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Sep 19, 2026 38 min

Lesson 4: Where Does Money Come From?

from The Jack Mallers Show Hosted by Jack Mallers

Jack Mallers breaks down why money emerged, how it solved the limits of barter, and what allows billions of strangers to trade with each other. From seashells and gold to fiat and Bitcoin, the test is the same: can it move value across space and preserve it across time?Discover why Jack sees Bitcoin as the breakthrough that combines a global ledger with the properties of a bearer asset.Join the Revolution: https://strike.me/Timestamps:0:00 — Where Does Money Come From?0:56 — Barter and the Birth of Money6:48 — Scaling Trade to Billions of People16:08 — What Makes Good Money?20:01 — Moving Value Across Space and Time25:03 — Money’s Two Forms: Lists and Things28:45 — Money Is a Technology32:55 — Gold vs. Fiat vs. Bitcoin35:52 — Satoshi’s Breakthrough

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