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George: I wanted to interview you but I guess I'm not going to be able to do this in public.
One of those things about Bitcoin that I'm writing about a lot is Bitcoin is an innovation in information theory, it's a new security model but it's also a new accounting model. It's triple entry bookkeeping. I'd like to have a better understanding of just what that means as an advance, in accounting theory. You don't just have to [asset 00:01:19] in the liability. You also have to have to process of verification and integration of the transaction with all previous transactions. That's a triple entry is the idea. I don't know whether it's a confusing concept or whether it actually has a contribution to make to accounting.
Ron: Go ahead, Matt. Sorry.
Matt: Sorry, we were getting started right now guys.
Ed: Okay.
Ron: Okay.
Ronald Reagan: Like a chrysalis, we're emerging from the economy of the Industrial Revolution, an economy confined to and limited by the Earth's physical resources, into the economy in mind in which there are no bounds on human imagination and the freedom to create is the most precious natural resource.
Ron: Welcome to The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy sponsored by Sage, supporting small and medium sized businesses by creating greater freedom for them to succeed. I'm Ron Baker along with my good friend, VeraSage Institute colleague and co-host, Ed Kless. Ed, today, we are so honored. We have my all-time mentor on the line for the entire show, George Gilder. George, thank you so much for appearing on The Soul of Enterprise.
George: Oh, The Soul of Enterprise is just what I'm about. I'm delighted to be here.
Ron: This show is basically inspired by your work. I have to tell you, back in 1981, my father, who's a barber. In fact, he was born 2 years before you so you're roughly the same age, he read your Playboy interview in 1981. He took me out to lunch and said, "You need to read this guy's book. This guy wrote this incredible book. Ev…