Crypto 101 | VIDEO: Andreas Antonopoulous: Bitcoin History: Bitcoin Q&A: The Switzerland of currencies (8 mins) - Super practical resource here today!! (Other videos inside post also)

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is an early pioneer, adopter & educator in the Bitcoin/Crypto space if you have not heard of him.

He routinely puts out some of the best information going. He speaks plainly and simply with some humour!

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-- Andreas' Logo he uses for his branding, he is fun. That is the top of his head, looking down.

LOL.

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He travels the world preaching the Bitcoin, Liberty, Crypto and Blockchain gospel and is one of the most well respected lecturers and teachers in the crypto world!

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I always include a library of AA's videos in these posts, just like he does in every one of his YT channel videos. These are things for you to use, save, watch, share, and learn from if you have time now or come back to later if you wish. It's here to help you, with extra resources.

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Published on Sep 14, 2017

Can cryptocurrencies have an inflationary monetary policy?

How do cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin fit into the global currency wars? Initially there wasn't enough demand in the economy, but as the reward diminishes over time, bitcoin will have a deflationary monetary policy and simulate a scarce resource like gold. But you can simulate whatever monetary policy you want.

Digital currencies are now part of the currency wars, because they are giving people all over the world a choice to exit the currency wars, one of the most powerful choices you can make. Within the currency, Bitcoin will act as the Switzerland of currencies. Even if governments start making them illegal to use, this does not destroy demand. In practice, cryptocurrency use has gone up after a country has banned it.

Governments are failing in their role of delivering the fundamental functions of currency. When there is a dramatic spiral in an economy, the state takes the entire country hostage. People often haven't thought about money as a language or a technology, constructs that can be created and improved by anyone.

So what if you can exit? It changes everything.

The first and second questions are from a talk which took place on July 7th 2017 at a Bloktex event hosted by the Wisma BeeOn Group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/the-fu...

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Watch the full talk here:

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Andreas with a great quote here!

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.

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Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop

Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Mon...

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bi...

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