🎙️ My guest today is Roger Huang, an author, journalist on Forbes, Bitcoin Magazine and more, and a Bitcoin advocate, whose work bridges the intersection of Bitcoin, geopolitics, economics, and history.
Good afternoon, I live in Europe, specifically in Brittany. As the deeply uncomfortable push by "governments and the new desire for a crypto currency in the country with "50" states" on the other side of the pond....how well do you consider the survival of Bitcoin will be? The Bitcoin system declares itself as honest-transparent. However others not so honest-transparent are pushing their presence in to Bitcoin. And the question of digital id' being thrust upon us....how can one continue to use their Bitcoin wallets on an internet system that possibility will be held to ransom if one does not comply to creatures of greed. I really want to hear your take on these questions as I respect your insights and knowledge of the subject "Bitcoin." Thank you in advance for your time.
I must admit, I was not familiar with Roger prior to your podcast, but really enjoyed this episode. Right off the bat his comment that "studying economics teaches you how to be precisely wrong" made me chuckle and set the tone for the entire interview. I found his thoughts and experience with Chinese CBDCs, state control and social credit scores fascinating. I found his story about someone being suspended from WeChat for posting about Bitcoin startling, which even more amazingly disabled them from making payments as well since it's the same app. A really memorable statement that stuck with me was that if digital payment mechanisms are not done openly, then you create a system where your behaviors can be penalized immediately. And really enjoyed your interactive discussion about the need for open protocols like Bitcoin and Nostr (rather than platforms). Learned a lot and enjoyed this episode (as always). Keep up the good work!
Good afternoon, I live in Europe, specifically in Brittany. As the deeply uncomfortable push by "governments and the new desire for a crypto currency in the country with "50" states" on the other side of the pond....how well do you consider the survival of Bitcoin will be? The Bitcoin system declares itself as honest-transparent. However others not so honest-transparent are pushing their presence in to Bitcoin. And the question of digital id' being thrust upon us....how can one continue to use their Bitcoin wallets on an internet system that possibility will be held to ransom if one does not comply to creatures of greed. I really want to hear your take on these questions as I respect your insights and knowledge of the subject "Bitcoin." Thank you in advance for your time.
Dear Chris, that’s an excellent question which I’d love to touch on, in our next live video session for subscribers. Would you mind copy-pasting your question to this post: https://www.efrat.blog/p/subscribers-q-and-a-leading-up-to
And I’ll add it to the list.
Thanks!
Yes, I will. Am looking forward to your reply.
THANK YOU!
I must admit, I was not familiar with Roger prior to your podcast, but really enjoyed this episode. Right off the bat his comment that "studying economics teaches you how to be precisely wrong" made me chuckle and set the tone for the entire interview. I found his thoughts and experience with Chinese CBDCs, state control and social credit scores fascinating. I found his story about someone being suspended from WeChat for posting about Bitcoin startling, which even more amazingly disabled them from making payments as well since it's the same app. A really memorable statement that stuck with me was that if digital payment mechanisms are not done openly, then you create a system where your behaviors can be penalized immediately. And really enjoyed your interactive discussion about the need for open protocols like Bitcoin and Nostr (rather than platforms). Learned a lot and enjoyed this episode (as always). Keep up the good work!
I LOVE it so much that you listened so attentively and took so much from it! Thank you Larry, you're the best. and yes, Roger is wonderful!