If there is one piece to help you answer the question, “How did we get here?”, this might just be it. In this post, Parker masterfully explains QE and the history of the GFC. Where that whole story ends, Bitcoin begins.
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The Best of Parker Lewis
In this rabbit hole, I chose my personal favorite pieces and podcasts featuring Parker, but I highly recommend checking out his entire catalog of work.
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Parker Lewis is the Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital and a prolific educator and writer in the Bitcoin space. His series “Gradually, Then Suddenly” has helped orange pill many Bitcoiners over the years.
In that series, he debunks a lot of the common FUD while also providing a great framework of how Bitcoin will impact the world. Parker has a talent for distilling complex subjects in a way everyone can understand which makes him a great asset for the Bitcoin community.
In this conversation, Parker Lewis gives a great overview of what Bitcoin is, addresses common FUD, and explains how Bitcoin fixes a lot of the problems seen today caused by the traditional financial system.
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In this conversation, Parker uses first principles to explain what Bitcoin is, what money is, and why it is likely that Bitcoin will be the de facto money of the entire world economy in the future.
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This piece is important because it touches on a point many people miss, that economies converge on one medium to act as money. Parker explains why money is a winner-take-all game and why BTC is primed to win that game.
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The financialization of the economy over the last several decades has been one of the unfortunate outcomes of a traditional financial system. Bitcoin finally offers people to save in a sound money that holds its value.
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In a world that’s become increasingly more chaotic and uncertain, Bitcoin thrives. It was built to thrive in a changing environment like the one we found ourselves in today. Parker brilliantly expands on this idea here.
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Many people stay away from BTC because they believe it can be banned by governments. This piece thoroughly debunks this notion and clearly states why this is unlikely to matter in the end in terms of Bitcoin’s adoption.
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A critique you’ll come across is “BTC is a pyramid scheme”. This post explains what a pyramid is and then goes on to explain how Bitcoin’s predictable monetary policy and lack of leaders exclude it from the definition.
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Goldbugs will often say BTC isn’t money because it “doesn’t have intrinsic value.” This is false. BTC is backed by its monetary properties that allow it to perform the function of money better than any money in history.
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When critics say Bitcoin “wastes energy”, they often never appreciate all the benefits it brings to the world. Similarly, they don’t consider how destructive the traditional financial system is. BTC is worth every watt.
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For all you audio-visual learners out there, Parker gives a great overview of a lot of his articles that debunk common FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) around Bitcoin in this conversation with Peter McCormack.
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Sam Callahan
@samcallahSam Callahan works at Swan Bitcoin in Client Services and Research. He is dedicated to educating people about Bitcoin and spends his time it writing, thinking, and attending meetups in order to help people understand this new, disruptive technology.
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