Joseph Vaughn-Perling surveys money as an evolving technology, from Yap stones to shifting world reserve currencies, and covers the “money is memory” thesis, negative interest rates, and regulatory limits on cash transactions. He then explains Bitcoin as a decentralized ledger achieving digital scarcity, discussing the Silk Road and Mt. Gox failures and privacy-focused alternatives.
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