🎥SPOTLIGHT: Bitcoin OG @ErikVoorhees on the separation of money and state, the danger of a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and why crypto was actually built for AI. 01:20 - Voorhees' First Memory of Money Mattering 04:00 - Discovering Bitcoin As a Solution to the Financial Crisis 06:13 - Could Bitcoin Replace Gold Completely? 07:17 - When Will There Be A Complete Financial Collapse? 10:47 - The Separation of Money and State 13:57 - Why Voorhees is Divided on Governments Holding Bitcoin 15:53 - Crypto Industry Engagement with Politicians Is "Gross" 19:49 - Voorhees' History with the SEC 21:48 - From Satoshi Dice to Prediction Markets 24:09 - What Does "Sufficiently Decentralized" Actually Mean? 27:35 - Ethereum's Trajectory 29:07 - Voorhees Predicts Base Will End Up the Predominant L2 32:01 - Sci-Fi and Technological Optimism 34:06 - Learnings from ShapeShift's DAO Structure 38:01 - Venice AI: Separation of Mind and State 40:24 - How Do We Avoid a Dystopian Future? 43:19 - How Venice AI Differs from ChatGPT and Gemini 47:46 - Unprogramming Human Instincts for Privacy 50:24 - The VVV Token 54:25 - Crypto is Built for AI Machines 56:56 - How He Lost 50K BTC Fighting The SEC ...and more on CoinDesk Spotlight with @JennSanasie.