Read_887 - A Half Baked Thesis on Stablecoins

"As will become clear as the argument progresses, I
actually think the outcome to which I am building up is where
things have to go. I think the technical and economic incentives
at play make this an inevitability rather than a
“choice”"
~ Allen Farrington


What if the stablecoin boom isn't a threat to Bitcoin, but a
stepping stone? In this episode, I dive into Allen Farrington’s
"A Half Baked Thesis on Stablecoins" and follow it with a massive
guy's take unpacking the implications. Are stablecoins a betrayal
of Bitcoin principles, or are they the Trojan horse for
Bitcoin-native infrastructure? What happens when fiat settles
over Lightning? And how could ecash and Taproot Assets reshape
everything we thought we knew about digital money? There's a
quiet revolution happening at the payments layer—and the
stablecoin debate might just be the signal buried in the noise.


Check out the original article: A Half-Baked Thesis on
Stablecoins (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y442kkkc)


 


References from the episode:


Layered Money by Nik Bhatia (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/yndssenp)

Check Your Financial Privilege by Alex Gladstein (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/4s3n595a)

Only the Strong Survive by Allen Farrington (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/3au8zmtr)

One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock (Link: https://tinyurl.com/348ykwh9)

Electronic Value Exchange: Origins of the VISA Electronic
Payment System (History of Computing) by David Stearns (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/2e69874x)



Bitcoin Audible & Guy Swann Links


⁠Guy on Nostr ⁠(Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney)

⁠Guy on X ⁠(Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann)

Guy on Instagram (Link:
https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann)

Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann)

Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)

⁠Bitcoin Audible on X⁠ (Link:
https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)

The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)




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