Part 1
Bitcoin and the Monetary Role of Real Estate
Chapter 2
Why Real Estate Became the World's Primary Store of Value
These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Further listening
Leon Wankum's interviews form the backbone of this chapter, with Jesse Myers on bitcoin's total addressable value and Jim Grant on the 1971 Nixon Shock.
Sources in this chapter
Why it's included
The clearest single introduction to the book's thesis: property's monetary premium migrating into bitcoin.
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These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Closing sources on deflation, AI and abundance, led by Jeff Booth's The Price of Tomorrow.
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A long-form walkthrough of refinancing property to accumulate bitcoin.
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These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Equity locked in property can be refinanced and redirected. The sources explain the method and its risks.
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German-language interview on seizure risk and why property is easier to expropriate than bitcoin.
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These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Why it's included
Connects the real estate thesis with corporate treasury vehicles.
Pending checkRelated commentary
These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Why it's included
How bitcoin can stand beside property on a lender's collateral schedule.
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These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
Lenders are beginning to accept bitcoin alongside or instead of property. Custody and verification decide who can lend.
Why it's included
A top-down model of the global store-of-value market bitcoin could absorb.
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These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
A monetary premium is the value an asset carries beyond its use. Japan shows that premium can drain away over decades.
Why it's included
Historical context for 1971, when real estate began absorbing savings that once went to gold.
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VerifiedRelated commentary
These conversations frame property as a savings technology people adopted by default, and ask what happens when a better one appears.
A monetary premium is the value an asset carries beyond its use. Japan shows that premium can drain away over decades.