Bitcoin Q&A: What is the Appeal of Sound Money? Video

What functions of money does the current stage of bitcoin fulfill? What is the current popular use case? Why will unit of account be the last function we achieve? Which use cases will accelerate bitcoin adoption in western countries (ex. Germany)? Why should we not be so hard on speculation and hedging against devaluation? What is the appeal of sound money? Will bitcoin become a world reserve currency? Why is gold not a good medium of exchange? How do we incentivise spending of bitcoin, when the current trend is to hold? Why is HODLing simultaneously hard? Why do mainstream economists call it "hoarding" instead of "saving"?

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0:00 I run the Blockchain Centre in Australia. I wanted to ask [about] your view of cryptocurrency in
the future. It seems to me that we have moved away from this idea of using digital currency in day-to-day commerce; now it is about making money on bitcoin. Where do you see this going in the future?
4:55 Which use cases will accelerate Bitcoin adoption in western countries, more than pure speculation?
9:40 Do you think there is a possibility that bitcoin will become the world's reserve currency, essentially digital gold, and that there will be other
coins which we will use as day-to-day currency?
13:21 Since there is a limited supply of bitcoin, with more and more people hearing about it, economic theory would suggest that the value of bitcoin is trending up. So how do we incentivize the spending of bitcoin, if it is more worthwhile to hold on to it, as the value increases?

These questions are from the HoshoCon event, the October Patreon Q&A sessions, the Seattle 'Internet of Money' tour event, and the November Patreon Q&A session, which took place on October 11th, October 27th, November 10th, and November 17th 2018 respectively.

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.

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MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

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French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390
Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg
Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

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