How Bitcoin changes incentives

Is our financial system a treadmill designed to make saving impossible? Bitcoin developer Jimmy Song explains how a new kind of money offers a way off.

#1about 4 minutes

Why Bitcoin is an essential tool for human rights

Bitcoin provides a censorship-resistant way to fund activists in authoritarian regimes where traditional financial systems fail or are weaponized against them.

#2about 11 minutes

How fiat currency erodes personal savings and incentives

Constant monetary expansion devalues savings, forcing individuals into high-cost assets like real estate or promoting materialism over long-term value creation.

#3about 11 minutes

How cheap debt gives large companies an unfair advantage

The Cantillon effect provides large corporations with access to cheap loans, enabling them to eliminate competition through underpricing, talent hoarding, and acquisitions.

#4about 9 minutes

How money printing leads to government inefficiency

The ability to print money creates a moral hazard, leading to wasteful spending, rent-seeking, and a complete disconnect from market price signals.

#5about 7 minutes

How the US dollar standard disadvantages developing nations

The global Cantillon effect, stemming from the dollar's reserve status since Bretton Woods, systematically drains wealth from developing countries and creates systemic fragility.

#6about 2 minutes