Hi everyone as I mentioned in last week's episode I'm taking some time

up from the podcast while I finished my book but I've lined up several

fabulous essays on crypto for you by some of the best writers and speakers in the space.

The second in this series of unchained essays is by Alex Gladsdine, chief strategy officer for the Human Rights Foundation.

His essay is on a world without Bitcoin.

He imagines what that world would look like,

then depicts an opposite utopia,

and ends with his recommendations

for how we can push forward to a more open financial future.

It's a fabulous piece, so I hope you enjoy the episode.

And next week you'll hear from Santiago Siri of Democracy Earth on governance in the age of cryptography.

And now enjoy the essay, A World Without Bitcoin by Alex Gladsstein.

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