EPISODE · Aug 16, 2022 · 59 MIN
Ep. 99: What is the future of money? | Kirk Hutchison
from FUTURATI PODCAST · host Thomas Frey
If you enjoy this interview please help us grow by subscribing to the podcast and sharing it with your friends! Money has a long history, beginning with barter and leading all the way to your credit card. Kirk Hutchison founded Volt Protocol because he believes the next era of money is deflationary and disintermediated. He studied history at UC San Diego and arrived at a libertarian bent after seeing the similarities between market processes and equilibria in nature. Inspired by the rich theoretical work on free money systems by economists such as George Selgin, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, Kirk is working to put this theory into practice using smart contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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If you enjoy this interview please help us grow by subscribing to the podcast and sharing it with your friends! Money has a long history, beginning with barter and leading all the way to your credit card. Kirk Hutchison founded Volt Protocol because he believes the next era of money is deflationary and disintermediated. He studied history at UC San Diego and arrived at a libertarian bent after seeing the similarities between market processes and equilibria in nature. Inspired by the rich theoretical work on free money systems by economists such as George Selgin, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, Kirk is working to put this theory into practice using smart contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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