#379: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin Proof of Reserves with Sam Abbassi

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss building Hoseki, the potential austerity of a hyperbitcoinized world, and weird brain stuff.

Follow Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samabbassi
Check out Hoseki: https://www.hoseki.app/

6:29 - Sam's crypto origin story
11:14 - Concussions and neuroscience
19:06 - Encountering crypto degeneracy and getting orange pilled
25:24 - Working at Fidelity
35:21 - Marty's writing history
41:01 - AI
44:02 - Are we better off than in medieval times?
47:50 - An austere orange pilled Earth
52:57 - What are the problems in a bitcoin standard?
1:04:53 - Hoseki
1:18:14 - Developing a web of trust in third world countries
1:21:12 - Fiat world
1:26:48 - Proof of reserves
1:38:36 - National divorce
1:43:45 - Feds shouldn't be romanticized
1:46:34 - Last words