What Bitcoin Did, Released on 5/2/22

Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss currency crises, the history of money, the properties of good money, and whether Bitcoin can usher in a new era of programmable, commodity money.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:33 The nature of money, currency crises, & Bitcoin
00:10:57 The properties of good money
00:24:00 Different uses of money
00:29:31 The history of money
00:40:47 Bitcoin: programmable commodity money
00:45:43 Transitioning to a world where Bitcoin becomes dominant
00:55:08 Fiat as proof of force

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. Lyn has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modeling. She worked as an electrical engineer at an aviation facility, and over the course of a decade worked her way up from being an intern to being the lead engineer and running the day-to-day operations and finances of the facility, before retiring early at age 33 with financial independence. Since then, Lyn has been a full-time investor and independent analyst.

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