The Breakdown With NLW Episode

Why There Is No 'Bitcoin Is Dead' Talk This Cycle

A reading of two pieces reflecting on Bitcoin 14 years after the white paper.

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and FTX US.

On this edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads:

Bitcoin Is the Song That Does Not End” – Isaiah Douglass

End of the Monopoly: How Bitcoin Will Usher in a New Era of Governance in Crypto” – Edan Yago


“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with today's editing by Eleanor Pahl and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “War” by Enoch Yang. Image credit: tommy/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

HOST

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.

Nathaniel Whittemore