95. Q&A: is money debt? Can monopolists control bitcoin? How time preference fixes you

<p><span lang="EN-US">In this episode, Saifedean invites his newsletter subscribers to join a Q&amp;A seminar normally only available to Saifedean.com members. He answers questions on whether money and debt are the same,&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;whether bitcoin whales or &ldquo;monopolists&rdquo; will gain too much power on the free market,&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US">the impact of energy trends on bitcoin mining, and&nbsp;</span>the risks of holding bitcoin on an exchange. Participants also share their personal stories about how reading The Bitcoin Standard changed their life by lowering their time preference and allowing them to save for the future.</p>