What if you were introduced to digital scarcity before bitcoin even existed? In this episode, we sit down with Anil Patel, author of The Bitcoin Handbook and creator of widely shared bitcoin graphics featured in Michael Saylor keynotes. Anil shares how selling concert tickets sparked his early understanding of scarcity, and how that insight shaped his approach to bitcoin. We discuss his take on bitcoin’s future as a store of value, treasury asset, and sovereign protection tool, and why he believes bitcoin’s price will rise forever. Anil unpacks his journey from pitching bitcoin to MBA classmates in 2013 to now building educational content that simplifies complex ideas. We explore the rise of bitcoin treasury companies, how centralized platforms differ from bitcoin’s ethos, and the enduring value of reading and low time preference in a distracted world.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Anil’s early digital scarcity insight from concert ticketing
5:12 - Why bitcoin will go up forever, according to Anil
12:07 - Building a personal and family bitcoin reserve
14:18 - Bitcoin treasury companies vacuuming up supply
16:17 - Pitching bitcoin to his MBA class in 2013
23:32 - Evolving bitcoin education and content creation
29:22 - Why early bitcoiners understood digital scarcity
32:16 - Sovereignty vs number go up—why both matter
40:16 - Mental models and heuristics to cut through noise
43:08 - Innovation is accelerating—so is bitcoin’s upside
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