Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMichael's twitter: https://twitter.com/saylorMichael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/enMichael's website: https://www.hope.com/CHANNELPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:OUTLINE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Bitcoin Technical Applications: Treasury Management00:03:40 “When the Ducks Are Quacking, Feed the Ducks”00:06:12 Bitcoin as the Base Property Protocol00:08:30 “Currency is an Application of Money”00:10:26 Bitcoin Enables Universally Accessible Application Development00:11:33 How Some Governments Can Use Bitcoin to Eliminate Taxation00:13:13 How an Energy Company Can Play the Bitcoin Mining Game00:15:17 The Hierarchical Nature of Wealth00:16:30 How an Insurance Company Can Integrate with Bitcoin00:19:03 How to “Juice” Bond Fund Returns by Blending with Bitcoin00:21:32 How Bitcoin Can Augment Traditional Financial Structured Products00:23:33 How Bitcoin Can Enhance Trusts and Endowments00:25:32 “$100T of Bonds and Fixed-Income Assets are Broken”00:26:36 Why Bitcoin Can Never be Overvalued00:27:45 The Hardware Applications of Bitcoin00:29:37 How Operating Systems Can Integrate with Bitcoin00:30:58 NYDIG00:32:06 How Cloud-Based Applications Can Integrate with Bitcoin00:33:36 Adding Social Network User “Skin in the Game” with Bitcoin00:36:59 Incentivizing Digital Civility with Bitcoin Security Deposits00:39:21 Zero-Cost Spamming Leads to DDOS Attacks Ad Infinitum00:41:15 Proof of Work Originated as an Countermeasure to Spam00:45:44 How Bitcoin Can Change Entertainment, News, and Service Sectors00:50:24 How Bitcoin Impacts the Legacy Credit Card Networks00:54:08 Robert's OutroSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?l...All My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBree...Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=178435...The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=328431...RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/Join Me At Bitcoin 2022 (10% off if paying with fiat, or discount code BREEDLOVE for Bitcoin): https://www.tixr.com/groups/bitcoinco...Put your Bitcoin to work. Earn up to 12% interest back on Bitcoin with Tantra: https://bit.ly/3h3lL0jIBAC assists central banks and sovereign wealth funds succeed in their digital asset investments: https://www.ibac.io/Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/

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