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Peter McCormack, host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast (Provided)
Consensus Magazine
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Balaji Srinivasan’s $1M Bitcoin Bet Could Be Right, but I Hope He’s Wrong
Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack writes about the seeming return of bitcoin's inflation hedge thesis, and what it takes to get people into bitcoin.
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Apr 1, 2023 at 4:02 p.m. UTC
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Safe Haven From Banks? Bitcoin’s New Narrative Comes Into View
Banks down, bitcoin up and, boom, a narrative is born.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Mar 25, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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Historic photograph of a German bank during a period of hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic. (Bain News Service/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
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A Sudden Onset of Hyperinflation: What Will Happen to Bitcoin?
If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.
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By George Kaloudis
Mar 24, 2023 at 4:34 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2023
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Pinning the Idea of ‘Network States’ on the Map
On today’s show we’re taking a look at one man’s thesis of forming online countries and how it may lead to a new asset class, courtesy of CoinDesk’s Executive Editor of Consensus, Marc Hochstein.
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Dec 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Pinning the Idea of ‘Network States’ on the Map
Balaji Srinivasan's thesis of forming countries online underpins a thought-provoking bestseller and maybe a new asset class – earning him a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022 list.
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By Marc Hochstein
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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7/17/22 A Primer on Balaji’s “Network State”
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A Primer on Balaji’s 'Network State'
NLW reads Balaji Srinivasan’s essay version of “The Network State.”
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jul 17, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Why Elon Musk Should Airdrop a New Twittercoin to Every User
Could he build the world’s first global political coalition?
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May 1, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 1, 2022
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A Censorship-Resistant Inflation Index Is Being Built on Chainlink
Truflation currently measures a 13.3% inflation rate, as opposed to the 7.9% measured by the Consumer Price Index in March.
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Apr 8, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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What Governments Should Do in the Coming Global Monetary Competition
A reading of Balaji Srinivasan’s recent essay “How India Legalizes Crypto.”
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Mar 7, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 7, 2021
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