and for more on this looming milestone i can talk to dr richard stallman president of the free software foundation dr stallman welcome to r.t. so what's your verdict is bitcoin a financial miracle or a bubble waiting to burst especially taking into account that it's extreme volatility. i couldn't quite tell what question you're asking me it's too complicated. i'm not talking yes we're talking about because is it a miracle or a bubble to ready to bust. well first of all is it a bubble bubbles can happen in bitcoin just as they can happen in housing or in tulips or anything that people speculate in so wobbles can happen and that's nothing special or different is a miracle i not sure what that would mean there are good and bad things about bitcoin one good thing about bitcoin is you can send money to someone without getting the permission of a payment company so for instance if you want to support weekly leaks which is a very good thing and which the u.s. government doesn't want to let people support and has used extrajudicial means to chase off the internet partially didn't succeed completely well w

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free market. joining me is freedom foundation co-founder karenof. you made a lot of money selling quest softwareo devote million dollars in to this climate debate. let's start with a basic question. is the climate change thing and actable crisis warranting government intervention now? >> thank you for having me. we believe market is the way to solve energy problems. we can see it already happening with natural gas in the united states. low-cost natural gas is replacing coal, reducing carbon emissions. >> we did 20 year lows because natural gas was so much cheaper than coal and utilities which covers the government action doesn't have to happen but the green activists don't like natural gas even though it is less common remitting and is a safer or greener gas they route to stop it. why is that? >> we believe you have to provide fuel to run the economy to create growth, with lower cost cleaner fuel, you can't affect climate and increase economic activity. >> you like natural gas as a near-term fix. they see natural gas sticking around 50 years or hundred years or because we have so much of it in t