Happy 1-year Anniversary to the Bankless Podcast! We sum up the show’s first nine episodes in this single canonical mega-podcast, updating our answers to the big questions – What Does It Mean To Go Bankless? What Is DeFi? How Do I Get started?
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Topics Covered
I. Why Are We Going Bankless? (0:00 - 29:09)
Need for Self-Sovereign Money
Current Banking System is Corrupt
II. How Crypto Fixes Money (29:10 - 41:45)
Protocols are Credibly Neutral
Universally Accessible
III. Crypto As A Parallel Financial System (41:46 - 1:00:42)
What is Money?
Parallel Monies, Parallel Tech
IV. The Bankless Money Stack (1:00:43 - 2:11:30)
BTC & ETH Value Propositions
The DeFi Value Proposition
V. Why Crypto Is Inevitable (2:11:31 - 2:34:24)
Game Theory & Gresham’s Law
VI. How To Get Started (2:34:25 - 2:48:10)
Get Crypto Money
Take Self-Custody
Start Using DeFi
VII. The Journey West (2:48:11 - 2:59:38)
Once-In-A-Lifetime Multi-Decades Event
The Bankless Journey is Ambitious, Risky, and Highly Rewarding
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Resources:
Guide to Going Bankless:
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-1-starting-with-bankless
St. Louis Fed Report
https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/2021/02/05/decentralized-finance-on-blockchain-and-smart-contract-based-financial-markets
Designing Ethereum | Vitalik Buterin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R0j5AMUSzA&t=6522s&ab_channel=Bankless
Episode #2: The Evolution of Monetary Policy
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/episode-2-the-evolution-of-monetary
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