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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#608: The Digit Addiction Pandemic with Ivan Makedonski

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Ivan Makedonski to discuss his article "The Digit Addiction Pandemic".


Ivan's Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-digit-addiction-pandemicMisty Breez: https://breez.technology/misty/Bulgarian Bitcoin Movie: https://geyser.fund/project/bulgarianjourney


0:00 - Intro0:36 - Digit addiction7:28 - Digit lords10:51 - Fold & Coinkite12:23 - Shaking the addicted mind15:39 - Tragedy caused by fiat21:27 - Life as unit of account26:10 - Unchained36:39 - Getting clean from fiat31:28 - Building the bitcoin standard40:57 - Misty Breez55:20 - Speed of adoption57:47 - Go and experience bitcoin1:01:36 - Movie shill


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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their

0:23.5

currency, Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.8

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.4

Hi, then, welcome to the show.

0:37.9

I love the fishbowl camera lens that you've got going on here.

0:43.1

Yeah, like we call ourselves that we're in an echo chamber.

0:49.0

Now it appears that I am.

0:53.3

Yeah.

0:54.3

Thank you very much for the invite.

0:57.8

It was, I would say, a long road to get here, at least for me.

1:01.9

But very, very appreciate.

1:03.7

I am a fan of the show for years now.

1:06.4

Well, I'm glad to have you on, particularly to talk about the piece that you wrote,

1:11.4

the digit addiction pandemic,

1:15.3

so drawing parallels to substance abuse and our addiction to digits in the digital world.

1:22.1

And I think maybe that's a good jumping off point is what inspired you to draw these parallels between

1:28.7

substance addiction in our relationship with digital digits in the modern digital world.

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