59. Bitcoin: The Most Islamic Form of Money? with Harris Irfan

<div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c370303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="c370303" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"> <div dir="ltr"> <p>In today&rsquo;s episode Saifedean talks to former investment banker and author of Heaven&rsquo;s Bankers, Harris Irfan. They discuss Harris&rsquo; decades of experiences in Islamic finance and what sparked his interest in bitcoin as a Muslim. Harris explains why bitcoin might be the most sharia-compatible money, why the decentralized nature of bitcoin should be appealing to Muslims, and what Islamic scholars get wrong about bitcoin. We then discuss whether a hard free market money like bitcoin would make finance more equity-based than debt-based.&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul style="font-weight: 400;"> <li>Harris&rsquo; book Heaven&rsquo;s Bankers:&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/3wtxRVz">https://amzn.to/3wtxRVz</a></li> <li>Harris&rsquo; personal blog:&nbsp;<a href="https://islamicmarkets.com/pages/heavens-bankers">https://islamicmarkets.com/pages/heavens-bankers</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>Harris&rsquo; 2019 article, Cryptocurrency and the Future of the Islamic Economy:&nbsp;<a href="https://islamicmarkets.com/articles/cryptocurrency-and-the-future-of-the-islamic-economy-1">https://islamicmarkets.com/articles/cryptocurrency-and-the-future-of-the-islamic-economy-1</a>&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>