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Can BitCoin be “trusted”? Will anyone accept bitcoins as payment? Could bitcoin eventually replace national currencies and “break the monopoly power of the Federal Reserve”?

These were questions fielded by then-lead developer Gavin Andresen, 14 years ago this week.  Andresen was speaking on the first podcast episode dedicated to “BitCoin.” (The price was a cool $0.73.)

This hour-long EconTalk chat was recorded in March 2011, back in the very early months of GPU mining. It’s still worth listening to this episode, for nothing more than to transport yourself back to your first…

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