Dan Held is a widely known educator in the Bitcoin Universe. Formerly the director of growth marking at Kraken, he’s now an independent content creator at the Held Report and an advisor to Trust Machines.

In today’s State of the Nation, we explore a new extremist sub-division of the Bitcoin movement: Bitcoin Fundamentalism.

Is there a divide growing in the Bitcoin Community? Why are Dan Held and other Bitcoiners frustrated with this cohort? What is Bitcoin Fundamentalism, and what does it mean for the future direction of the Bitcoin Community?

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
8:00 Say No To Bitcoin Fundamentalism
13:10 What is Fundamentalism?
21:00 Nic Carter
27:12 Brain Drain
31:00 The Rationalists
39:00 Wealthy then Healthy
44:00 Cyber Hornets
53:40 What’s at Stake Here?
1:01:00 Trust Machine
1:03:32 The Bitcoin Ecosystem

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Resources:

Dan Held
https://twitter.com/danheld
Trust Machines
https://twitter.com/trustmachinesco
The Held Report
https://www.theheldreport.com/
Nic Carter Episode
https://youtu.be/BjTeLtuKs1A

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Rejecting Bitcoin Fundamentalism | Dan Held

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