Bitcoin: Money As A Content Type and the Grand Arc of Technology
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2016-02-11

In this talk, Andreas discusses the evolution of technology along a "grand arc", from grandiosity, to... grandparents. He also looks at how bitcoin expresses money as a content type, changing the nature of payments into a form of generic communication.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Bitcoin has introduced a fundamental transformation in how money will be viewed in the future
2:41 The credit card
6:02 Bitcoin transactions
15:52 The medium is the message
18:43 Shaking my head
22:22 The path of human civilization
25:01 Money is a content type, and we just wrenched it free from the medium
26:32 What happens next? The gatekeepers will tell you that this network is not serious
31:18 The grand arc of technology

This talk was delivered on November 29th 2014 for the BitcoinSouth conference at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand.

This talk is featured in The Internet of Money, which can be purchased in multiple languages in paperback, ebook, or audiobook: https://aantonop.io/tiomv1ebooks/

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.

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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

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THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq
French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390
Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg
Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

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