Today's guest is US National Security expert and Bitcoin Policy Institute Fellow, Matthew Pines.  We cover: What is the Bitcoin Policy Institute? Why is Matthew focused on Bitcoin? Can Bitcoin support US economic growth and energy innovation? Stability of USD reserve status Freezing gold versus Bitcoin transactions Why is Bitcoin better for the US than gold or a bancor? How effective are sanctions and would any efficacy be compromised by Bitcoin? What kind of conflict would Bitcoin reduce versus possibly augment? Did we just witness Bitcoin democratize the financing of war? Bitcoin and US energy independence  https://twitter.com/matthew_pines https://www.btcpolicy.org/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit progressivebitcoiner.substack.com