Time Standard explores the potential of a civilization organized around a universal invariant—time. By anchoring value to a fixed temporal cadence, it converts energy and labor into measurable claims on real time instead of promises about the future. In this system, productivity does not inflate asset prices or expand leverage. Instead, it collapses costs, increases optionality, and returns surplus time to everyone through lower prices and greater resilience.
Follow along as we explore the potential of a hopeful world settling on a Time Standard.
www.timestandard.org
Stephen Perrenod explores the intricate geometry of Bitcoin, its power law behavior, and how it may be understood through the lens of physics, complexity science, and logarithmic time. He posits a powerful idea: if we want civilization to last, we should start thinking in logarithmic time. Discover how Bitcoin's structure reflects natural laws and what this means for its future evolution.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Stephen's Research Journey
03:48 The Formation of the Scientific Bitcoin Institute
06:28 Understanding the Geometry of Bitcoin
09:40 Logarithmic Time and Bitcoin's Structure
12:26 Bitcoin as a Logarithmic Time Standard
15:41 Autopoiesis: The Self-Creating Nature of Bitcoin
18:41 Power Laws in Bitcoin's Value Dynamics
21:30 Bitcoin's Network Growth and Adoption Dynamics
24:32 The Role of Feedback Loops in Bitcoin's Stability
27:31 Conclusions and Future Directions for Bitcoin Research
36:42 Geometric Foundations of Bitcoin Pricing
40:15 Understanding Power Laws and Bitcoin Age
43:25 The Lock-In Effect in Bitcoin's Price Structure
45:36 Relativity and Time Dilation in Bitcoin's Growth
52:03 Logarithmic Time and Bitcoin's Price Dynamics
53:34 Biological Analogies in Bitcoin's Structure
58:05 Discrete Scale Invariance and Bitcoin's Market Behavior
01:12:47 Statistical Models and Bitcoin Predictions
01:21:36 Complexity Economics and Bitcoin's Dynamics
01:25:58 Bitcoin's Evolution and Technological Singularity
01:33:23 Bitcoin's Design Intentions and Market Phenomena
20 May 2026
Jeff Booth | Exploring The Abundance Narrative
We explore the systemic challenges of modern economies, the role of technology and Bitcoin in creating a more resilient and free system, and the importance of mental models in understanding these complex issues.
Chapters
00:00 Exploring the Abundance Narrative
06:53 The Role of Mental Models in Understanding Reality
09:22 Desperation and Naivety: The Allure of False Hope
11:56 The Structural Problems of the Current System
14:55 Agency and Control: The Choice We Face
17:42 Navigating the New System: Finding Agency
20:47 The Future: Embracing Change or Clinging to the Past
25:16 Building Value in Agency Direction
25:22 The Tangibility of Technology vs. Debt
26:25 Questioning Economic Norms
27:29 Inflation and Employment: A Paradox
28:11 Bitcoin as a Vessel for Time
29:49 Agency and Control in a New System
30:42 Protocols vs. Companies: The Future of Ownership
32:50 The Evolution of Bitcoin as a Protocol
34:56 Empowerment through Bitcoin
37:21 AI as a Horizontal Technology
38:46 Changing Mental Models in Investment
40:37 Waiting for the Right Moment
42:46 Conversation in Architecture
Links:
https://jeffbooth.ca/
28 Apr 2026
The Illusion of Wealth Part 3: A New Denominator
After revealing how the financial system scaled a fragile web of debt-based promises instead of fixing it post-2008, this episode argues that the next system must shift from credit to a more fundamental denominator: time and energy. All real production depends on energy applied over time, yet modern finance has detached from this reality, allowing debt to grow faster than physical output—an imbalance now reaching its limits. True wealth, it suggests, is rooted in energy flows and the infrastructure that amplifies them, from power generation to global networks. To anchor this physically grounded system, an incorruptible accounting layer is needed, which Bitcoin provides through proof-of-work verifiable records of energy expended over time. Together, energy (as the base), infrastructure (as the multiplier), and Bitcoin (as the ledger) form a “Time Standard,” where wealth is measured not by promises of future repayment but by present, provable productive capacity, marking a transition from belief in paper systems to trust in physics.
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Beau Turner | The Bitcoin Network as an Energy Technology
Published 16 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The overarching thing, and this was not something that I came up with, and I really discovered it relatively recently in my life, is how crucial energy is to the affordability of life for everybody here on Earth. So I didn't appreciate this really until I got into the mining space. […]
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