Our guest on today’s show is Stephan Livera, Managing Director of Swan Bitcoin International, and the host of the Stephan Livera Podcast, one of the leading Bitcoin podcasts out there.

Stephan and I have slightly different views of blockchain technology and all the different cultural shifts that it has enabled. I personally hold the view that blockchain only got started with Bitcoin, similarly to Charles Babagges's conceptualisation of a computer which he thought was only going to be used for calculating math.

One of the most fascinating things about having conversations with various industry leaders is learning the different perspectives that they each have.

Outline ⤵️

00:00 Intro

02:28 Stephan’s stance on libertarianism

06:19 Where do you see the role of technology in this?

09:38 Can power be decentralized just like Bitocin decentralized money?

13:31 There is value to decentralizing other things too

15:56 If there was no Ethereum, how could Bitcoin save us from the metaverse becoming the next authoritarian state?

22:16 Why DAOs could be the answer to many authoritarian concerns of the future

31:12 Is the government trying to slow down the speed of technological progress?

35:55 Metaverse

37:44 Recaps for the future, NFTs

39:45 The Singularity is Near

41:45 Outro

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#60 - Stephan Livera: Libertarianism, Bitcoin and Decentralization

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#60 - Stephan Livera: Libertarianism, Bitcoin and Decentralization