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DID THE US GOVERNMENT CREATE BITCOIN? W/ Mark Goodwin
By Danny Knowles
Aired Jan 17, 2025 · 1h 26m · Last boosted Feb 16, 2026
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Mark is the former editor in chief of Bitcoin Magazine and the author of The Bitcoin-Dollar: An Economic Monomyth. In this episode, we discuss the evolution of the Bitcoin-dollar thesis, Tether, and Bitcoin as a tool for challenging state power. We also get into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, if Bitcoin was created by intelligence agencies, and Mark's latest article, The Evolution of the Militarized Data Broker. MASSIVE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: IREN: https://www.iren.com/ RIVER: https://river.com/wbd CASA: https://casa.io/ LEDGER: https://www.ledger.com/
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I’ve been “guilty“ of reiterating the superior utility of stablecoins for the un- and under-banked over Bitcoin and Lightning (because, for now, it’s true), but this conversation reinforces why that’s still no excuse for aiding and abetting their spread. Thanks, @npub16le69k9hw… and Mark Goodwin, for this reminder.
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Great listening, keep em coming Danny….
