>52:17 - Sponsors 2</p>
<p>53:54 - Monetized debt and MMT</p>
<p>1:05:57 - Late stage central planning</p>
<p>1:10:06 - Bitcoin free banking</p>
<p>1:13:51 - Bitcoin price chart</p>
<p>1:23:37 - Bitcoin network and fee market</p>
<p>1:30:28 - Antpool</p>
<p>1:39:56 - MineOne and nationalization of hash</p>
<p>1:50:23 - ASIC commodification</p>
<p>1:54:29 - Nukes and tyranny</p>
<p>2:04:23 - Last chart</p>
<p>2:08:28 - Final thoughts</p>
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