Open Crushes Closed

This episode talks about how the lack of yield in the bond markets may have retiring boomers looking at either staying cash...and losing their purchasing power OR putting a little bit of bitcoin into their Portfolio for some asymmetrical payoffs...while keeping risk low.

We explore how Federal Reserve intervention is the 2020 reason for the famous saying "This time it's different" Recorded for posterity and for the timestamp. This is weeks away from turning ugly... The question: Will the Fed step in? If so, will it work? The signal is clear. The data is clear. The fool at the poker table is clear.

If you're on the timeline continuum and face left... You are staring at 2000 years of gold's reign as money and store of value.  If you face right... You stare into the unknown future and possibly wonder if it fits in with the digitalization of our society.  Will atoms turn into bits when it comes to wealth preservation?  Only the future generations can answer that as they achieve prosperity in the next 20 years. 

We explore why closed networks currently used by banks, finance and governement will eventually be crushed by the evolution of blockchain.  Internet was open source and it decimated closed networks like retail, banking, bookstores, music stores, travel agencies.  Blockchain will do the same.  It's just starting to show its power.  We cover a few examples and cover the takeover effect. 

Why do I write GUARANTEED?  Well, you gotta listen... They make sense at a visceral level.  Because we are all human.  And we like to protect our ability to eat.  Basic, but true.  Oh yeah...and our graphics are getting uglier.  Because christmas sweaters aren't enough time for ugly/haha/sharing.

We examine the impact that market crashes have on the space...holistically.  They are the best part of Bitcoin and Blockchain's rise.  It's a compression algorithm that generates the evolution of a new technology -- at a speed we're just not used to.  Let's look at the DNA of the boom/bust cycles Bitcoin has endured and why they are fantastic for the space. 

We continue to look at how internet in 1996 looks nothing like it did in 2006 or 2016.  Current metrics, technology or assumptions for who is the better "tech" or "most popular" equate to short-term evaluation that tricks us into thinking it can be used to predict the future.  How many AOL users were there in 1997?  Does that number even remotely matter today? 

The contrast between conversations currently taking place within the blockchain community vs what's needed in 2030 to pull adoption into existence. 

We explore the use cases that are READY TO GO. The low-hanging fruit ready to be picked by the best built blockchains.  Interesting journey into the developing world and how disconnected we can be from those needs inside our bubble of comfort that has been enabled by the age of the internet. 

We explore the fundamental difference between price and value and compare it to historical opportunities.  Price and Value are not yet aligning to any measurable degree...and that's a good thing -  For the right projects.