Ep. 340 What’s the Big Deal About Bitcoin?
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2015
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Steve Patterson explains what Bitcoin is and why it matters, and replies to common objections.
About the Guest
Steve Patterson is a freelance writer and video producer.
Book Discussed
What’s the Big Deal About Bitcoin? by Steve Patterson
Guest’s Website
Guest’s Twitter
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.1 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:06.4 | And Republicans. |
| 0:07.9 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:12.2 | You need a voice of liberty. |
| 0:15.1 | Look no further. |
| 0:16.7 | You've found it. |
| 0:18.5 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:21.1 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 340. |
| 0:37.7 | We're revisiting the topic of Bitcoin today, a topic we've devoted several episodes to in the past, |
| 0:44.7 | but haven't talked about very much recently, and there's been a lot going on with Bitcoin, |
| 0:50.2 | and I thought it was a good opportunity both to raise the subject once again and to talk about a new book by Steve Patterson. |
| 0:58.9 | What's the Big Deal About Bitcoin? |
| 1:01.6 | Steve's a freelance writer. |
| 1:03.3 | You can follow him at Steve-Patterson.com. |
| 1:07.7 | And of course, everything we talk about in this conversation, including his book and other episodes of this show that I've devoted to Bitcoin, resources like that you can find on the show notes page, which is, you listeners know what it has to be, tomwoods.com slash 340. |
| 1:24.4 | So let's turn things over right now to my conversation with Steve Patterson. |
| 1:29.4 | Steve Patterson, thanks for being here. |
| 1:31.7 | Thanks for having me. |
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