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The "What is Money?" Show

Bitcoin: Everything Divided by 21 Million w/ Knut Svanholm

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

Bitcoin, Breedlove, What Is Money, Investing, Rabbit Hole, Cryptocurrency, Money, Finance, Education, Robert Breedlove, History

4.8710 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

What does a deflationary future on a Bitcoin Standard actually look like? Knut Svanholm joins Eric V Stacks to explore the history of the Blocksize Wars, debunk the myths of fiat money, expose the lies behind shitcoins, and explain why deflation is the natural state of a free market. They dive into sovereignty through mathematics, the science of human action, and how Bitcoin realigns individual and collective interests. Knut Svanholm is a Bitcoin author, educator, and philosopher.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Money is a four-dimensional medium exchange over space when you trade with other people.

0:05.4

A medium exchange over time when you trade with your future self.

0:09.3

I was listening to the Booth series.

0:10.8

I heard him say for the first time the natural state of a free market is deflation.

0:14.4

I remember pulling my phone out of my pocket and pausing it and being like, wait a second.

0:19.4

If you're denominated Bitcoin, you can see how much they

0:22.0

steal. You can see how beautiful the world could have been. It's such a wonderful, lovely little

0:27.8

mind fuck. Regulation always favors the big guy. People from those companies lobby for that

0:33.8

regulation because it drives out the competition. and that's why monopolies form.

0:38.3

There's nothing wrong with hierarchies. Humans like to have a leader.

0:42.3

I have somewhat of a concern that Bitcoin is going to extend fiat's runway.

0:47.3

I wish that more and more individuals would acquire Bitcoin.

0:51.3

I just don't buy that humans cannot organize without violence.

0:55.9

There are plenty of big systems that work entirely without violence.

0:59.7

The internet being the most obvious example.

1:10.7

All right, Canute.

1:12.1

So Roberts out of town.

1:14.0

So selfishly, I got you all to myself.

1:17.2

So I wanted to get a little bit more of an understanding about who you are and how you got into Bitcoin and what brought you to become an author and Bitcoin philosopher?

1:28.1

Oh, that's a long story to tell.

1:32.0

Yeah, it was my understanding you were a captain.

1:34.8

Yeah, I have a background in shipping, specifically sailing.

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