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Bitcoin's Anti Fragile Evolution | Dr. K On Digital Sovereignty vs CBDCs

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In this episode of Cypherpunk’d, we sit down with Dr. K—co-founder and CTO of Quai Network—to explore the forgotten roots of Bitcoin, the antifragile power of crypto experimentation, and the future of decentralized money in an increasingly authoritarian digital age.

We trace how Satoshi's vision went beyond Bitcoin, how Monero emerged from Bitcoin’s privacy flaws, and why gold's fate is a cautionary tale for BTC. Dr. K shares how his engineering mindset led him from Grid+ and BlockReduce to building a globally scalable proof-of-work system—one that avoids custodial traps and supports true user sovereignty.

From the physics of trustless money to the politics of CBDCs, this conversation is an urgent call for freedom in a programmable world.

Chapters:
0:00 – Who is Dr. K?
3:20 – Discovering Bitcoin in 2011
6:55 – How the Fed keeps you in the dark
14:22 – Bitcoin and the morality of money
21:10 – Proof-of-work as a physical truth
32:45 – The embedded engineer behind Bitcoin
38:40 – CBDCs vs Crypto: A Crossroads
47:00 – BlockReduce and scaling permissionless systems
1:02:00 – Monero, privacy, and antifragility
1:17:00 – Why Satoshi wanted experiments
1:28:00 – Gold’s fall, and the danger of complacency
1:40:00 – Final thoughts on sovereignty in a digital world

To Connect With Dr. K 👇

X: @mechanikalk
@QuaiNetwork

Web: https://qu.ai/

To Connect With Us👇

X: / cypherpunkd_
Discord: https://discord.gg/yrf97xsKRv
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/cypherpunkd
Instagram: / protocolpulse

Subscribe now to follow our full 7-part series on the Quai Protocol and the future of scalable freedom tech.

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In this episode of Cypherpunk’d, we sit down with Dr. K—co-founder and CTO of Quai Network—to explore the forgotten roots of Bitcoin, the antifragile power of crypto experimentation, and the future of decentralized money in an increasingly authoritarian digital age.

We trace how Satoshi's vision went beyond Bitcoin, how Monero emerged from Bitcoin’s privacy flaws, and why gold's fate is a cautionary tale for BTC. Dr. K shares how his engineering mindset led him from Grid+ and BlockReduce to building a globally scalable proof-of-work system—one that avoids custodial traps and supports true user sovereignty.

From the physics of trustless money to the politics of CBDCs, this conversation is an urgent call for freedom in a programmable world.

Chapters:
0:00 – Who is Dr. K?
3:20 – Discovering Bitcoin in 2011
6:55 – How the Fed keeps you in the dark
14:22 – Bitcoin and the morality of money
21:10 – Proof-of-work as a physical truth
32:45 – The embedded engineer behind Bitcoin
38:40 – CBDCs vs Crypto: A Crossroads
47:00 – BlockReduce and scaling permissionless systems
1:02:00 – Monero, privacy, and antifragility
1:17:00 – Why Satoshi wanted experiments
1:28:00 – Gold’s fall, and the danger of complacency
1:40:00 – Final thoughts on sovereignty in a digital world

To Connect With Dr. K 👇

X: @mechanikalk
@QuaiNetwork

Web: https://qu.ai/

To Connect With Us👇

X: / cypherpunkd_
Discord: https://discord.gg/yrf97xsKRv
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/cypherpunkd
Instagram: / protocolpulse

Subscribe now to follow our full 7-part series on the Quai Protocol and the future of scalable freedom tech.

  continue reading

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