Roger Ver is the CEO of Bitcoin.com and an early investor in bitcoin and many Bitcoin startups.

His passion for free-market economics led him to bitcoin in the early days of the cryptocurrency and he has been a passionate advocate and investor ever since.

In this conversation, we start with the basics, cover the most common objections and criticism about bitcoin, and then discuss the future of bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

In this episode:

What was the philosophy that made you find bitcoin interesting?

How did Roger come to start studying economics?

Being prosecuted for selling “firecrackers” on eBay

Not sleeping for days when he discovered bitcoin

The elevator pitch for bitcoin

Common objections to bitcoin

Decentralization isn’t the goal, it is a tool with the goal of censorship resistance

The debate around blocksize

Cryptocurrency regulation

Starting a non-nation nation

Links:

Socialism by Ludwig Von Mises

bitcoin.com

freesociety.com

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