This book by Saifedean Ammous has come up 4 times on Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-03-15 and the most recent from 2022-05-11. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
What it is
When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally-accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications.
Every time it came up
Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
“you've written the the book bitcoin standard from 2018 i believe yeah and then a new book called fiat standard”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Saifedean Ammous: Austrian-school economist, anarchist, and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard, considered one of Bitcoin's most influential thinkers. Palestinian-Jordanian, formerly taught macroeconomics at the university level. Austrian economist Saifedean Ammous argues hard money like Bitcoin ends inflation, war, and high time preference rooted in fiat.
Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast #173
“the canonical economic work relating to bitcoin a lot of people don't like it i think it's fine would be uh the bitcoin standard”— guest
The guest here is Nic Carter: Partner at Castle Island Ventures, co-founder of Coin Metrics, and former crypto asset research analyst at Fidelity Investments. A prominent writer, speaker, and podcaster focused on Bitcoin and decentralized finance. Nic Carter unpacks Bitcoin's core values, the blocksize wars, and why layered scaling, not bigger blocks, is the right path.
Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin | Lex Fridman Podcast #171
“i think you gotta start with bitcoin standard that one to me feels like it really lays out the picture nicely”— guest
The guest here is Anthony Pompliano: Entrepreneur, investor, and prolific writer/podcaster known as 'Pomp,' host of The Pomp Podcast and author of The Pomp Letter. A U.S. Army veteran who became one of the most prominent public proponents of Bitcoin. Bitcoin evangelist Anthony Pompliano makes the case for scarce digital sound money as a tool for sovereignty, time, and freedom.
Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin & Ethereum | Lex Fridman Podcast #168
“i just recently finished reading the bitcoin standard a book i highly recommend as always with this podcast”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Silvio Micali: An MIT computer scientist, Turing Award winner, and pioneer of cryptography and game theory. He founded Algorand in 2017 to build a fully decentralized, secure, and scalable blockchain. Turing Award winner Silvio Micali explains how Algorand cracks the blockchain trilemma and why decentralization, money, and randomness are deeply human ideas.
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