Dr. Ahmad Ammous joins us to talk about fiat medicine and how Bitcoin can fix it!

Key Takeaways: 🔹The healthcare system is broken and focused on profit rather than patient care. 🔹The opioid epidemic is a result of pharmaceutical companies pushing dangerous drugs for profit. 🔹The medical system is controlled by centralized agencies that promote pharmaceutical medicine and suppress alternative treatments. 🔹The history of medicine in the US is connected to the creation of the Federal Reserve. 🔹The placebo effect is a powerful factor in medicine. 🔹Sunscreen may not be as beneficial as believed and could have negative effects. 🔹A free market approach to healthcare could lead to more diverse and effective treatments. Fiat medicine prioritizes profit over patient health and suppresses alternative treatments. 🔹The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the flaws of the medical system, including the manipulation of statistics and the focus on pharmaceutical solutions. 🔹Understanding one's own body and taking control of personal health is crucial for overall well-being. 🔹Bitcoin has the potential to improve the medical system by enabling direct doctor-patient relationships and reducing the influence of third-party intermediaries.

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The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.

In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. This isn't a show for bitcoin news or analysis - we dig into the deep topics that are important to us and to our guests. Join us if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin and related freedom-go-up technologies and ideas!

Softsimon from Mempool joins us to discuss Bitcoin fees, spam, fixing the filters, the Blocksize Wars, and much more!

Key Takeaways:

• Data transactions, such as JPEGs and token transfers, contribute to fee spikes in Bitcoin.
• High fees are necessary to price out spam and non-essential transactions.
• The debate between big blockers and small blockers centers around decentralization and user control in Bitcoin.
• Roger Ver's book promoting Bitcoin Cash as the true Bitcoin is seen as a failed attempt to gain support.
• New users should understand the history and context of the Bitcoin Cash fork. Bitcoin has experienced multiple forks due to disagreements and attempts to hijack the protocol.
• Bitcoin's resistance to change is a key feature that protects it from being easily manipulated.
• Mempool is working on transaction acceleration services to help users with stuck transactions.
• Transparency is important in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and Mempool aims to provide an open and auditable transaction acceleration service.

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The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.

In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. This isn't a show for bitcoin news or analysis - we dig into the deep topics that are important to us and to our guests. Join us if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin and related freedom-go-up technologies and ideas!

Lyn Alden joins the Freedom Footprint Show to talk about how Bitcoin fixes the broken money system. Lyn is the author of Broken Money, partner at Ego Death Capital, and a renowned macro analyst focusing on Bitcoin.

Key Takeaways:

🔹The centralization of the financial system has led to issues such as debt accumulation and inflation. 🔹Bitcoin, with its decentralized and immutable nature, can provide a solution to these problems. 🔹The Jevons paradox applies to Bitcoin and the broader economy, with increased efficiency leading to increased consumption. 🔹The adoption of Bitcoin and stablecoins will put pressure on smaller currencies and create more porous financial borders. 🔹Bitcoin ETFs provide more accessibility to Bitcoin for institutional and retail investors, but self-custody is still important. 🔹Privacy is a key battleground in Bitcoin, and it is important to build privacy tech on top of Bitcoin and educate the public about the importance of privacy. 🔹Nostr plays a role in advocating for decentralized communication and providing an alternative to centralized information portals. 🔹Optionality is important in the Bitcoin ecosystem, allowing for the ability to route around centralized problems and build alternative solutions. 🔹Education and awareness are crucial in defending privacy and pushing back against government overreach.

Connect with Lyn: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact https://primal.net/p/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a https://www.lynalden.com/

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The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.

In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. This isn't a show for bitcoin news or analysis - we dig into the deep topics that are important to us and to our guests. Join us if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin and related freedom-go-up technologies and ideas!