We talk about monetary maximalism, and whether everything is good for bitcoin with Christian Keroles of HRF. We discuss:

• Monetary maximalism: descriptive or prescriptive
• Bitcoin Spam 
• Antifragility
• What bitcoiners are getting wrong on personal finance
• How 2023 played out with “ordinals”
• Not being used to winning

Links:

• X: @ck_SNARKs
• Site: HRF.org
• Site: https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home

Sponsors:

• Swan.com (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on X: @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Subscribe to Substack

Timestamp/Chapters:

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 01:22 - Defining Monetary Maximalism
• 03:10 - Monetary Maximalism as an Observation
• 05:00 - Descriptive vs Prescriptive Monetary Maximalism
• 09:50 - The Debate on Ordinals and Spam
• 21:05 - The Nuisance Level of Spam
• 22:48 - What Are Most Bitcoiners Getting Wrong On Personal Finance
• 29:49 - The Emergence of Ordinals and Inscriptions
• 32:27 - Coinkite.com
• 33:28 - Swan.com
• 34:31 - Mempool.space
• 35:54 - The Umbrella Term of Ordinals
• 41:16 - The Fallout and Consequences of Bitcoin Developments
• 48:53 - The Strengthening of Bitcoin through Challenges
• 53:20 - The Debate on Filtering in Bitcoin
• 58:32 - The Emergence of Runes Protocol
• 01:02:13 - Bitcoin's Winning Streak
• 01:04:35 - Confusion and False Narratives
• 01:07:37 - The Base of Bitcoin: 21 Million Coins and HODL
• 01:08:37 - Closing Thoughts and Bitcoin Adoption