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title: 'The Bitcoin Standard Reading Group: Kick-Off'
tags: [Meeting Minutes, Bitcoin, The Bitcoin Standard Reading Group]

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

:::info
- **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)



