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THE FED CAN’T SAVE THE ECONOMY w/ Jeff Snider

By Danny Knowles

Aired Mar 12, 2025 · 1h 1m · Last boosted Mar 15, 2025

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Jeff Snider is a macro analyst and the host of Eurodollar University. In this episode, we discuss why Jeff believes the Federal Reserve has far less control over the economy than people assume, the true nature of money creation, and whether inflation was ever really about money printing. We also get into his perspective on the global economic landscape, the long-term effects of the pandemic’s economic policies, why he thinks central banks are more about signalling than substance, and Bitcoin Bonds MASSIVE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: IREN: https://www.iren.com/ RIVER: https://river.co...

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Everyone who has boosted THE FED CAN’T SAVE THE ECONOMY w/ Jeff Snider on Nostr, ranked by sats sent, all time.

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Jul 13, 2026
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jgbtcJul 14, 2026
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Awesome episode!
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May 27, 2026
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jgbtcMay 29, 2026
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I quit drinking years ago, over a decade, and the thing that helped the most was to think of my desire to drink as this little person inside me, and me beating the shit out of him every time he tried to talk me into cheating. I can say from this experience that everything you said about appetite in this episode was spot on and high signal. I appreciate it.
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Dave crushes it starting at 47:51, absolutely perfect, spot on rant. We are the ones staying to fight. Thank you for stepping up and being a voice for the resistance.
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jgbtcDec 8, 2025
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"distributed authoritarianiam" Wow, what a 🚩by Greg Maxwell, who is perfectly fine with centralized authoritarianism by Core. Such a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue, and what it means to run your own node, is a serious problem considering who it's coming from. Turns out "the experts" aren't the experts we thought they were. The way core proponents twist the meaning of censorship and authoritarianism is alarming. Another great discussion. Thanks guys!
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jgbtcNov 27, 2025
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Great episode, thanks! Core's main argument (repeated ad nauseum) is filters don't work 100% of the time. It doesn't need to be perfect, it needs to be as good as possible. Maximum friction for spammers and anyone else who wants to use Bitcoin for non-monetary uses. Of course miners will do anything for money, that's exactly why an op_return limit and other policies are needed, but certain core devs have twisted this around to justify removing one of the few tools available to pleb node operators (the absurdly high v30 default is effectively the same as removal). The point Luke makes at 1:36:40 is particularly good. Core supporters focus on one side of the equation, the spam that gets mined, and ignore what isn't. The thing about deterrents is we can't know how many attacks aren't even attempted at all because a deterrent exists. In the firewall example, at least intrusion attempts can be detected, but the attacks that never happen can't be measured and so are easy to ignore and dismiss. This is one of many flaws in Core's arguments. Thanks again guys!
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Really good discussion. The spam issue is still worth talking about and will remain so indefinitely because it's really about fundamental rifts between bitcoin stakeholders. So I'm sympathetic to Tomer's weariness of the topic, but thank you both for slogging through it anyway. The discussion should continue. More battles are on the horizon I think that will fall along the same fault line.
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The best example of core going woke was the blackist change in 2020. It's a particularly good example because the PR author explicitly did it for woke reasons: to use a "more appropriate" word and "make everyone happy". Contrary to Murch's claim that core tries to keep conversations technical (around 1:39:00), this PR had no technical justification at all. This was a good conversation, but if anything it made me even more anti-core. A lot of nitpicky weak arguments from Murch, and dismissive hand waving of valid concerns. We know there is more than one core dev, we have read the core arguments and we are still unconvinced. For all Murch's appeals for understanding the core position (I did make it to the end) he seems to have made very little effort to understand the position against this change. I read the "experts" letter, did he read the rebuttals? https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19227
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jgbtcOct 22, 2025
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Great episode.
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jgbtcOct 13, 2025
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Great episode!
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jgbtcSep 10, 2025
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Great episode!
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May 12, 2025
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jgbtcMay 13, 2025
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Another awesome episode. Thanks Guy!
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jgbtcMay 6, 2025
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Awesome discussion. Mechanic's summary at the start was more convincing than anything I've heard in favor of this retarded change. The beginning of the core woke infestation was the PR to remove the word "blacklist" from some test code because, somehow, this word is offensive. All the devs cried "it's no big deal" but I knew at the time it was a bad sign. Now core is a woke cesspool. I will not be running their software anymore.
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jgbtcMay 5, 2025
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Great conversation!
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jgbtcApr 15, 2025
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Excellent Guy's Take. 🔥🔥🔥
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mudwigvonlisesApr 21, 2026
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Schöne Folge! Bin da ganz bei euch, ist ein leidiges Thema. Kurze Anmerkung zu privaten Veräußerungsgeschäften: Die Freigrenze bezieht sich nur auf die Gewinne, also zählen Verkäufe auf Kleinanzeigen da meistens nicht mit rein (weil kein Gewinn)
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mudwigvonlisesOct 13, 2025
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Guter Abschluss für die Serie! Einen Gastvorschlag für die Skalierung von Bitcoin und einen weiteren Usecase für Cashu hätte ich aber noch und zwar Hubertus Hofkirchner. Dieser entwickelt das Bitcredit Protokoll, keine Angst hat nichts mit den typischen Bitcoinkrediten zutun :D Das Protokoll klingt nach einem interessanten Ansatz und er vertritt ein paar untypische Meinungen für den Bitcoin-Space. Ich denke Manus Frage könnten mir helfen das Ganze besser zu durchdringen, um mir eine Meinung darüber zu bilden. Für einen Überblick kann ich die Folgen mit ihm bei Nico Jilch, beim Ferngespräch mit dem rosaroten Panzer und bei the transformation of value empfehlen. Macht weiter so!
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mudwigvonlisesSep 29, 2025
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Mal wieder ein schönes Interview mit Ingo Sauer. Mich würde gerne mal interessieren, was er zu dem Wechselkredit-System bitcredit von Hubertus Hofkirchner sagen würde. Vielleicht gibt es ja nochmal ein weiteres Interview ;)
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mudwigvonlisesAug 9, 2025
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Sehr passende Folge, das Thema beschäftigt mich auch gerade. Gerne auch nochmal mit Markus, da kommt bestimmt noch ein weiterer Blickwinkel dazu. Zum Thema Adaption als Zahlungsmittel wäre ein Interview mit Hubertus Hofkirchner mal sehr interessant. GM!
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mudwigvonlisesFeb 3, 2025
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Beispiele für funktionierende, alternative Systeme kenne ich leider nicht, aber ich sehe da Schnittpunkte zu einer ähnlichen Aussage, die immer für wahr befunden wird und zwar "Wahlen = Demokratie". Die Menschen beklagen sich häufig über die hohen Steuern und Abgaben, aber der Schritt zum Hinterfragen des ganzen Systems wird nicht gemacht, genauso wie bei dem Thema Wahlen. Um hier nochmal ein ganz anderes, großes Fass aufzumachen 😅 Nach einem Streit in der Familie über die Sinnhaftigkeit von Wahlen, beschäftigte ich mich gerade etwas mehr mit dem Thema. Dabei bin ich über das Buch von David Van Reybrouck - Gegen Wahlen gestolpert, welches direkt auf meine Bücherliste gelegt wurde. Im Kurzem argumentiert er für das Prinzip von ausgelosten Bürgerräten, wie schon im antiken Griechenland. Man kann sich viele verschiedene Varianten vorstellen, um unser jetziges System so zu ergänzen und damit von dem ganzen Daily-Soap-Gehabe der Parteien wegzukommen. Dann würden die normalen Menschen wieder mitbestimmen und Steuern können zumindest sinnhafter und realitätsnaher verwendet werden. Hier einmal paar Artikel und Videos zu dem Thema: https://youtu.be/iRQ9PCk69Z0 https://web.archive.org/web/20170204111833/http://www.zeit.… https://youtu.be/WXpQFt_e8m0
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mudwigvonlisesApr 7, 2025
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Danke, ich habe schon viel zu oft gehört, dass das "Sondervermögen" einfach gedruckt wird. Noch eine Frage: Wie sieht eigentlich die Zinslast vom französischen Haushalt aus? Dazu hab ich noch nichts gefunden.
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mudwigvonlisesJun 1, 2026
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Schöner Stammtisch bisher, aber bin auch erst bei einem Drittel :D Könnte ein Autohaus nicht einfach die Bitcoin gegen Bargeld oder Banküberweisung beim Meetup oder auf robosats etc. verkaufen? Hängt natürlich davon ab wie stark sie Bitcoiner sind. Oder sie zahlen es den Mitarbeitern teilweise als Gehalt oder als Bonus.
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npub1m0gm4qa…Jun 14, 2025
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jgbtcJun 13, 2025
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The more anti-maximalist rhetoric you hear, the closer we are to the next panic induced downturn.
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Jul 30, 2026
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Well said. As someone who's more anti-core than pro-110, but also a 110 supporter, I agree with Guy's take on this. One thing worth mentioning is that some of the biggest names in Bitcoin development, like @npub1qg8j6gdwp… and sipa, are the worst offenders when it comes to misrepresenting 110 as censorship. It's particularly disappointing these heavy weights can be so wrong about this, and it's impossible not to read bad intentions when they keep pushing the same flawed logic. It definitely works on the midwits though, so not surprised they do it.
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jgbtcJul 20, 2026
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The term "sound money" has nothing to do with the noise gold coins make. It comes from the Old English "gesund" meaning strong or healthy. This is why we say "Gesundheit" when someone sneezes. And also why the word is frequently applied to things besides money like "sound reasoning". Robert (and Peter Schiff) uses the incorrect gold coin origin frequently, and it grinds my gears every time. See the adjective section in this link: https://www.etymonline.com/word/sound
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jgbtcMay 5, 2026
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I don't know how Saif never gets tired of answering the same five questions. Thank you for your patience and perseverance Saifedean!
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    Now get Ansel Lindner! If Snider were a bitcoiner he'd be Ansel Lindner.
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    I prefer to hear macro analysis from someone who understands Bitcoin.
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    There is a way to create elastic supply wiith bitcoin without breaking any of the fundamentals. The bitcredit protocol (bit.cr) initialized by Hubertus Hofkirchner is working on a combination of bitcoin with bills of exchange much like a fedimint system, which sounds really interesting.