Bitcoin Study Sessions

Hashing canonical literature as proof of work to mine blocks in mental space.

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Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin
@craigwarmke @rettlerb @resistancemoney

@thewholeframe chooses the best books, @LucasMaddy saddles up for the ride.

We don a veil of ignorance to evaluate bitcoin:

If we could be anyone - rich, poor, young, old - would we want to live in a world with bitcoin, or without?

Interesting thought experiment, yeah?

What incentives influence this decision? What timeframe are we measuring on?

What do you want for the world?

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Bitcoin Study Sessions
Episode #070

Finding Satoshi - the documentary

Watch the doc. Then watch this pod.

You’ll come away less obsessed with “who” Satoshi was… and far more inspired to become the kind of person who could have been.

“Revolutionaries don’t get to stick around and enjoy the fruits. Sometimes the revolution needs them gone.”

New here? Subscribe for more unfiltered Bitcoin philosophy, documentary breakdowns, and wayfaring-man energy. The lodges are open — come tinker with us.

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@xenocosmography's Crypto-Current: Bitcoin and Philosophy https://t.co/mM5spss5qy

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Bitcoin Study Sessions
Episode #069

Crypto-Current: Bitcoin and Philosophy
- by @xenocosmography

Tired of surface-level Bitcoin talk and ready for the red-pill layers most people never reach?

Hit that play button.

Nick Land’s first pass is better than most people’s final draft. This conversation is your gateway drug to acceleration, teleological thinking, and first-tier Bitcoin optimism.

New here? Subscribe for more unfiltered explorations of Bitcoin as civilizational software. Follow Grant and Lucas as they chase the edge.

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@AdamSimecka @thewholeframe @LucasMaddy

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@AdamSimecka It's overwhelming to think of the kindness from the folks who give us their time to listen. Thank you.

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Episode 68

Back to the literature stack.

A Lodging of Wayfaring Men.

Incredible book. We had a lot of fun with this.

[Lucas @LucasMaddy]

Bitcoin Study Sessions
Episode #068

Paul Rosenberg wrote the book that (supposedly) inspired Satoshi.

A decade before bitcoin, "A Lodging of Wayfaring" men chronicled the fictional(?) adventure of a group of free souls.

They created a private market, with private money, and gave it to the world.

Sound familiar?

spoiler alert - if you want to read it, definitely read before listening.

btw - you can check out Paul on the mainstage at @TheBitcoinConf and as a featured speaker at upcoming @BTCPrague.

Credit where it's due.

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Episode #067

The boys are back in town. A bit of Softwar for your casual listening pleasure.

[Lucas @LucasMaddy]

Bitcoin Study Sessions
Episode #067

@mauoak_ recently published "Beyond Money, Hedge, and Energy: Evaluating Bitcoin as Power Projection Technology" as an evaluation of the claims made by @JasonPLowery 's Softwar thesis.

Where do we stand? This paper is an empirical evaluation of nine falsifiable predictions.

In just three years, five have been confirmed and one partially realized.

The future is Softwar.

[Lucas @LucasMaddy]

THE sleeper panel of @TheBitcoinConf - Tuesday @ 11:30 am on the Energy Stage.

Special shout-out to @thewholeframe & @BitcoinStudyPod for the behind-the-scenes legwork to put this together.

[Mauricio Carvalho @mauoak_]

I extracted 9 falsifiable predictions from @JasonPLowery's thesis and tested each one against public data. 5 confirmed. 4 falsified. The framework is stronger than critics think, but not as universal as proponents claim.

Built to be challenged.

Let me know what do you think!

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Ep. #068

@Erikcason's "CryptoSovereignty"

a review by @thewholeframe & @LucasMaddy

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Go to the original post by @lucasmaddy to see the earnest philosophical discussion flagged by @x as "age-restricted adult content"

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This is an original work by Cheyenne @bitcoinburnbabe. She took a bundle of mad ideas and distilled them into one cohesive thing.

Incredible work, by an incredible artist.

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“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin [studying Bitcoin].”
~H. L. Mencken, slightly altered.

Unveiling the new black flag of Bitcoin Study Sessions.

There is nothing in this design that does not refer to some aspect of our project here at Bitcoin Study Sessions. Everything means something.

As Paul Ricœur said, "The symbol gives rise to thought.” And it is in the hashing of literature through reflection and discussion that that our enterprise is based.

Many more blocks remain trapped in uncogitated mental space, waiting for the thought that finds them.

Onward!

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Studying Heidegger and the perils of seeing the world only through the lens of modern technology.

May a money uncontrolled by men deliver us from own tendency to reduce all of reality to something we can control & exploit!

(img. from Workingman's Death, dir. Michael Glawogger)

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Some things should be costly.

It is costly to read & hash literature (to mine blocks in mental space).

Cost entails sacrifice. Sacrifice, etymologically, is the act (facere) of making sacred (sacer).

Things worth doing, are worth making sacred in the doing.

Offer up the cost

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Incredible things happening.

[Cheyenne @bitcoinburnbabe]

Finishing touches on a recent digital commission.

Always grateful for custom work.