This is was probably one of the most pointless dog-and-pony shows I've ever seen.
The CFR gets a person who is arguably the most technically qualified person in the entire world for an hour, who could've legitimately explained in tremendous depth what Bitcoin really is and how it works, but instead decided to waste everybody's time asking lay questions speculating about economics and political economy.
All the while the narcissist host insists on "pushing back", literally meaning "no matter what you have to say I have a prepared milquetoast rebuttal to what I assume you're going to say".
This. Was exactly my impression all throughout. Every time they asked a half-assed dumb or menial question, I thought of what Andreas Antonopoulos would have replied. Gavin was extremely soft on them, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.
What are you? On F*^%$%g glue?
Only a$$oles say stupid things like "Only the uneducated believe in conspiracy theories."
I think the term 'conspiracy theory' is used to mock and denigrate now as any legitimate concern is mixed in with all the nonsense claims of aliens and Illuminati crap, but the NSA revelations were just a 'conspiracy theory' up until a short while ago.
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you mad
assorted.goods, if you truly believe your above-quoted statement, it means that you can be fooled into believing pretty much anything that comes from an authority figure.