First of all, that something like Bitcoin was inevitable.

And that now that we have it, that it is absolutely unstoppable.

And it did not just inspire Satoshi to build Bitcoin.

Or, well, I mean, this piece inspired so many people.

You know, BitToran certainly got inspired from it.

Proof of work, like Adam Back was certainly inspired by this and following writings.

And of course, the things that we are doing now, you know, in the cutting edge with Bitcoin,

nowadays and the Bitcoin privacy that is going on, this is all really going back to this piece as a root or a very deep dependency

in this network of knowledge that we've built up around individual freedom and anarchist

thought and cryptography as a principle.

Hey everybody.

Welcome to the What is Money Show.

I am thrilled to have you here joining me on my mission to help shine light on the collection of money.

Now, if this is your first time listening to The What Is Money Show,

I strongly recommend that you go back to episodes one through nine first, which lays a lot of

the groundwork for many of the concepts that we explore on the show. These first nine episodes

are my series with Michael Saylor, and thousands of people have told me that this is the best

podcast series they've ever heard,

hands down, and that it was instrumental to their understanding of money and Bitcoin.

So if you're looking to start a deep dive into the nature of money,

I don't think there's any place better that you can start other than episode one of this show.

Now, a little bit about this show and how it makes money.

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