Softwar Claims: Beyond Money, Hedge, and Energy (M. Carvalho)
From Bitcoin Study Sessions by Grant Reichert & Lucas Maddy
May 11, 2026 · 1h 21m
About this episode
Mauricio Carvalho discusses his paper evaluating Bitcoin as a power projection technology in relation to Jason Lowery's Softwar thesis.
Mauricio Carvalho recently published "Beyond Money, Hedge, and Energy: Evaluating Bitcoin as Power Projection Technology" as an evaluation of the claims made by Jason Lowery's Softwar thesis. Where do we stand? This paper is an empirical evaluation of nine falsifiable predictions. In just three years, five have been confirmed and one partially realized. The future is Softwar.
People in this episode
Hosts: Grant Reichert, Lucas Maddy
Guest: Mauricio Carvalho
Topics covered
- Bitcoin
- Softwar thesis
- Power Projection Technology
- Empirical evaluation
- Falsifiable predictions
Keywords
- Bitcoin
- Softwar
- Mauricio Carvalho
- Jason Lowery
- Power Projection
- Falsifiable predictions
- Empirical evaluation
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