The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

This is Lecture 2 of Saifedean's online course The Fiat Standard, based on his book by the same name. The course began last week and will include all 18 lectures.

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Saifedean joins Ben Wehrman to discuss how Bitcoin can bring peace by defunding the war machine.

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Saifedean joins Robert Breedlove at the Bitcoin Las Vegas 2025 conference for a wide-ranging discussion on Austrian economics, time preference, morality, fiat money, and the future of civilization.

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Saifedean's keynote talk at the Bitcoin Conference, discussing whether Tether can save the dollar. Also included is an interview with Natalie Brunell at the conference.

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Khalil Sayegh is the founder of the Agora Initiative, and a Gazan who lost family and friends in the Gaza genocide.

The Agora Initiative: https://theagorainitiative.org/

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Lyn Alden, author of Broken Money, discusses the US fiscal situation and bitcoin.

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Jack Mallers is the CEO of Strike and XXI.

Strike's published financials: https://x.com/Strike/status/1915446080512180502

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Mexican billionaire and hardcore bitcoiner Ricardo Salinas Pliego discusses his new book, The Bitcoin Enlightenment, published today by The Saif House. We are also joined by his coauthors Pascal Hügli and Daniel Jungen.

• Ricardo Salinas's website: https://www.ricardosalinas.com 
• The Bitcoin Enlightenment on The Saif House: https://thesaifhouse.com/

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Odey Qemal tells us the story of how he experienced hyperinflation in Lebanon, was saved by bitcoin, and founded Zawda, a new bitcoin startup in the Middle East.

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Aleks Svetski joins to discuss his latest book The Bushido of Bitcoin: A Code of Virtue for a World on a New Economic Standard.

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President of the Mises Institute Tom DiLorenzo discusses his work on US history and economics, and the increasing influence of the Mises Institute and Austrian school economics.

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My interview with Anthony Pompliano on the Trump Tariffs, the dollar, stablecoins, and Bitcoin.

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Crowdhealth founder and CEO Andy Schoonover joins us to discuss the progress Crowdhealth has made at offering a compelling and successful free-market alternative to health insurance.

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Nomad Capitalist CEO Andrew Henderson joins us to discuss how to achieve freedom in the 21st century!

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Omar Harami is the director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Center in Jerusalem (and Saifedean's high school best friend!) He joins to discuss the state of Christianity in Palestine and the challenges facing Christians and Palestinians.

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Lawrence Lepard joins to discuss his new book, The Big Print!

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Nik Bhatia joins us to discuss his new book, Bitcoin Age!

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Francis Pouliot, CEO of Bull Bitcoin, joins us to reminisce about the time five years ago when the whole world lost its mind.

Links: 

1. Epidemiology as Pseudoscience: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1257082952028172288

2. Bitcoin and the Collapse of Fiat: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1255642546300227587

3. Lockdowns: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1297215756954996737

4. Bitcoin and Inflation: https://x.com/saifedean/status/13584427705...