CEO & CIO of 'Off The Chain Capital' Brian Estes join me for a conversation on monetary history, why Bitcoin matters so much in the current landscape of money, and how to value networks.Be sure to check out Swan Private, the trusted Bitcoin financial services provider for high-net-worth individuals and businesses worldwide: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/private/GuestBrian Estes Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianEstes32Brian Estes Website: https://offthechain.capitalPODCASTPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Outline00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:08 Learn About Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com00:01:37 Brian’s Background & How he got into Bitcoin00:04:36 What is Brian doing now?00:05:46 The History Of Money00:10:35 Bitcoin’s Distributed Ledger00:12:24 What is the Petrodollar?00:15:02 The Dollar being Devalued00:17:13 What is the “Everything Bubble”?00:22:15 How does Bitcoin Fix Problems?00:24:53 UBI & Managing the Collapse00:27:06 What is Bitcoin’s Trajectory?00:29:13 Gold’s Scarcity vs Bitcoin’s Scarcity00:31:37 Bitcoin becoming a Non-Correlated Asset00:33:49 Bitcoin being Voluntary00:35:15 Similarities with Building the Internet & Building Bitcoin00:39:58 Watch "Hard Money with Natalie Brunell" From Swan Studios & Bitcoin Magazine!00:40:44 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth!00:41:52 Milton Friedman, Sending Cash Digitally00:43:25 How to Combat Censorship?00:45:49 A Bitcoin-Only Future?00:47:39 S-Curve Analysis00:52:08 Explaining Bitcoins Immutability00:55:11 Do we need a Federal Reserve?00:56:06 Bitcoin: A Necessary Asset in Portfolios01:01:11 Issues with Understanding Exponential Growth01:02:42 Dealing with Drawdowns in the Bitcoin Market1:04:49 Investing in Protocols vs Blockchain Companies1:08:46 People saying “Governments Won’t Allow Bitcoin To Succeed”1:13:06 Government Collecting Taxes on Crypto1:14:34 What is Bitcoin Relationship with Time & Energy?1:19:32 Relationship Between Government Issued Money & Warfare1:24:10 Final Thoughts & Where to find Brian1:25:00 “What Is Money?” Outro 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=true RECOMMENDED BUSINESSESSwan Private guides high-net-worth individuals and businesses in all areas of Bitcoin strategy: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/private/CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveOkcoin is an innovative and education-focused cryptoasset exchange platform—earn $50 in free Bitcoin by signing up at: https://okcoin.com/breedloveJoin Me At Bitcoin 2023, pre-order your tickets now (discount code BREEDLOVE): https://b.tc/conference/2023Automatic Recurring Bitcoin Buys and Withdrawals: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/