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Why did gold fail as money — and why can’t governments stop Bitcoin the way they stopped gold? In this panel, Stephan Livera sits down with Saifedean Ammous and Rahim Taghizadegan to explore 1,000 years of monetary history and what Bitcoin changes forever. They break down settlement limitations, centralization risks, and the political forces that destroyed every gold standard. They also examine Lightning, federated systems, and how economic incentives push the world toward Bitcoin.
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🔶 Moderator: Stephan Livera - Stephan Livera Podcast
🔶 Saifedean Ammous - Saifedean.com
🔶 Rahim Taghizadegan - Deedsats
Chapters:
00:00 — Introducing the Millennium of Monetary Mistakes
00:35 — Why Gold "Failed" as Money
01:58 — Gold’s Physical Limits vs. bitcoin’s Digital Settlement
03:40 — The Five Historical Gold Standards Explained
05:06 — Political Capture & the Breakdown of Gold
06:59 — Could Bitcoin Centralize Like Gold?
08:38 — Settlement Limits, Lightning & Second Layers
11:09 — Why Governments Can’t Stop bitcoin Settlement
13:47 — Regulatory Risk, Custodians & Cartelization
18:58 — How Money Evolves in a Hyperbitcoinized World
#Bitcoin #HardMoney #BitcoinEconomics #MonetaryHistory #GoldStandard #SaifedeanAmmous #RahimTaghizadegan #StephanLivera #BitcoinVsGold #SoundMoney #LightningNetwork #DigitalGold #BitcoinEducation #MoneyEvolution #BitcoinLayers #AustrianEconomics #bitcoinconference
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