Liz Manzanares
Cofounder and CEO, The Co-operative Exchange Intern, DLSU Student Co-operatives
Jack Mallers is a young man from the future, a future where sound money was fought for and won. A future where you live in the moment and are not running after, or away, from time.
if Bitcoin became the world reserve currency, governments would lose their power to print money and thus their ability to inflate the currency. This would force governments to be more disciplined in their spending.
Fiat currencies, on the other hand, are constantly inflated by governments, which weakens their purchasing power over time. Bitcoin, with its capped supply, is a more stable store of value.
The speaker highlights reasons why Bitcoin Pizza Day is a significant event. First, it signified the evolution of Bitcoin from a theoretical monetary system to a medium of exchange.
Today’s fiat money system is a debt-based system, meaning the money supply is increased by banks issuing loans. This is different from the old system where money was backed by gold.
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital monetary system, meaning there is no middleman like a bank involved in transactions.