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August 21, 2024 · 1h 40m

The Bitcoin Research Institute, Metaphysics, & Money: Bradley Rettler (Bitcoin Talk on THE Bitcoin Podcast)

"Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are not. They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies… Bitcoin is a neutral internet money and these other projects aren't."

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1 I think the main reason is that Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are 2 not.

3 They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies.

4 They have methods of beginning and distributing tokens that Bitcoin doesn't have.

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I think the main reason is that Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are

not.

They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies.

They have methods of beginning and distributing tokens that Bitcoin doesn't have.

From the very beginning, Bitcoin was awarded via proof of work, via miners winning competitions,

and even Satoshi was participating, made that competition open to anyone from the very beginning.

I think Bitcoin is a neutral internet money and that these other projects aren't.

You could have centers for neutral computing and argue that that's what Ethereum is.

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"Bitcoin is neutral and these other cryptocurrencies are not. They have insiders, whether it's founders, whether it's boards, whether it's companies… Bitcoin is a neutral internet money and these other projects aren't."

On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Bradley Rettler. Brad is the Director of the new University of Wyoming Bitcoin Research Institute and co-author of “Resistance Money.” They discuss the launch of the Bitcoin Research Institute, what Bitcoin critics fail to understand, Bitcoin vs "crypto," politics and Bitcoin, metaphysics and money, and a whole lot more.

BRAD'S LINKS:

Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1jddnc9ma408dey575wcsqhg5jtc2n7765y4gdnnrswlwgqnnat7swe4s60

X: https://x.com/rettlerb

Web: https://www.resistance.money/

Bitcoin Research Institute: https://www.uwyo.edu/bitcoin

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