Stephan Livera | Is Everything Good For Bitcoin? with Christian Keroles SLP549 @StephanLivera | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Official Podcast Episode: stephanlivera.com/549
We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss:

- Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive
- Bitcoin Spam
- Antifragility
- What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance
- How 2023 played out with “ordinals”
- Not being used to winning

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - Defining Monetary Maximalism
03:10 - Monetary Maximalism as an Observation
05:00 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive Monetary Maximalism
09:50 - The Debate on Ordinals and Spam
21:05 - The Nuisance Level of Spam
22:48 - What Are Most Bitcoiners Getting Wrong In Personal Finance
29:49 - The Emergence of Ordinals and Inscriptions
32:27 - Coinkite.com
33:28 - Swan.com
34:31 - Mempool.space
35:54 - The Umbrella Term of Ordinals
41:16 - The Fallout and Consequences of Bitcoin Developments
48:53 - The Strengthening of Bitcoin through Challenges
53:20 - The Debate on Filtering in Bitcoin
58:32 - The Emergence of Runes Protocol
01:02:13 - Bitcoin's Winning Streak
01:04:35 - Confusion and False Narratives
01:07:37 - The Base of Bitcoin: 21 Million Coins and HODL
01:08:37 - Closing Thoughts and Bitcoin Adoption

Links:
- X: @ck_SNARKs : twitter.com/ck_SNARKs
- Site: HRF.org : hrf.org
- Site: cbdctracker.hrf.org/home

Sponsors:
- Swan.com (code LIVERA): swan.com/livera
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA): coinkite.com
- Mempool.space: https://mempool.space/

Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on X @stephanlivera : twitter.com/stephanlivera
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