Andreas Brekken: Slowly I started thinking that fiat currency is really silly - A Dash of Dash
Channel: Dash Cryptocurrency
Date: 15/06/2019

Andreas Brekken has been working in the development space around cryptocurrencies since 2012, including a stint at the crypto exchange, Kraken. He’s a strong proponent of using crypto — of becoming familiar with the real-world functionality offered by crypto networks. Makes sense. Usability is key. 

Watch the original 38-minute video from our friends at Dash News, in which Andreas talks about his experience with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Monero and Dash, thoughts on governance and the Bitcoin Cash fork, and more. Yes, his video quality isn’t stellar, but the discourse is pretty informative: https://youtu.be/_UXr6lUda0k 

Related link 
* Andreas’ review of Dash: “Dash: A Governance and Privacy Coin That’s Surprisingly Easy To Use” https://medium.com/andreas-tries-blockchain/dash-a-governance-and-privacy-coin-thats-surprisingly-easy-to-use-11160e565ce0

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* his new site that aims to facilitate the conversion of cryptos: https://sideshift.ai/dash/bch 
* his project where he posts in-depth reviews of cryptos https://www.shitcoin.com 
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/abrkn 

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Transcript: 

I mean, before Bitcoin I had absolutely no interest in politics. But then once I got involved in Bitcoin... 

You know, being on BitcoinTalk, being on r/bitcoin people started posting all of these things that were about Bitcoin but were also criticisms of fiat money. Of taxation. BOf the State as a concept. 

Slowly I started thinking that fiat currency is really silly. Before Bitcoin I was totally fine with it. It's just like a consequence of life you had no option. But yeah, definitely changed my view of the world and government. 

If you were somebody like Ron Paul or even before that you can sit around and keep saying we should go back to the gold standard or complain. 

But the reality is, it's just not going to happen because there are too many careers and fortunes at stake and they rely on trapping us in the fiat system. 

Yes, exactly. 

And with no tool. With no off-ramp. With no alternative. Then you're stuck. 

So now, we have something. And with the alternative, it sort of opens the mind to, well, if this giant underpinning of the world as we know it can be completely obsoleted and replaced by something that's controlled by you know in theory, controlled by no one, then what else can we free? 

It's a slow process but I would say that cryptocurrency, in my opinion, leads to more freedom and not less. It's not absolute freedom like the State is not going to disappear tomorrow but it's an improvement. And that's important.