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Bitcoin as a Victor in a World of Fiat Currencies

Introduction to Ken

Ken's Bitcoin Journey Started at the CIA

Bitcoiners in National Security

Bitcoin's Approach to Civil Liberties

Being Able to Transact Freely is Not New

The Tone Shift in D.C. Is Remarkable

Institutions Need to Prove Themselves

CoinKite Ad

Is Bitcoin a Strategic Economic Asset?

Bitcoin is a Threat to National Security?

Bitcoin is a Natural Option

Do We Have A Comparable Advantage in Bitcoin?

Bitcoin Undermines Authority?

US Now Has Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?

Industry Needs to Interact With Government

Bitcoin is Resistance Money?

What the Industry is Doing Right

What the Industry Has Done Wrong

Software Development

Does Industry Need to Get Bills Passed?

Being In People's Faces and Not Just Talking to Treasury

Pitching Bitcoin Depending on Who You're Speaking With

What if Bitcoin is Captured by Institutions?

What Happens When Bitcoin Captures the Institutions

Reincentivize People to be Productive

Reverse That Rot

Opening The Doors for Normies

It Makes It Easier to Not Be Cynical

Has BPI Been Outpunching Its Weight Class?

What's Coming Up For the Policy Institute?

Marty sits down with Ken Egan, the Director of Government Affairs at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss his journey into Bitcoin, the evolving perspectives within the U.S. national security establishment regarding Bitcoin, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute's strategy to influence policy in Washington D.C.
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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#627: Competing With China Using Bitcoin with Ken Egan

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