Is There a Biblical Basis for Bitcoin? (w/ Jimmy Song)

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English - March 25, 2021 19:45 - 57 minutes - 53 MB - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
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On this episode, we’re joined by Jimmy Song.

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin Educator, Developer and Entrepreneur. Jimmy is the author of Programming Bitcoin, The Little Bitcoin Book, and his latest book, Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money. In addition, he's a Bitcoin Fellow at Blockchain Capital, a lecturer at the University of Texas, a speaker at Bitcoin conferences, an avid open-source contributor, mostly in Bitcoin, and the instructor of a 2-day workshop for programmers, Programming Blockchain.

www.ProgrammingBitcoin.com

Is there a biblical basis for bitcoin? Are there moral characteristics of money itself … or just what we do with money? Why does Jimmy believe “bitcoin is a system that turns our individual sinfulness into our economic salvation?” What system of taxation is compatible with a bitcoin-based financial system?