Unchained
Unchained
Published: March 11, 2026
Video Description
Fernando Nikolic, founder of Perception and former VP of Marketing at Blockstream, joins Marty to break down why Bitcoin has struggled with mainstream adoption despite being the best monetary technology ever created. They cover the communications failures of early Bitcoin, what the music industry's battle with torrenting can teach us, how AI is reshaping the information landscape, and why data curation is becoming the most valuable competitive edge in the space.
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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Music Industry Parallels
7:02 - Bitcoin's Positioning Problem
15:41 - Fragmented Bitcoin Adoption
24:42 - The Double Edge Of AI
30:43 - Curation And Pattern Recognition
35:54 - Data As The Moat
44:49 - Bitcoin For AI
56:52 - Learning From Music Industry
1:01:08 - Reaching Gen Z
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