The Number Zero and Bitcoin | Episode 1 | (WiM302)

The "What is Money?" Show

Robert Breedlove

Bitcoin, Breedlove, What Is Money, Investing, Rabbit Hole, Cryptocurrency, Money, Finance, Education, Robert Breedlove, History

4.8 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Many believe that Bitcoin is “just one of thousands of cryptoassets”—this is true in the same way that the number zero is just one of an infinite series of numbers. In reality, Bitcoin is special, and so is zero: each is an invention which led to a discovery that fundamentally reshaped its overarching system—for Bitcoin, that system is money, and for zero, it is mathematics. Since money and math are mankind’s two universal languages, both Bitcoin and zero are critical constructs for civilization. In this series, we explore Breedlove’s written work: “The Number Zero and Bitcoin.”

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0:00.0	Roman numeral inefficiency would not be tolerated for long in a world enriching itself through commerce.
0:06.0	With trade networks proliferating and productivity escalating in tandem,
0:11.0	growing prospects of wealth creation incentivized merchants to become increasingly competitive,
0:17.0	pushing them to always search for an edge over others. Computation and record keeping with a zero-based
0:23.6	numeral system was qualitatively easier, quantitatively faster, and less prone to error.
0:30.6	Despite Europe's resistance, this new numeral system simply could not be ignored.
0:44.0	Like its distant progeny Bitcoin would later be, Zero was an unstoppable idea whose time had come.
1:01.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the What is Money Show. I am thrilled to have you here joining me on my mission to help shine light on the corruption of money. Now, if this is your first time listening to The What Is Money Show, I strongly recommend that you go back to episodes 1 through 9 first,
1:09.0	which lays a lot of the groundwork for many of the
1:11.7	concepts that we explore on the show. These first nine episodes are my series with Michael
1:16.2	Saylor, and thousands of people have told me that this is the best podcast series they've ever
1:21.8	heard, hands down, and that it was instrumental to their understanding of money and Bitcoin.
1:27.5	So if you're looking to start a deep dive into the nature of money, I don't think there's any
1:33.0	place better that you can start other than episode one of this show.
1:37.2	Now, a little bit about this show and how it makes money.
1:40.3	What is Money Show is 100% sponsor based.
1:43.6	So all of our revenues are derived from direct sponsorships.
1:47.1	And I strive to be very selective about the sponsors that I work with, specifically only using sponsors that I use personally.
1:54.8	And also choosing sponsors that have values, which are well aligned to the values expressed on this show, such as freedom, education, self-sovereignty, et cetera.
2:05.2	So what I'm going to do now is a few ad reads right at the top of the show,
2:08.8	and then I'll do a few more ad reads in the middle.
2:10.8	And I hope you'll take the time to listen to them,
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