Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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Interstellar Banking - The Galactic Financial System

Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Written & Edited by: Briana Brownell, Isaac Arthur, Merv Johnson II, Thomas Owens

Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Sergio Botero

Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

4:45 Foundations of Currency in Space

6:06 Commodity Money

8:47 Fiat Money

10:40 Crypto & Distributed Ledgers

12:09 Time Dilation, Distance, and the Death of Real-Time Banking

12:55 Interplanetary Banking

18:34 Interstellar Banking

19:50 Interstellar Banking (Light-Years Away)

22:56 Intergalactic & FTL Banking

25:09 Automation, AI, and Autonomous Banking

26:22 CT Scan

27:28 Cultural and Ethical Dimensions of Cosmic Wealth

28:45 The Economics of Forever

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Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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Interstellar Banking - The Galactic Financial System

Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Written & Edited by: Briana Brownell, Isaac Arthur, Merv Johnson II, Thomas Owens

Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Sergio Botero

Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

4:45 Foundations of Currency in Space

6:06 Commodity Money

8:47 Fiat Money

10:40 Crypto & Distributed Ledgers

12:09 Time Dilation, Distance, and the Death of Real-Time Banking

12:55 Interplanetary Banking

18:34 Interstellar Banking

19:50 Interstellar Banking (Light-Years Away)

22:56 Intergalactic & FTL Banking

25:09 Automation, AI, and Autonomous Banking

26:22 CT Scan

27:28 Cultural and Ethical Dimensions of Cosmic Wealth

28:45 The Economics of Forever

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Humanity may not colonize planets—we may build our own worlds. Explore how rotating space habitats could spread across the Solar System and beyond, forming a vast diaspora of artificial worlds that reshape civilization and interstellar expansion.

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The Space Habitat Diaspora – Humanity Spreads Without Planets

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Graphics from Bryan Versteeg, Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero, Udo Schroeter

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