Bitcoin's Peaceful Revolution with Knut Svanholm - WBD241
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Libertarianism is something I have been wrestling with since I discovered Bitcoin. Hard money leads you down many rabbit holes, and questioning the role of the state is one of the deepest.
At face value, libertarianism sounds perfect; more freedom, less intervention and limited or no state. However, I have struggled to understand how this would play out and if the idea of an anarchist society being civil and moral is just an ideological fallacy rather than a practical reality.
Many libertarians see hyperbitcoinisation as the most likely manifestation of an anarchist society, in that it allows individuals to be self-sovereign, take control of their wealth and remove power from the government.
In this interview, I talk to Knut Svanholm, author of Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics and Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined. We discuss libertarianism, collectivism v individualism and how Bitcoin is the only path to a libertarian society.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're a libertarian and you're not into Bitcoin, you're wasting your time because this is it. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the shot. This is the best shot. |
| 0:10.0 | I would say it's the only shot that we have at this. A peaceful global revolution. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello there from Bedford UK. How the hell are you all? Pretty crazy times right now in the world. |
| 0:24.0 | I hope you're all well. |
| 0:25.0 | Anyway, welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast, |
| 0:28.0 | which is brought to you by The Mighty Cracken. |
| 0:30.0 | Best place to buy it sell and trade Bitcoin. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm your host Peter McCormack, and today I've got an interview with Canute-Svanholm, but before that I have a message from my amazing sponsors. So first up my newest sponsor, Karsa, the best in Bitcoin and security. |
| 0:44.4 | Okay, let's talk about this. |
| 0:45.6 | Are you taking your Bitcoin security seriously? |
| 0:48.8 | Or have you let it slip? |
| 0:50.6 | Do you just have a hardware wallet hidden somewhere with your private keys backed up on a piece of paper hidden in your house under the mattress? |
| 0:58.0 | Well that was pretty much me until recently, totally unprepared for certain scenarios, so I've been working with |
| 1:04.1 | Karser to ensure that I'm protected from single failures of a hardware |
| 1:07.5 | wallet my own dumb mistakes someone trying to hack me or any kind of |
| 1:12.2 | personal threat. |
| 1:13.0 | I signed up for the Kasser 3 or 5 multi sake. |
| 1:16.0 | I have now distributed my keys and honestly now it's done. |
| 1:20.0 | It's come with so much peace of mind. |
| 1:21.0 | I have now reduced my attack services and my |
| 1:24.2 | risk of doing stupid things. Now as I said I signed up for cars as platinum that is |
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