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SoftWAR: Jason Lowery's Thesis Explained with Lucas and Grant of Bitcoin Study Sessions (WiM553)

Episode Summary

Lucas and Grant of “Bitcoin Study Sessions” join me to explore how humans project power through abstraction, how Bitcoin projects physical power, modern warfare and kinetic stalemate, proof-of-work and cybersecurity, Tesla and Ford’s prediction of eclectic money, and the tipping point for Bitcoin nation-state adoption.

Episode Notes

Lucas and Grant of “Bitcoin Study Sessions” join me to explore how humans project power through abstraction, how Bitcoin projects physical power, modern warfare and kinetic stalemate, proof-of-work and cybersecurity, Tesla and Ford’s prediction of eclectic money, and the tipping point for Bitcoin nation-state adoption.

Lucas and Grant of “Bitcoin Study Sessions” research and teach about canonical Bitcoin literature like Jason Lowery’s “SoftWar” and “Broken Money” by Lyn Alden.

 

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0:00 - WiM Episode Trailer

1:10 - Projecting Power Through Abstraction

12:40 - How does Bitcoin Project Physical Power?

22:07 - The Nature of Language and Metaphor

24:30 - Bitcoin is Private Property

27:32 - The Farm at Okefenokee

28:52 - Heart & Soil Supplements

29:52 - Nuclear War and Kinetic Stalemate

31:55 - PoW and Cybersecurity

42:57 - Is Bitcoin a Military Technology? (2nd Amendment)

51:11 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing

52:02 - Mine Bitcoin with Blockware Solutions

53:24 - Threats of Bitcoin Being Classified as a Munition???

1:02:10 - The Future of Governance: Voting with Your Feet

1:05:24 - What is the Hanke Krus Hyperinflation Table?

1:10:50 - Is Bitcoin Non-Lethal Warfare?

1:15:54 - On-Ramp Bitcoin Custody

1:17:17 - NetSuite: Business Software

1:18:34 - How Bitcoin Reduces the Profitability of Kinetic Warfare 

1:25:13 - Nikola Tesla, Henry Ford, and Electric Money

1:29:40 - The Problem with Gold

1:32:55 - The National Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile

1:38:44 - MindLab Pro Supplements

1:39:54 - Buy Bitcoin with Coinbits

1:41:04 - The Tipping Point for Bitcoin Nation State Adoption

1:46:12 - How Bitcoin Aligns Incentives

1:49:14 - What is Gabriel’s Horn?

1:53:03 - Will “SoftWar” Go Down in History?

1:55:40 - Closing Thoughts


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