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The Future of Digital Currency and the Evolution of the Financial System
1:23:51 - 1:34:22 (10:30)
The emergence of Bitcoin is a response to the growing crisis of the fiat money system and has the potential to revolutionize the financial world by reducing transaction costs and eliminating the need for middlemen. However, the creation of a central bank digital currency may spoil the evolutionary story and hinder the growth of Web3, which is a more decentralized, innovative system of payments.
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A revolution has been brewing in response to the growing crisis of the fiat money system, driven by the realization that computing power and cryptography can create peer-to-peer payments without third-party verification, posing a profound threat to banks and fiat currencies.
1:23:51 - 1:27:22 (03:30)
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A revolution has been brewing in response to the growing crisis of the fiat money system, driven by the realization that computing power and cryptography can create peer-to-peer payments without third-party verification, posing a profound threat to banks and fiat currencies. Decentralized finance provides a native monitoring financial system for the internet.
ChapterThe Future of Digital Currency and the Evolution of the Financial System
Episode#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The creation of central bank digital currency could potentially harm the progressive evolution of the internet native system of payments, Web3, which has the capability of reducing transaction costs by eliminating intermediaries.
1:27:22 - 1:31:52 (04:30)
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The creation of central bank digital currency could potentially harm the progressive evolution of the internet native system of payments, Web3, which has the capability of reducing transaction costs by eliminating intermediaries. The speaker argues that regulators cannot stop Web3 but fears the unnecessary intrusion of centralized digital currency from central banks could hinder its growth.
ChapterThe Future of Digital Currency and the Evolution of the Financial System
Episode#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Economist Niall Ferguson sees Bitcoin as a digital gold option that is not very correlated to traditional assets making it an attractive asset to hold onto during market downturns.
1:31:52 - 1:34:22 (02:29)
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Economist Niall Ferguson sees Bitcoin as a digital gold option that is not very correlated to traditional assets making it an attractive asset to hold onto during market downturns.