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297. The Fiat Standard Lecture 16: Bitcoin and Energy Markets

The Fiat Standard Lecture 16: Bitcoin and Energy Markets discusses proof of work as a technological alternative to fiat’s political conflict, how miners seek zero-opportunity-cost energy globally, and why difficulty adjustment turns demand into network security.

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347. The Bitcoin Standard Course - Launch Lecture

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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.