The Bitcoin Standard Reading Group: Kick-Off
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###### tags: `The Bitcoin Standard Reading Group` `Bitcoin` `Meeting Minutes`

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- **Location:** Earth
- **Date:** TBD
- **Agenda**
* Kick-Off
* Why Hypothesis `5min` > [name=TBD]
* The Bitcoin Standard `5min` > [name=TBD]
* Side Projects `5min` > [name=TBD]
- **Participants:**
- Reader 01 (TBD)
- Reader 02 (TBD)
- Reader 03 (TBD)
- Casey Bowman (CB)
- PK (PK)
- **Host:** CB
- **Prior meeting minutes:** NA

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## Notes
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* Why Hypothesis
* **Notes**
* ...
* **Questions**
* ...
* The Bitcoin Standard
* **Notes**
* ...
* **Questions**
* ...
* The Slice Type
* **Notes**
* ...
* **Questions**
* ...

## TOC
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* TABLE OF CONTENTS
* About the Author xi
* Foreword xiii
* Prologue xv
* Chapter 1 Money 1
* Chapter 2 Primitive Moneys 11
* Chapter 3 Monetary Metals 17
* Why Gold? 19
* Roman Golden Age and Decline 25
* Byzantium and the Bezant 28
* The Renaissance 29
* La Belle Époque 34
* Chapter 4 Government Money 41
* Monetary Nationalism and the End of the Free World 43
* The Interwar Era 47
* World War II and Bretton Woods 53
* Government Money’s Track Record 60
* Chapter 5 Money and Time Preference 73
* Monetary Inflation 81
* Saving and Capital Accumulation 90
* Innovations: “Zero to One” versus “One to Many” 96
* Artistic Flourishing 98
* Chapter 6 Capitalism’s Information System 105
* Capital Market Socialism 109
* Business Cycles and Financial Crises 113
* Sound Basis for Trade 126
* Chapter 7 Sound Money and Individual Freedom 135
* Should Government Manage the Money Supply? 136
* Unsound Money and Perpetual War 145
* Limited versus Omnipotent Government 149
* The Bezzle 1550
* Chapter 8 Digital Money 167
* Bitcoin as Digital Cash 168
* Supply, Value, and Transactions 177
* Appendix to Chapter 8 191
* Chapter 9 What Is Bitcoin Good For? 193
* Store of Value 193
* Individual Sovereignty 200
* International and Online Settlement 205
* Global Unit of Account 212
* Chapter 10 Bitcoin Questions 217
* Is Bitcoin Mining a Waste? 217
* Out of Control: Why Nobody Can Change Bitcoin 222
* Antifragility 230
* Can Bitcoin Scale? 232
* Is Bitcoin for Criminals? 238
* How to Kill Bitcoin: A Beginners’ Guide 241
* Altcoins 251
* Blockchain Technology 257
* Acknowledgements 273
* Bibliography 275
* List of Figures 282
* List of Tables 284
* Index 285

:books: Reference
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- [Meetup Link](TBD)
- [Discord Link](https://discord.gg/vqe5A5U)
- [Zoom Link](TBD)
- [Google Doc Link](TBD)
- [Book Link](https://saifedean.com)