We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss:

Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive
Bitcoin Spam 
Antifragility
What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance
How 2023 played out with “ordinals”
Not being used to winning

Links:

X: @ck_SNARKs
Site: HRF.org
Site: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home

Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

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Timestamp/Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - Defining Monetary Maximalism
03:10 - Monetary Maximalism as an Observation
05:00 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive Monetary Maximalism
09:50 - The Debate on Ordinals and Spam
21:05 - The Nuisance Level of Spam
22:48 - What Are Most Bitcoiners Getting Wrong On Personal Finance
29:49 - The Emergence of Ordinals and Inscriptions
32:27 - Coinkite.com
33:28 - Swan.com
34:31 - Mempool.space
35:54 - The Umbrella Term of Ordinals
41:16 - The Fallout and Consequences of Bitcoin Developments
48:53 - The Strengthening of Bitcoin through Challenges
53:20 - The Debate on Filtering in Bitcoin
58:32 - The Emergence of Runes Protocol
01:02:13 - Bitcoin's Winning Streak
01:04:35 - Confusion and False Narratives
01:07:37 - The Base of Bitcoin: 21 Million Coins and HODL
01:08:37 - Closing Thoughts and Bitcoin Adoption