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  • Bitcoin Fee Markets, Fork Risk, and Relay Policy

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • AI Polytheism, Bitcoin Reserves, and the State–Network Divide

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Superintelligence Governance, Digital Minds, and Cosmic Risks

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Bitcoin Worlds preprint

    I have a new working paper out now. It is available for download at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5445935 It is bound for submission to a political economy journal within the next couple of weeks: comments are welcome.

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  • Bitcoin’s Supply Chain Gap and the Case for Elastic Credit

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and Political Polarization

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • AI Energy Limits and Global Compute Rivalries

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Bitcoin Sovereignty, ETFs, and Network Resilience

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Lightning Scaling, Routing Yields, and Bitcoin’s Governance Challenges

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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  • Modeling Bitcoin’s Supply, Liquidity, and Policy Trajectories

    My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of podcast episodes; they do not reflect my own views. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Pay attention to broadcast dates (I often summarize older episodes) Some episodes I summarize may be sponsored: don’t

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