Bitcoin vs. The Fiat Standard | Dr. Saifedean Ammous | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast S4: E58

This episode was recorded on September 8th 2021. Saifedean Ammous is an expert on Bitcoin with a PhD from Columbia University. He joins Dr. Peterson to discuss decentralization, different schools of economics, the Fiat vs. Bitcoin standards, and much more. Dr. Ammous is the author of The Bitcoin Standard, widely considered the essential book on the economics of Bitcoin. He also hosts a podcast of the same name. His new book, The Fiat Standard, should be out in November. _ Find Saifedean here: Saifedean’s online learning platform:  (20% off by using the code “Peterson”) The Bitcoin Standard:  The Fiat Standard:  _________ [00:18] Intro [02:34] What are hard monetary assets? [06:13] The argument for bitcoin being the best hard money ever created [09:11] “Bitcoin only has users... no admins. There is nobody with a master key“ - Saifedean Ammous [10:36] How the Bitcoin network funct