{"id":10812,"date":"2017-06-25T23:11:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=10812"},"modified":"2017-06-26T10:29:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T14:29:24","slug":"naval-ravikant-on-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/naval-ravikant-on-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Ravikant and Todd Sampson on Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/749155852683055104\/0StT9uYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Naval Ravikant (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@naval<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/878690667349856256?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/24\/17, 12:05 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The most successful cryptocurrency will be worth more than the rest combined. The runner up will be worth more than all the ones below it&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/749155852683055104\/0StT9uYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Naval Ravikant (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@naval<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/877467629308395521?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/21\/17, 3:06 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">1\/ Blockchains will replace networks with markets.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/749155852683055104\/0StT9uYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Naval Ravikant (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@naval<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/877467713811042304?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/21\/17, 3:06 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">2\/ Humans are the networked species. The first species to network across genetic boundaries and thus seize the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/749155852683055104\/0StT9uYS_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Naval Ravikant (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@naval<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naval\/status\/878882084013715457?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">6\/25\/17, 12:46 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I.e., if Bitcoin is displaced as the store of value, its successor will always live under same fear &amp; therefore be a lousy store of value. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j0TmYrYYEC\"><span>twitter.com\/buytheirsouls\/\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">-Naval Ravikant&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Bitcoin and Ethereum are both powered by the blockchain but for different core purposes &#8212; think diamond gems vs diamond lasers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&#8211;Todd Sampson<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naval Ravikant (@naval) 6\/24\/17, 12:05 PM The most successful cryptocurrency will be worth more than the rest combined. The runner up will be worth more than all the ones below it&#8230; Naval Ravikant (@naval) 6\/21\/17, 3:06 AM 1\/ Blockchains will replace networks with markets. Naval Ravikant (@naval) 6\/21\/17, 3:06 AM 2\/ Humans are the networked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-underground-capital-knowledge"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}