Fake News, Fake Money - Classic Bitcoin Talk
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2017-05-13

In this talk, Andreas examines the sensationalist debate over "fake news," the rising tide of faith-based nation states declaring bitcoin as "fake money," and alternative mechanisms we can build to fill the void left by retired fact-checking departments & central bank authorities. 

This talk is featured in The Internet of Money volume 2, which can be purchased in multiple languages in paperback, ebook, or audiobook: https://aantonop.io/tiomv2ebooks/

This talk took place at the Silicon Valley Bitcoin meetup on April 11th 2017 at the Plug and Play Tech Center (@PlugandPlayTC) in Sunnyvale, California: https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Bitcoin-Users/events/233760417/

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Fake news happens on both sides; cheerleaders for war 
1:39 When did the debate over fake news begin? 
4:04 The rise of churnalism 
5:28 Fact-checking depending on trust in authority of institutions 
6:47 "The internet is fake news!"; decentralising critical thinking 
8:29 Tribalism, propaganda, and the myths of money 
11:36 When hollow reality returns to "full faith" money 
15:13 Bitcoin as an alternative to faith-based financial systems 
19:04 "Drug dealers! Terrorists! Pornographers! Criminals!" 
21:09 Discerning fake vs. real money in a world without authority 
22:58 Demonetisation and price premiums in India 
24:53 Final thoughts 


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

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