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66: Michael Saylor on Bitcoin’s killer app, Ethereum, Web3 & inflation
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Michael Saylor joins the podcast to discuss:
- Bitcoin's killer app
- Thoughts on Ethereum & ethics
- Impact of inflation
- Adding bitcoin into objects & magic cars
- What would change his opinion on Bitcoin?
- Advice on progressing in your career
For the full Saylor experience, watch on YouTube:
Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) Intro
- (00:00:17) Michael Saylor went to MIT with Peter Diamandis
- (00:01:47) Knowing Enough To Hurt Yourself
- (00:05:36) Misunderstanding What Bitcoin Is + What Is Money?
- (00:12:14) Bitcoin’s Killer App, iPhone Comparison & Layers of Bitcoin
- (00:20:57) Magic car that drives itself & life insurance
- (00:28:22) Stablecoins vs Bitcoin in the developing world
- (00:36:01) Sri Lanka riots, inflation & how to crash an economy
- (00:38:38) What would make Saylor change his opinion on Bitcoin?
- (00:45:10) Talent working on Bitcoin vs ethereum and others
- (00:50:34) Michael Saylor's take on Ethereum & its ethics
- (00:55:34) “What's the yield schedule on staked ETH?…”
- (00:57:42) Bilal challenges ETH POV & evolving technology
- (01:08:43) Advice on starting your career in the modern world
- (01:14:21) The theme & cure for everything
- (01:18:00) Is Bitcoin stored or spent energy?
- (01:23:07) Virtual vs Real Systems
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