Turning Hard Times Into Good Times

James Turk and Trace Mayer return. James Turk holds patents for the use of an electronic gold payments system via the Internet. Trace Mayer is a lawyer, monetary scientist and entrepreneur who has been one of the leaders in the development of Bitcoin. This week’s show replays a panel discussion in which James Turk and Trace Mayer discuss the potential for Bitcoin and gold to grow as currencies that took place in March 2014 at the European Gold Forum in Zurich, Switzerland. Topics discussed were Bitcoin technology for laymen, Bitcoin as a currency vs. a store of value, liquidity of both gold and Bitcoin for currency purposes, legal aspects of both as a currency and the potential for government to crack the Bitcoin code. In the second hour of the show, your host replays an interview he recently did with the “Reluctant Preppers” YouTube channel in which he discussed the philosophical and spiritual ways to prepare for the dark days that may lie ahead.