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The Bitcoin Power Law with Giovanni Santostasi (WiM509)

Episode Summary

Giovanni Santostasi joins me to discuss the “Bitcoin Power Law Theory”, chaos theory and nonlinear systems, modeling Bitcoin adoption, hyperinflation of the dollar, power laws in nature, the beauty of the difficulty adjustment, and the risks/rewards of trading using Bitcoin’s power law. Giovanni Santostasi is a physicist, neuroscientist, financial analyst, CEO/Director of Research at Quantonomy, and creator of the “Bitcoin Power Law Theory.”

Episode Notes

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0:00 - WiM Intro 

1:05 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 

1:56 - Introducing Giovanni and Power Laws 

3:12 - What is a Power Law? 

10:41 - Bitcoin Power Law 

17:49 - Bitcoin Price Power Law Linear/Log Charts 

29:07 - The Art of Alpha Retreat 

30:40 - The Farm at Okefenokee 

32:07 - Chaos Theory and Nonlinear Systems 

40:18 - Bitcoin Adoption Speed 

48:39 - Bitcoin R-Squared Value 

59:00 - Modeling Bitcoin Growth with Network Theory 

1:05:58 - Heart and Soil Supplements 

1:06:58 - Simplifying Bitcoin Power Law 

1:11:02 - Hyperinflation of the Dollar 

1:16:37 - Power Laws in Nature 

1:28:54 - Austrian Economics and Power Laws 

1:32:54 - Bitcoin’s Monetization Feedback Loop 

1:46:57 - The Beauty of Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment 

1:50:56 - Metcalfe’s Law and Power Laws 

1:58:21 - Bitcoin’s Price Support Power Law 

2:02:19 - Trading Bitcoin’s Power Law 

2:05:34 - Universal Power Law Examples 

2:10:40 - Bitcoin Power Law Price Discussion


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