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.

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The current situation of almost no yield in the bond markets...grandpa needs bitcoin?

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.

The signal: "This time it's different"

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. 

BTC vs GOLD. Past or Future with Context of Time

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. 

Open Crushes Closed

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.

Guaranteed Use Cases in 2030

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. 

Bitcoin Crashes: The Awesome Compression of Growth

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?  

Blockchain Today is not Version 2030

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

10X Conversations vs 10% conversations

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.  

Hidden Value: The use cases READY TO GO...

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. 

Divergence: When Price and Value don't get along...

We briefly explore how electricity started to build the grid on GE's assumption that more use cases would come after the light bulb.  We further look at how the Internet started with email, light browsing and chat as the initial use cases in 1996.  Transposing those innovations onto what blockchain could look like, gives us a reminder that use cases come well after the infrastructure is built. 

Resilience: Building Infrastruture for Needs Not There. -- Yet.

We look at the trend that Kickstarter has evolved in the last 8 years and see how it works outwardly into 2030.  VCs would love to invest in African and domains outside of the US...but... They just dont have the trust mechanisms to ensure their money is safe and being used according to the business plan.  They currently HAVE TO rely on the US judicial system to make any project "misuse of funds" fraud right.  This goes back to the fundamental chokepoint on why incredible businesses abroad dont receive the funding they need.  Capital markets exist in New York, SFO, London etc... They dont know how to SECURELY invest in other markets with different jurisdictions.  Trust is UNAVAILABLE until now. Enter the 2030 Blockchain Ecosystem and it's Utility. 

Utility in 2030...Smart Contracts in a Secure Environment.

We look at how the migration from our current Trust Minimization World looks to evolve into a world of Trust Automation.  From Uber and Airbnb's ability to create virtual trust within very intimate pockets of our brain, we explore the trend's growth and ultimate destination within technology's ability to automate.  

Trust Minimization evolving into Trust Automation

We start to look at what 2027-2030 could look like and what will be needed from the migration of legacy systems.  A journey into the future based on current logic and current needs. 

Build it and They Will Come...Como?

We dive deeper into how blockchain weaves into our current trajectory of using technology to "Work-around" or neo-cortex limitations.  A visualization of what that looks like. 

How Automated Trust looks and feels.

Digital Gold? Decentralization? These are just abstract tokens for what Blockchain really gives us... Automation of Trust.

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