Bitcoin: Religion, Cult, or Just Code?

Is Bitcoin a religion? Or is it just money with a cult following?

In this episode of The Dollar is Dead, Jimmy Gorham and Jesse Posner dive into one of the most fascinating questions at the intersection of money, belief, and philosophy: whether Bitcoin functions as a religion.

We explore the parallels between faith and finance — from Bitcoin’s mysterious creation myth of Satoshi Nakamoto, to its community’s rituals, evangelism, and even “false prophets.” Along the way, we wrestle with the deeper human motivations behind money: fear, meaning, belonging, and the eternal struggle to avoid pain and achieve bliss.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
1:20 Is bitcoin a religion?
5:24 Can religion be proven?
10:33 How to know what a person's religion is
12:42 Cults, the dark mirror of religion
16:15 Existential dread and uncertainty
21:43 The power of decentralization in bitcoin
24:12 The cult of cryptobros
25:39 Wrap up

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