In Episode 105 of The Dollar Is Dead, Jimmy and Jesse square off in a heated debate over Bitcoin’s promise—and its pitfalls. With Jimmy challenging its long-term viability and Jesse defending it as a potential path forward, the two dig into what Bitcoin is, what it isn’t, and what it could become.

This episode explores:
– Why Bitcoin might not live up to the hype
– The risks of energy consumption and centralization
– Challenges around mass adoption
– What happens if Bitcoin fails to scale
– Whether crypto is really a hedge against fiat collapse

Jesse (constitutional lawyer turned cryptographer) and Jimmy (entrepreneur and poker pro) bring sharp insight into the collision of money, politics, and philosophy.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:33 How to define what a human right is?
04:58 The nature of reason
09:00 The law of non contradiction
13:37 Thomas Hobbes and The Leviathan
23:21 The concept of injury
37:36 Reason vs rationalizations
42:34 Negative rights and positive rights
47:17 Democracy as a way of ruling by emotion
49:23 Rousseau and his Discourse on Inequality
55:04 Is bitcoin justified if it disrupts the system?
01:01:35 Reconceptualizing the state of nature
01:06:06 Bitcoin as a political action
01:11:16 The Devil's bargain of the state

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