12 June 2021 · 0 min read

Killing the Bitcoin FUD with Parker Lewis

In this interview, Peter McCormack, host of What Bitcoin Did podcast, talks with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital. They discuss money as a coordination function of society, Bitcoin's energy usage, and why you cannot copy Bitcoin.

Episode timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:48 What is money?
00:12:37 When Money Fails
00:22:35 Bitcoin is Not Too Volatile
00:35:12 Spend Bad Money, Save Good Money
00:40:24 Bitcoin Doesn't Waste Energy
00:48:28 Money Coordinates Human Action
00:53:13 ESG & Monetary Privilege
00:55:18 Government or Monetary Fixes?
00:58:08 Bitcoin Can't be Banned
01:07:44 Regulatory Arbitrage
01:14:28 Bitcoin is Not too Slow
01:21:36 Bitcoin is the First to Work 
01:25:16 Bitcoin Can't be Copied
01:38:04 Do Criminals use Bitcoin?
01:53:29 Gradually, Then Suddenly Book?

The episode premiered on June 9, 2021.