This episode dives into the wild history of counterfeiting and how it went from a crime punishable by gruesome deaths to something central banks do regularly. Back in the day, minting fake coins could get you burned alive or worse. Even in England not too long ago, they were still executing people for messing with the currency.

But here’s the twist: while you or I can’t just fire up a money-printing press without consequences, central banks kinda do it all the time. They call it fancy names like "quantitative easing" or "open market operations," but the end result is the same—more money in the system.

The script pokes at the irony that what used to be a serious crime is now a routine part of government financial strategies. It questions whether the rules are different for institutions versus individuals and whether these actions ultimately benefit everyone or just a select few.

PLUS, what does Dutch farming have to do with Bitcoin? Check out a backstage interview with Dutch legal philosopher Eva Vlaardingerbroek as she highlights the overreach of CBDC's.

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