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Lex Fridman · 2022-05-11

Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284

Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284

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The Block Size War

Jonathan Bier

“i strongly recommend people learn about the 2017 block size war ... it's a great description”
“there's a recent book that discusses this in detail called the block size war by jonathan beer it's a great description”— guest
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OpenDime

Coinkite (inferred)

“so you should definitely invest in it yourself”
“what would you call this these are open dimes open dimes yeah so this is like usb ... that stores bitcoin”— guest

The guest's own work

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The Bitcoin Standard

Saifedean Ammous

“you've written the the book bitcoin standard from 2018 i believe yeah and then a new book called fiat standard”— Lex Fridman
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The Fiat Standard

Saifedean Ammous

“and then a new book called fiat standard uh the bitcoin standard just considered kind of the bible”— Lex Fridman
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The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

Saifedean Ammous

“you do an amazing podcast called the bitcoin standard podcast uh so episode 108 of that podcast is is about the very thing”— Lex Fridman

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Principles of Economics

Carl Menger

“when karl menger the father of the school wrote a book called principles of economics and essentially invented marginal analysis”— guest
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The Theory of Money and Credit

Ludwig von Mises

“he wrote a book in 1912 called the theory of money and credit and then in the 40s he wrote human action”— guest
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Human Action

Ludwig von Mises

“and then in the 40s he wrote human action which is a big treatise on economics”— guest
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The White Pill

Michael Malice

“recently he's working on a book called uh the white pill and he's been every every time i see him”— guest