Michael Saylor joins me to discuss anthropology, energy, and technology from first principles as we build the intellectual foundation necessary to truly grasp the historic significance of Bitcoin.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTMichael's twitter: https://twitter.com/michael_saylorMichael's company: https://www.microstrategy.com/enMichael's website: https://www.hope.com/CHANNELPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:02:06 Money is Tokenized Sociopolitical Energy00:05:23 Bitcoin is the First Digital Money00:07:21 The Ideal Model of Money00:09:34 Money is the Apex Property00:11:35 From Political Money to Engineered Money00:12:54 Ancient Coin Networks00:15:17 Money Changers and Energy Loss00:17:33 Problems with the Gold Standard00:22:33 Custody of Gold is Expensive00:26:00 Gold is Too Easy to Manipulate00:27:21 Gold is Difficult to Transport and Distribute00:28:20 Gold’s Divisibility is Limited in Practice00:31:17 Final vs. Deferred Settlement00:34:35 Gold Applications are Difficult and Dangerous00:38:54 Gold Invites Violence00:43:51 The Gold Standard: Dying a Slow Death00:47:19 Performance of Gold vs. Bitcoin00:49:55 To Stay Alive in a Darwinian World…SOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueRECOMMENDED BUSINESSESAutomatic Recurring Bitcoin Buying: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Use Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZWorldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/