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24. Why bitcoin's price matters, and Bitcoin as a settlement network

In today's seminar, we discuss why bitcoin's price matters, what bitcoin skeptics get wrong about it, and what it means to the success of the network. We also discuss the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's new guidance allowing banks to use public blockchains as settlement infrastructure, and how it agrees with The Bitcoin Standard's thesis.

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347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture

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347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture
347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

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Saifedean revisits The Bitcoin Standard almost ten years after writing it. The first lecture covers the prologue: Bitcoin’s origins, how it gained value, and why it is digital cash and digital hard money.

Watch the lecture and follow the series on The Bitcoin Standard Course page.