Panel Discussion - Does Bitcoin outperform gold?
Channel: Value of Bitcoin
Date: 2020-04-14

"I don't believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, that is, we can't take it violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can't stop." - F.A. Hayek in 1984

Did gold as money fail and did it lead to the emergence of FIAT? Is Bitcoin the final piece to be able to perform "some sly roundabout" which can not be stopped? These are the questions the panel was discussing about.

Panelists:

Prof Dr. Thorsten Polleit is Chief Economist of Degussa, Europe’s largest precious metal trading firm, since April 2012. From 1998 to 2012, he worked as an economist in the international investment banking business. In 2012, he co-founded an Alternative Investment Fund. In September 2014 he was appointed Honorary Professor for economics at the University of Bayreuth. Thorsten Polleit is an Adjunct Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, US Alabama, and President of the Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland. His research interests are monetary economics, capital market theory and, in particular, the Austrian School of Economics. His latest books are “Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft” (2020), “Vom Intelligenten Investieren” (2018) and “Ludwig von Mises – der kompromisslose Liberale” (2018).

Mark Valek is partner of Incrementum AG and responsible for Portfolio Management and Research. His passion is to apply interdisciplinary thinking to investment. He is particularly fascinated with the Austrian School of Economics, monetary history, and the foreseeable paradigm shift in the monetary system. While working full time, Mark studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Business Administration and has continuously worked in financial markets and asset management since 1999.

Sven Schnieders is a writer and autodidact with a focus on Bitcoin, Economics, Physics, Math and Philosophy. His thinking about economics is strongly influenced by the writings of Hayek, Mises, and Hazlitt. He is also the organizer of the BitcoinVienna meetup.

The panel was moderated by Keyvan Davani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyvandavani/)

This panel discussion was performed during the Value of Bitcoin Symposium on March 5th 2020 in Vienna - more information: https://vob-conference.com
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