What will governments do to stop private, decentralised currencies? How do social / political / economic freedom indexes compare to a country’s stance towards bitcoin? Bitcoin is not getting tested by governments, so much as governments are being tested by Bitcoin. Ideas are more powerful than any one individual who contributes to them.
This is part of a talk which took place on August 6th 2018 in ‘The Internet of Money Tour’ at the Hilton Denver Inverness in Denver, Colorado: https://antonopoulos.com/event/arapahoe-libraries-talk/
Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/cagoyF3WePo
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.
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Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
[NEW] THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/194791006X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
[NEW] MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388
Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/
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Somebody give this guy an award
Got me feeling like a 90’s cypherpunk with this talk
God I'd love to hear your thoughts on Elastos. It's a brain virus, once you look into it, you can stop thinking of the implications and possibilities.
Bitcoin is a Terrorist that will take down Goverments and Banks.
in 2006 us govt enforced the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (uigea), which put a stop to what was known as "the poker-boom" some websites found ways to circumvent this but were eventually shut down by the DOJ in 2011.
Bitcoin not only gives the decentralized payment platform but also offers a space where a poker site could not be seized, censored or shut down by any agency. This is only one of many examples where bitcoin reverts entire laws.
I think many or all govts. will declare full-scale war on bitcoin in the future, i'm pretty shocked they haven't already.
Love your work man
aantonop you disappoint me. I oppose one small viewpoint and you block on twitter. It wasn't even personal but a balanced viewpoint, albeit an opposing one. You are a thin skinned SJW that clearly has no clue as to what free speech really means. You would be better accepting that there will always be other views on subjects and agree to disagree rather than acting lime a spoilt little kid that spits the dummy. I'm all for people being blocked if they're abusive, but this clearly wasn't in any way shape or form.
Always amazing. Thanks Andreas.
Funny how math brings both security and people together. Long live the blockchain!
when did the turkish government made any statement about BTC? Total b.s. this talk…
Woah. That was a good one. Greetings from Brazil.
A like in Awesome. Greetings from Sweden!!!
Andreas pls stay with us to teach us more about Bitcoin we will need someone like you when the Big Fight beetween Freedom against Evil comes
Don't go to turkey after that speech, they will throw you in jail…
This was an awesome video and so very true!
“are there any terrorists in the room”
should have just asked if there are any antifa in the room. But oh no wait, those are the good kind of terrorists. Right.
Thank you!
As soon as BTC becomes more than a pump and dump for the elite they will attack the network and take btc down with ease. America has gone to war numerous times over the dollar, but unlike sending troops to Libya the NSA just needs to take the network down. The powers of the world will never lose control of their money supply and adopt bitcoin as their currency or a reserve currency. The people who control the supply of money to the world have every county and politician/law maker in their pocket, money talks.
Belarus aka "Last Europe's Dictatorship" in Decree 8 (The Decree On the Development of Digital Economy) allow crypto =/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory#Eastern_Europe
Here is a question that I would love to hear your thoughts on, and hopefully there are more people interested to poke your brain on this one! So if you never read this, hopefully some one wants to post this question to your Q&A on patreon!
Question:
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If Bitcoin becomes widely adopted in the future, could a debate be started over code changes to introduce inflation?
For example: They could convince a lot of people that we need inflation because a lot of coins are hoarded by a small group of people. Other arguments could be made ofcourse, and I fear a lot of people could easily be convinced by this.
Do you think it is likely that this will happen eventually, and what do you think the outcome would be?
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Sorry if the question is long, but this is something I think about a lot. Perhaps right now we have a fixed supply, but what if the majority of the world gets convinced that we need to change that in the future…
This guy always ends the video in style! Loved it!