Book · 2018 · Business & Economics
The Bitcoin Standard
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey has been mentioned in 12 episodes across 5 podcasts (8 episodes recommend it and 4 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Michael Saylor (2 episodes), Lex Fridman (2 episodes) and Saifedean Ammous (2 episodes) on Lex Fridman Podcast (7 episodes), The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (2 episodes) and Invest Like the Best (1 episode).
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- 12
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- people
- 10
- episodes recommend it
- 8
I think you gotta start with bitcoin standard uh that one to me feels like uh it really lays out the picture nicely.
Questions about The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey
Who recommends The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey on podcasts?
Michael Saylor (2 episodes), Lex Fridman (1 episode), Saifedean Ammous (1 episode), Anthony Pompliano (1 episode) and Jordan Peterson (1 episode) have recommended The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey on podcasts. In all, 10 people brought it up across 5 podcasts (6 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Bitcoin Standard the most?
Lex Fridman Podcast (7 episodes), The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (2 episodes), Invest Like the Best (1 episode), The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode) and Timcast IRL (1 episode).
Is The Bitcoin Standard recommended, or only discussed?
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey was recommended in 8 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2025-06-09.
What do people say about The Bitcoin Standard?
Anthony Pompliano on Lex Fridman Podcast (2021-03-25): "I think you gotta start with bitcoin standard uh that one to me feels like uh it really lays out the picture nicely."
When was The Bitcoin Standard last mentioned on a podcast?
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey was last recommended on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast by Michael Saylor on 2025-06-09.
What they say about it
- Highly recommends the book“a book i highly recommend”2
- Author of The Bitcoin Standard“who wrote the book, The Bitcoin Standard”2
The best things said about it
I just recently finished reading The Bitcoin Standard, a book I highly recommend.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2021 And I started looking for the books and I read the Bitcoin standard and I I got quote unquote dragged down the rabbit hole.
Michael Saylor The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jun 2025 The Bitcoin Standard, a lot of people don't like it, I just read it, it's good.
One guy that's done a great job working on this is Saifedean Ammous, who wrote the book, The Bitcoin Standard.
Michael Saylor Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 2022 The two books are The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Nov 2021 Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
10 people who brought it up
- Michael Saylor2 episodes · recommended in 2
- Lex Fridman2 episodes · recommended in 1
Saifedean Ammous2 episodes · recommended in 1- Anthony Pompliano1 episode · recommended in 1
- Jordan Peterson1 episode · recommended in 1
- Nic Carter1 episode · recommended in 1
- Adam Curry1 episode
- Alex Gladstein1 episode
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy1 episode
- Robert Breedlove1 episode
Why people recommend it
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous is an exploration of the history of money and the economic principles supporting cryptocurrency through an Austrian economics lens. Michael Saylor shared on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and the Lex Fridman Podcast that reading the book was a turning point that drew him down the rabbit hole of studying monetary history and inflation. Saifedean Ammous appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss related mining and scaling debates, while Jordan Peterson reminded listeners of the titles of the guest's books at the close of an episode. Nic Carter recommended The Bitcoin Standard on the Lex Fridman Podcast as a solid introduction to Austrian economic perspectives on digital currency, and Anthony Pompliano suggested it as the ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand Bitcoin. Lex Fridman also endorsed the book on his podcast, noting that he had recently finished reading it and highly recommended it to anyone exploring the broader topic of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Every mention
Michael Saylor and I started looking for the books and I read the Bitcoin standard and I I got quote unquote dragged down… 2
“and I started looking for the books and I read the Bitcoin standard and I I got quote unquote dragged down the rabbit hole”
“Now, if you dig deeper, I mean one guy that's done a great job working on this is Saidedean Ammous, who wrote the book, "The Bitcoin Standard."”
Lex Fridman i'm reading and thinking a lot on this topic i just recently finished reading the bitcoin standard a book i… 2
“People should know that you've written the book "The Bitcoin Standard" from 2018, I believe.”
“i'm reading and thinking a lot on this topic i just recently finished reading the bitcoin standard a book i highly recommend”
“i just recently finished reading the bitcoin standard a book i highly recommend”
Saifedean Ammous it's a great description of in 2017 essentially the miners thought that they could control bitcoin 2
“it's a great description of in 2017 essentially the miners thought that they could control bitcoin”
“Another example I mentioned in my book is the limestones that were used in the Yap Island, which you can see the photo of on the cover of my book”
“That's the name of the banker and his book is called Gold Wars. I cite it in my book extensively.”
“whether it's going to take over the world or not I think is an open question and also I should clarify my book is not an invitation for people to go out and buy Bitcoin Bitcoin is extremely risky”
“the fact that nobody can change the supply of Bitcoin from 21 million is really the most astonishing thing about it I get into explaining why it can't be changed or why it's hard for it to be changed in the book”
“and you know in my book I discuss how you know people are always talking about how Bitcoin is going to die or what could kill Bitcoin or governments could shut it down and in my book I think I present the idea”
Anthony Pompliano i think you gotta start with bitcoin standard uh that one to me feels like uh it really lays out the pictur… 1
“i think you gotta start with bitcoin standard uh that one to me feels like uh it really lays out the picture nicely”
Jordan Peterson so everyone remembers the two books are um the Bitcoin standard and the Fiat standard 1
“so everyone remembers the two books are um the Bitcoin standard and the Fiat standard”
Nic Carter would be the bitcoin standard a lot of people don't like it i just read it it's good 1
“would be the bitcoin standard a lot of people don't like it i just read it it's good”
Adam Curry it took me seven years before i said oh [ __ ] and they had to read you know the bitcoin standard siphon mo… 1
“it took me seven years before i said oh [ __ ] and they had to read you know the bitcoin standard siphon mousse”
Alex Gladstein very different from the bitcoin standard 1
“very different from the bitcoin standard”
Patrick O'Shaughnessy I think a great place to start would be for you to begin with a description of sound money. It's such an im… 1
“I think a great place to start would be for you to begin with a description of sound money. It's such an important central concept in the book.”
“So maybe talk about the late 1800s as a period of, you know, on the gold standard explosion of technology relative to, as you explore in the book, sort of the preference for spending and consumption and debt that we've seen more recently declining savings rates.”
“their impact on time preference and the fact that the lowering of time preference itself is sort of like the civilizing process that I think I heard you say somewhere it's what separates us from apes, right?”
Robert Breedlove but he had written um the forward to a really important book in Bitcoin called the Bitcoin standard for saf… 1
“but he had written um the forward to a really important book in Bitcoin called the Bitcoin standard for safety in a moose and then I think they had a little Twitter beef because safe was is very much against covid mask and state intervention whereas tb's on the other side of the fence”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“book recommendation on uh book book recommendation the bitcoin standard mark jensen says”
Other mentions (17: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He's an Austrian economist, an anarchist, and the author of "The Bitcoin Standard" and the new book, "The Fiat Standard."”
“you've written the the book bitcoin standard from 2018 i believe yeah”
“in the bitcoin standard i present the argument that money is always whatever is the hardest thing to make”
“In "The Bitcoin Standard," I present the argument that money is always whatever is the hardest thing to make.”
“Over the last 150 years since 1870, I discuss this in detail in "The Bitcoin Standard."”
“and i discussed this in detail in uh the bitcoin standard what happened in 1870 was germany won the franco-prussian war and germany was on a silver standard”
“so if you look at on in the bitcoin standard i mentioned this metric called the stock to flow ratio which is the ratio of the annual production the flow to the stockpile the existing stockpiles”
“and i discussed this in chapter four of the bitcoin standard”
“and this clip comes from an interview he did with doctors sephidine amus uh sephidine i hope i am pronouncing your name correct sephidine is the author of the bitcoin standard the decentralized alternative to central banking which was published in 2018”
“Dr safetine is the author of the Bitcoin standard which was published in 2018 and the newly released Fiat standard”
“and I think this is a big deal and essentially the first four chapters of my book focus on explaining why this is such a big deal”
“and um this is kind of the sociological explanations for it now to get more technical in terms of the explanations”
“and I think this is something I discuss extensively in the Bitcoin standard I think that's uh highly related to the time preference of individuals which is an enormously important topic”
“also we've always used but again it won't build you a car um in order to have all these modern conveniences that we have we need those energies and people in the Fiat world are completely dissociated from this reality”
“um what happens is that uh you know if more miners try and mine copper or gold or silver you end up with a lot more copper or so gold or silver”
“i recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history debits and credits on Ledger's started around 30,000 years ago the US dollar created over two hundred years ago”
“My guest this week is Safe Dean Amos, author of the book The Bitcoin Standard.”