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Matt Northridge
May 24, 2020
Great show with interesting guests!
Fabian
Aug 10, 2019
Awesome, educational podcast. He goes into a lot of depth and has the ability to still make the talk interesting and give some relation to why this stuff is important. Highly recommended!
Lord Bless'ya
Jul 10, 2019
Great show, Livera is a natural approaching Austrian Economics and Bitcoin, enabling for great interviews with deep insights
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SLP468 LNURL, Lightning Box, Blixt, Soft Forks with Hampus Sjoberg
01:02:21
Hampus Sjoberg, creator of Blixt Wallet joins me to talk about lightning technology and crafting a non-custodial experience while dealing with the trade offs of custodial lightning.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
SLP467 An Unsustainable Fiscal Path with James Lavish
01:18:19
James Lavish (Author of the Informationist and Managing Partner of Bitcoin Opportunity Fund) rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest:
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Mar 18, 2023 |
SLP466 The Time Value of Truth with Benjamin Carlson
01:05:35
Ben Carlson, journalist and former editor at The Atlantic joins me on the show to chat about:
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Mar 17, 2023 |
SLP465 What is utreexo? with Calvin Kim
01:02:33
Calvin Kim (BitMEX & HRF grantee) joins me to talk about utreexo:
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Mar 13, 2023 |
SLP464 Can Free Private Cities Make the World Dramatically Richer? with Erick Brimen CEO of Prospera
01:17:49
Erick Brimen of Prospera joins me to talk about:
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Mar 08, 2023 |
SLP463 Bitcoin Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT & eltoo with Greg Sanders (Instagibbs)
01:02:21
Greg Sanders of Blockstream joins me to talk about Transaction Pinning, ANYPREVOUT and eltoo. We discuss a range of questions:
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Mar 05, 2023 |
SLP462 Bitcoin Multi-signature with Craig Raw
00:56:52
Craig Raw of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me to chat:
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Feb 26, 2023 |
SLP461 What Bitcoin Specialises In with Matt Corallo
01:27:16
Matt Corallo of Spiral Bitcoin rejoins me to chat about the purpose of Bitcoin and developments in the space:
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Feb 22, 2023 |
SLP460 Bitcoin and the Dollar as Strange Bedfellows with Mark Goodwin
01:02:25
Mark Goodwin is the Editorial Director for Print at Bitcoin Magazine. He joins me to chat about the dynamics of Bitcoin and the Dollar:
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Feb 18, 2023 |
SLP459 Q1 and Bitcoin Security with NVK
01:08:58
NVK (of Coinkite.com) rejoins me to chat about the latest in bitcoin security:
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Feb 14, 2023 |
SLP458 AI and the Economy with Peter St Onge
01:21:58
Peter St Onge rejoins me on the show to talk about AI and what it means from an economic perspective. Many believe that all the jobs will disappear or there will be massive economic chaos. We discuss:
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Feb 12, 2023 |
SLP457 Bitcoin as International Money with Bill Hill & Malcolm Weed
00:52:09
Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat:
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Feb 08, 2023 |
SLP456 Casey Rodarmor What are Ordinals?
00:54:31
Casey Rodarmor joins me to chat about Ordinals and Inscriptions. Now we get into the pros and cons of this, and whether it is bad for Bitcoin. We chat:
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Feb 02, 2023 |
SLP455 Anant Tapadia - Single Sig or Multi Sig?
01:07:13
Anant of BitHyve (Hexa, Keeper) rejoins me on the show to chat about the question of securing your Bitcoin in single signature or multi signature. We also talk through best practices. Topics covered:
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Feb 01, 2023 |
SLP454 Dante Cook Bitcoin as the Shipping Container of Money
01:00:59
Dante Cook of Swan Business joins me on the show to chat about:
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Jan 28, 2023 |
SLP453 Luke Gromen - Soft Landing or Hard Landing?
00:51:02
Luke Gromen of Forest For The Trees rejoins me on the show to talk about his macro views:
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Jan 26, 2023 |
SLP452 Bitcoin Miniscript and what it enables - with Antoine Poinsot & Salvatore Ingala
00:57:55
Antoine Poinsot of Revault/WizardSardine and Salvatore Ingala of Ledger join me to explain:
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Jan 23, 2023 |
SLP451 Dissecting cRyPtO Scams and Outlook for 2023 with Brad Mills
01:14:48
Brad Mills (Bitcoin HODLer and VC investor) joins me to dissect cRyPtO scams from the last cycle. What lessons are there to be learned about the dynamics? Listen in to hear some post mortem commentary, as well as some views on what’s coming. We discuss:
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Jan 19, 2023 |
SLP450 Bitcoin Developer Education Overview with Josibake
01:10:18
Josibake (bitcoin core developer) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Developer Education and why it’s much improved nowadays! We discuss a range of topics:
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Jan 18, 2023 |
SLP449 James O’Beirne OP_Vault - A New Way to HODL?
00:56:32
James O’Beirne (Bitcoin Core developer) rejoins me on the show to chat about OP_Vault. We discuss:
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Jan 14, 2023 |
SLP448 Texas Slim & Jacob Wolki - Bitcoin & Australian Beef Initiative
00:50:47
Texas Slim and Jacob Wolki join me on the show to chat about what people are getting wrong with their nutrition nowadays, and how the beef initiative is helping. We chat:
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Jan 06, 2023 |
SLP447 K3tan 2022 Year in Review
00:59:01
K3tan of Ministry of Nodes rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent survey and review the year in Bitcoin. We discuss:
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Dec 29, 2022 |
SLP446 Alex Gladstein The Scourge of “Structural Adjustment”
01:15:36
Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about:
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Dec 23, 2022 |
SLP445 Dhruv Bansal - Surviving and Innovating In Bitcoin Bear Markets
01:14:05
Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and CSO of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about:
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Dec 22, 2022 |
SLP444 Mike Jarmuz - Is Bitcoin VC Fiat?
01:13:03
Muzz from Lightning Ventures joins me to chat:
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Dec 21, 2022 |
SLP443 Conza - Clearing up Bitcoin Misconceptions
01:34:29
Conza (austro-libertarian writer and organiser of Mises Seminar Australia) joins me on the show to talk about praxeology, and common bitcoin misconceptions. We chat:
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Dec 18, 2022 |
SLP442 Joe Burnett Bitcoin Long Term Security and why ETH is doomed
01:00:11
Joe Burnett of Blockware joins me to chat about why Bitcoin’s security is probably fine in the long term. We chat about the typical arguments for and against here, as well as the surprising idea of ‘finality, not security’.
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Dec 15, 2022 |
SLP441 Hermann (Bitcoin Ekasi) - Actually Banking the Unbanked
01:00:43
Hermann from Bitcoin Ekasi joins me to chat about his journey banking the unbanked:
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Dec 14, 2022 |
SLP440 Bitcoin Bush Bash: a different model for bitcoin confs with WizardofAus
00:54:07
WizardofAus joins me on the show to chat about the Bush Bash: an alternate model for Bitcoin conferences. To be clear it’s not ‘better’, just different. Wiz and I chat:
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Dec 12, 2022 |
SLP439 Federico Tenga - What is RGB for Bitcoin? & Iris wallet
01:04:27
Federico Tenga of Bitfinex joins me to chat about RGB, what it is and what it enables using bitcoin:
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Dec 08, 2022 |
SLP438 Lawrence Nahum - RBF, Green, Jade, BuildonL2
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Lawrence Nahum of Blockstream joins me to chat about:
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Dec 07, 2022 |
SLP437 Jordan Schachtel - Making Sense of Clown World
00:59:55
Jordan Schachtel, independent journalist and writer joins me to chat about the problems in media today, and how we’re in a clown world. We discuss:
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Dec 03, 2022 |
SLP436 Juraj Bednar Bitcoin as Parallel Economy
01:21:52
Juraj Bednar (Author, speaker, co-founder of Paralelni Polis) joins me on the show to chat about:
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Nov 30, 2022 |
SLP435 Bitcoin Times Austrian Edition with Svetski
01:03:34
Svetski (Founder of The Bitcoin Times) rejoins me on the show to chat about what he’s working on lately:
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Nov 28, 2022 |
SLP434 Adopting Bitcoin '22 & Should you Escape to El Salvador? with Jeremy
01:02:07
Jeremy of Escape to El Salvador joins me on the show to talk about his insights on the ground in El Salvador. We discuss:
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Nov 24, 2022 |
SLP433 v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin Core (BIP324) with Pieter Wuille Dhruv and Tim Ruffing
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Dhruv, Pieter Wuille and Tim Ruffing join me on the show to talk about their project to bring encryption to Bitcoin Core. We discuss:
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Nov 12, 2022 |
SLP432 James Lavish The Great Debt Spiral
01:01:41
James Lavish (author of The Informationist, prior fund manager and macro commentator) joins me on the show to chat about the great debt spiral and how Bitcoin is a big part of the answer. We discuss:
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Nov 05, 2022 |
SLP431 Austin Mitchell Bitcoin for Energy Markets with Synota
00:52:04
Austin Mitchell of Synota joins me to chat about how bitcoin and the lightning network could be integrated with energy markets and the energy life cycle. We chat:
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Nov 04, 2022 |
SLP430 Zero fee routing - Post Mortem on ZFR node
00:57:07
Zero fee routing rejoins me on the show to do a post mortem on shutting down his LN node project (for now). It was one of the most connected lightning nodes in the network with about 100 BTC capacity, and over 1000 channels. We chat:
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Nov 03, 2022 |
SLP429 Anant Tapadia Bitcoin In India, Keeper, b4i conference
00:58:16
Anant Tapadia of BitHyve (the team behind Hexa Wallet and Keeper) joins me on the show to talk about what’s going on in India, and the efforts to spread good bitcoin education there as a community. We chat:
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Oct 31, 2022 |
SLP428 Stack hodler - Bitcoin & Four Macro Factors to Watch
00:56:35
Stack rejoins me on the show to chat about Bitcoin and the four macro factors to watch:
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Oct 27, 2022 |
SLP427 Cory Klippsten The Race to Avoid The War
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Cory Klippsten rejoins me on the show to chat about:
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Oct 26, 2022 |
SLP426 Morgen Rochard Why You Want to Live in a Bitcoin World
00:58:15
Morgen Rochard of Origin WA joins the show to chat about the world of financial planning and more:
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Oct 25, 2022 |
SLP425 Johns Beharry & Ed - Bolt.fun - Legends of Lightning
00:43:53
Johns Beharry and Ed of the Bolt.fun project join me to chat about this new online bitcoin and lightning meta-hackathon and how you can get involved.
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Oct 22, 2022 |
SLP424 Simon Lelieveldt The Problem With FATF and AML Laws
01:05:02
Simon Lelieveldt, a business engineer with extensive experience in banking, central banking and acting as supervisor joins me on the show. We’re chatting about:
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Oct 18, 2022 |
SLP423 Paolo Ardoino - What’s Going on with Bitcoin in Lugano?
00:52:05
Paolo Ardoino (CTO Bitfinex & Tether) rejoins me on the show to chat about just what’s happening Lugano:
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Oct 16, 2022 |
SLP422 John Haar Choosing Bitcoin & Austrian Econ over 13 years in TradFi
01:03:56
John Haar from Swan Private joins me on the show to chat about his journey working inside the TradFi machine and coming to see Bitcoin as the answer:
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Oct 12, 2022 |
SLP421 Vivek Ramaswamy - The Antidote to Corporate Woke-ism
00:54:17
Vivek Ramaswamy of Strive Asset Management joins me on the show to chat about:
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Oct 10, 2022 |
SLP420 BTCMap - Mapping Bitcoin Merchants
00:37:14
Nathan and Secondl1ght of the BTCMap FOSS project join me to chat about tagging local bitcoin merchants and how you can get involved.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
SLP419 Matthew McClintock- UHNW Bitcoin Strategies
01:02:58
Matthew McClintock of Bespoke Services joins me on the show to chat about his family office and private trust company for UHNW American clients. We chat:
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Oct 05, 2022 |
SLP418 NVK Tapsigner: Bitcoin Hardware for the Masses?
00:59:08
NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about how Tapsigner, a Bitcoin NFC Hardware card may be the next big iteration in UX for the masses given it’s price and ease of use. We chat:
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Oct 04, 2022 |
SLP417 Titus Gebel - Free Cities & Parallel Structures For Liberty
00:53:26
Titus Gebel, author of Free Private Cities, and CEO of Tipolis rejoins me on the show to talk about updates with Free Cities, and why we need to create parallel structures for liberty:
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Sep 30, 2022 |
SLP416 Per Bylund - How To Think About Economics
00:46:32
Per Bylund, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute rejoins me on the show to talk about his new intro book on economics, “How to Think About Economics”. This is a great new ‘first book’ on economics, especially in the Austrian tradition. We discuss:
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Sep 26, 2022 |
SLP415 Prince Philip - Bitcoin, Monarchy, Nation State Adoption
00:57:39
Prince Philip of Serbia joins me on the show to chat about his journey of learning about Bitcoin:
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Sep 21, 2022 |
SLP414 Matt Hill RaspiFUD or fact? Bitcoin nodes and security
00:56:49
Matt Hill of Start9 rejoins me on the show to chat about the recent show on Bitcoin nodes with K3tan. We chat:
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Sep 16, 2022 |
SLP413 Jevi - It’s Time for Bitcoin Self Custody
00:56:16
Jevi of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to talk about the “crypto collapse” earlier this year, and why this is the time to learn about bitcoin self custody. We chat:
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Sep 15, 2022 |
SLP412 Moritz of Alby - Making Lightning On the Web Easy
00:55:01
Alby is an exciting project that allows us to easily interact with lightning on the web. Moritz from the team joins me to talk about:
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Sep 12, 2022 |
SLP411 K3tan Why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes Are Bad
00:51:47
My longtime friend, K3tan rejoins me on the show to chat about various things but importantly, we chat about why Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Nodes are bad. We chat:
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Sep 09, 2022 |
SLP410 Pete Rizzo Principles of Bitcoin Maximalism
00:59:25
Pete Rizzo of Bitcoin Magazine rejoins me to chat about what bitcoin maximalists actually believe. We chat:
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Sep 03, 2022 |
SLP409 Steven Lubka - What’s the True Meaning of Inflation?
01:03:26
Steven Lubka, Managing Director of Swan Private joins me on the show to chat:
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Aug 23, 2022 |
SLP408 Jeff Booth Bitcoin’s Signal in the Noise
00:56:13
Jeff Booth, tech entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to chat:
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Aug 19, 2022 |
SLP407 Ben Arc LNbits: Account System & Extensions for your Lightning Node
01:02:52
Ben Arc, Bitcoin hardware maker and founder of LNbits joins me to chat:
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Aug 18, 2022 |
SLP406 Adi Shankara Bitcoin Needs Technologists & Summer of Bitcoin
00:45:49
Adi Shankara (founder of Summer of Bitcoin) joins me on the show to chat about:
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Aug 15, 2022 |
SLP405 Paolo Ardoino Bitcoin Lightning, Tether & Keet
01:25:14
Paolo Ardoino (CTO of Bitfinex & Tether, CSO Holepunch) joins me on the show to chat about a wide range of topics:
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Aug 12, 2022 |
SLP404 Gloria Zhao - What Do Bitcoin Core Maintainers Do?
01:15:06
Gloria Zhao, Bitcoin core contributor and maintainer, rejoins me on the show to chat about what bitcoin core maintainers do. We discuss:
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Aug 10, 2022 |
SLP403 Alex B - Bitcoin Security Long Term & ETH Centralisation
01:15:50
Alex B rejoins me on the show to chat about bitcoin security over the longer term and updates on his ETH centralisation thesis. We discuss:
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Aug 05, 2022 |
SLP402 Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Obsoletes Fractional Reserve Banking
01:08:08
Pierre Rochard rejoins me on the show to talk about Full Reserve, Fractional Reserve, and how Bitcoin obsolete Fractional Reserve Banking:
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Aug 03, 2022 |
SLP401 Greg Foss - Sell Bonds, Buy Bitcoin
01:01:01
Greg Foss, Bond market veteran investor, and bitcoin/macro commentator rejoins me on the show to talk about the situation with global debt, bond markets and why Bitcoin is cheap protection. We chat:
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Aug 02, 2022 |
SLP400 Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing - Half Signature Aggregation: What is it and how does it help scale Bitcoin?
00:58:37
Jonas Nick & Tim Ruffing, bitcoin researchers and contributors at Blockstream rejoin me on the show, this time to chat about half signature aggregation. This is a scaling technique that can help scale Bitcoin and enable more transactions inside a block or help with L2 protocols. We discuss:
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Aug 01, 2022 |
SLP399 Christian Keroles (CK of Bitcoin Magazine) - Bitcoin is Good for Europe
00:54:42
Christian Keroles (aka CK), GM of Bitcoin Magazine joins me on the show to talk about the problems Europe is facing, and why Bitcoin is good for Europe:
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Jul 28, 2022 |
SLP398 Ansel Lindner - Is it Inflation or Deflation?
00:55:17
Ansel Lindner, Bitcoin podcaster and writer of BitcoinAndMarkets.com joins me on the show to talk about his framework for assessing:
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Jul 26, 2022 |
SLP397 Stack Hodler - Money Printing Around the World
00:55:48
Stack Hodler, twitter anon investor joins me to chat:
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Jul 23, 2022 |
SLP396 Allen Farrington Austrians, Capital & DeFi Yield
01:03:51
Allen Farrington (author and professional investor) joins me on the show to talk about Austrian economics, Capital & DeFi Yield:
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Jul 21, 2022 |
SLP395 John Tamny - Inflation & Optimism
00:59:57
John Tamny of FreedomWorks and Editor at Real Clear Markets joins me on the show to chat about his alternative take on inflation, fractional reserve banking, as well as why we should be optimistic about things going forward:
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Jul 18, 2022 |
SLP394 Beautyon - Bitcoin is Not Money: EU Attack on Bitcoin
00:56:49
Beautyon (Akin) rejoins me on the show to talk about the EU attack on Bitcoin and the confusing way people speak/learn about Bitcoin. We chat:
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Jul 13, 2022 |
SLP393 Ben Pile - Pushing Back on the Green Agenda
00:52:27
Ben Pile of Climate Resistance joins me to chat about the problem of the Green agenda. We discuss:
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Jul 12, 2022 |
SLP392 Pete Rizzo - Is Bitcoin Maximalism Still Needed?
01:00:44
Pete Rizzo, Editor at Bitcoin Magazine and Editor-at-large at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Maximalism. There has been some discussion recently on the role of the ‘toxic’ Maximalists, and Pete has clarified some thinking on this in his recent article and discussion on this topic. We talk:
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Jul 11, 2022 |
SLP391 Ben Carman - Bitcoin Privacy, Surveillance & LN Vortex
01:01:15
Ben Carman (Bitcoin core contributor, working at The Bitcoin Company, co-organizer Austin BitDevs) joins me on the show to talk about the world of Bitcoin Privacy, the implications of surveillance on us all today, some of his ideas on improving Bitcoin Privacy, LN Vortex, P2P and the Austin BitDevs scene. Links:
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Jul 07, 2022 |
SLP390 Dan McArdle - Which Bitcoin Narratives Are Dead?
00:48:09
Dan McArdle joins me on the show to chat about his experiences as a long time Bitcoiner and ways to think through what’s going on now. We chat:
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Jul 04, 2022 |
SLP389 Daniel Frumkin & Jaran Mellerud - Bitcoin Mining Market Analysis
00:57:04
Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Jaran Mellerud of Arcane Research join me on the show to talk about the latest in the world of Bitcoin Mining. As the price has fallen recently, we’ve seen some miners come under pressure. We chat:
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Jul 01, 2022 |
SLP388 Meron Estefanos Bitcoin, Human Rights & Refugees
00:51:12
Meron Estefanos, activist and journalist joins me to talk about her story of helping over 20k refugees, helping to stop human traffickers, and how she’s using and teaching Bitcoin these days. We chat:
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Jun 29, 2022 |
SLP387 Tuur Demeester - How Does The Panic of 1907 Relate to Bitcoin?
01:01:26
Tuur Demeester, long time author/analyst and former fund manager in the Bitcoin space rejoins me to chat about his views on the markets and where Bitcoin is going:
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Jun 27, 2022 |
SLP386 Roy Sheinfeld - The Utility Of Bitcoin & Lightning
01:01:05
Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about various topics:
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Jun 22, 2022 |
SLP385 Nicolas Burtey - Central African Republic & Bitcoin Legal Tender
00:55:43
Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent trip to Central African Republic and their new bitcoin legal tender push. We chat:
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Jun 20, 2022 |
SLP384 zerofeerouting - Zero Fee Routing on Lightning Network
00:59:55
Zerofeerouting, runner of the 3rd most connected Lightning node with an innovative business model joins me on the show to chat about lightning:
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Jun 18, 2022 |
SLP383 Alex Epstein - Fossil Future and Better Energy Conversations
01:17:52
Alex Epstein, energy expert and author rejoins me on the show to talk about his newest book coming out, Fossil Future. We chat:
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May 24, 2022 |
SLP382 Gary Leland - Bitcoin & The American Dream, BitBlockBoom 2022
00:48:19
Gary Leland, entrepreneur, author & founder of BitBlockBoom rejoins me to talk about orange pilling people, whether they are everyday individuals, or state senators. We chat:
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May 23, 2022 |
SLP381 John Dennehy & Gloriana Solano - Bitcoin Diploma in El Salvador
00:44:39
John and Gloriana from the “My First Bitcoin” project join me to talk about their journey in running Bitcoin education for Salvadoran high school students. We chat about:
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May 21, 2022 |
SLP380 Jeff Deist & Stephan Livera chat Economic Freedom Around the World
00:42:04
Jeff Deist President of Mises Institute and I had a chat recently for the Human Action Podcast, and we discuss a few ideas about liberty, political freedom & economic freedom around the world:
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May 19, 2022 |
SLP379 Gigi - Dealing with Linguistic Attacks on Bitcoin
01:12:15
Gigi rejoins me on the show to talk about the problems of imprecise language and wording in Bitcoin:
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May 17, 2022 |
SLP378 Christian Decker - Greenlight & ANYPREVOUT
01:09:43
Christian Decker of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to talk about Greenlight, a node service by Blockstream. We chat about:
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May 15, 2022 |
SLP377 Jimmy Song - Frequent Flyer Miles: The Original Altcoins & Thoughts on CTV
00:59:46
Jimmy Song (Bitcoin educator, programmer) rejoins me to chat about how Airline Miles are the original altcoins and how there are similarities in the fiat mindsets around chasing miles/points, and altcoins. We discuss:
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May 11, 2022 |
SLP376 Evan Kaloudis - Zeus: Self Sovereign LN Wallet
00:57:19
Evan Kaloudis joins me on the show to talk about building Zeus, a self sovereign Lightning Wallet for use with your own lightning node. Evan and I chat about using the LN today, and being a more sovereign lightning user.
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May 10, 2022 |
SLP375 Laolu (Roasbeef) - What is Taro? Stablecoins on Lightning, LN Growth & CTV
01:24:47
Laolu Osuntokun (Roasbeef), CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about Taro. Taro is a new protocol and proposal by the Lightning Labs team for creation of stablecoins or other assets that can be built into the existing Bitcoin/Lightning network. We chat about how it works and what it could mean for Bitcoin.
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May 09, 2022 |
SLP374 Adam O (DenverBitcoin) - Combating the ESG Mafia
01:33:44
Adam O (DenverBitcoin) of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about the Bitcoin advocate community’s response to the ESG Mafia. Are there better ways to respond? We chat:
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May 06, 2022 |
SLP373 Sam Callahan - The IMF Versus Your Freedoms
00:47:43
Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about another global organisation that has been making all kinds of anti-Bitcoin and anti-freedom statements in its research and proclamations. We chat:
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May 04, 2022 |
SLP372 Sergej Kotliar - Bitcoin For Convenience & Bill Paying
00:54:20
Sergej Kotliar CEO of Bitrefill rejoins me on the show to talk about a big new feature coming to Bitrefill, the rebrand, and Bitcoin adoption more broadly. We chat:
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May 02, 2022 |
SLP371 Max Keiser - Investing For Hyperbitcoinisation With El Zonte Capital
00:55:05
Max Keiser, Bitcoiner, financial broadcaster, investor and writer joins me on the show to talk about his adventures in El Salvador and investments in line with the global hyperbitcoinisation thesis. We chat:
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Apr 30, 2022 |
SLP370 Alex Thorn - Why Are Bitcoin Fees Low?
00:52:28
Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital (previously Avon Ventures & Fidelity) joins me to talk about how and why Bitcoin Fees are low. After going through eras of higher fees, it might be puzzling as to why they’re low now. We talk:
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Apr 29, 2022 |
SLP369 Daniel Frumkin - Calculating Bitcoin Mining Profitability
01:02:09
Daniel Frumkin of Braiins joins me on the show to talk about calculating Bitcoin Mining profitability and a load of topics:
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Apr 27, 2022 |
SLP368 BitcoinQNA - Bitcoin Seed Tool
00:52:57
Bitcoin QNA of Bitcoiner.guide joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Seeds and a new Seed Tool created with SuperPhatArrow. In this show you’ll learn a little bit about how your bitcoin wallet works in the background:
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Apr 26, 2022 |
SLP367 Pierre Rochard - Lightning Network Comes to Kraken
00:54:54
Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Lead Strategist at Kraken rejoins me on the show to talk about new lightning network developments and how Lightning network is growing:
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Apr 21, 2022 |
SLP366 Nate (BeefOrBacon) - How To Run Your Lightning Node
01:00:13
Nate (aka BeefOrBacon1, also working at Voltage) joins me to talk about how to run a Bitcoin Lightning node. We get into all sorts of information while keeping it accessible for people relatively new to running a lightning node.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
SLP365 Anita Posch - Bitcoin For Fairness in Zimbabwe and Zambia
00:44:21
Anita Posch, bitcoin educator, podcaster and founder of Bitcoin For Fairness joins me on the show to talk about her recent trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia. We chat about:
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Apr 15, 2022 |
SLP364 Max Hillebrand ZKSnacks Blacklisting Coins
01:25:08
Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat:
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Apr 03, 2022 |
SLP363 Seth For Privacy - Bitcoin & Fungibility Discussion
01:12:13
Seth for Privacy joins me to chat about Bitcoin & Fungibility. We chat:
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Mar 30, 2022 |
SLP362 John Carvalho - Slashpay: Bitcoin Payment Negotiation
01:07:16
John Carvalho, Founder of Synonym joins me to talk about Slashpay and SlashTags, an ambitious attempt to dramatically smooth the process of exchanging bitcoin addresses or lightning invoices. What kind of things does this enable? We discuss:
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Mar 28, 2022 |
SLP361 Rene Pickhardt - Pickhardt Payments & Zero Base Fee for Lightning Network
01:04:23
Rene Pickhardt, independent researcher and bitcoin/lightning educator rejoins me to talk about his new approach to massively improving lightning payments reliability, and the various trade offs:
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Mar 26, 2022 |
SLP360 Giacomo Zucco Bitcoin - Can Bitcoin be both Hard Money & Dark Money?
01:30:37
Giacomo rejoins me on the show to talk about the need for Bitcoin to be both Hard Money and Dark Money. In this show we talk about:
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Mar 24, 2022 |
SLP359 Abubakar Nur Khalil - Bitcoin in Africa, Qala, B Trust, Recursive Capital
01:03:14
Have you wondered about the progress of Bitcoin in Africa? Abubakar Nur Khalil, Bitcoin Core contributor, on the board of BTrust and also of Recursive Capital joins me on the show to talk about:
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Mar 23, 2022 |
SLP358 Lili - Bitcoin Privacy for Beginners
00:55:17
Lili joins me to talk about her journey of learning about Bitcoin and using it privately. We chat about:
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Mar 22, 2022 |
SLP357 Lawrence Lepard The Burning House of Fiat
01:03:38
Lawrence Lepard (Investment Manager, Austrian Economist) of Equity Management Associates joins me on the show to chat about living through the burning house of fiat money. We chat:
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Mar 21, 2022 |
SLP356 Bitcoin: An Upgrade to 700 Year Old Accounting Tech
01:20:36
Darin Feinstein, Founder of Core Scientific (Bitcoin Mining) joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin as an upgrade on some very old accounting technology and what it could mean for our future. We get into:
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Mar 19, 2022 |
SLP355 Julie Landrum - Payments Infrastructure for the Bitcoin Standard
01:02:18
Julie Landrum of OpenNode joins me to talk about what they’re building to help people onboard to Bitcoin & the lightning network as a payment standard. OpenNode first got its name as a merchant payment processor but we chat about how the company has grown and evolved over the years. We chat:
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Mar 16, 2022 |
SLP354 Josef Tetek - Why is Bitcoin HODLing rational?
00:49:35
Josef Tetek of Trezor (and contributor at Bitcoin Magazine) joins me on the show to talk about:
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Mar 13, 2022 |
SLP353 John Cantrell - Sensei: A new lightning node client based on BDK + LDK
00:52:44
John Cantrell of L2 Technology and Spiral BTC grantee rejoins me on the show to talk about his latest work in making Bitcoin and the lightning network more accessible for the many. Sensei can be thought of as an LND or c-lightning but for LDK. We chat:
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Mar 08, 2022 |
SLP352 Matt Hill - EmbassyOS & Making Self Sovereignty Tech Cheaper Than The Alternatives
01:09:07
Matt Hill of Start9 Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about where the world is at, and a surprising argument that might actually be true. Sovereign Tech may be adopted, not merely because of privacy, but because of being lower cost. We chat:
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Feb 25, 2022 |
SLP351 Jeff Vandrew - Bitcoin for the very long term
01:08:03
Jeff Vandrew of Unchained Capital joins me on the show to share his thoughts on Bitcoin for the very long term. Where is it going, and how should you think about using the retirement system to potentially stack more sats? We chat:
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Feb 21, 2022 |
SLP350 Benny Peiser - The Net Zero Agenda Will Crash
00:58:16
Benny Peiser of Net Zero Watch joins me on the show to talk about ‘net zero’ and the inaccuracy in the presentation of arguments on renewables. We discuss:
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Feb 18, 2022 |
SLP349 Chris Stewart Bitcoin DLCs & Stablechannels
01:10:24
Chris Stewart Founder and CEO of Suredbits joins me on the show to talk about the latest with Bitcoin DLCs. You might have heard my earlier show with Nadav Kohen but in this one we chat:
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Feb 14, 2022 |
SLP348 Nick Hansen Luxor - Bitcoin Mining Narratives & Hash Rate Derivatives
00:55:11
Nick Hansen, CEO and Founder of Luxor Technology joins me to talk about the bitcoin mining scene, the narrative around bitcoin mining energy use and Proof of Work, Demand Response, ‘ESG’, China ban, Intel coming into the mining game, and hash rate derivatives. Links:
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Feb 11, 2022 |
SLP347 Kyle Murphy Building Pleb Lab: Bitcoin accelerator, community hub
00:49:13
Kyle Murphy of Pleb Lab and Austin Bitcoin Club joins me on the show to talk about the Austin Bitcoin scene and his role in growing it. We also get into what Pleb Lab is and the bitcoin entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas. This is a great show to get a sense of the community in Austin as well as thoughts on how Bitcoin’s ecosystem grows. Links:
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Feb 07, 2022 |
SLP346 Nicolas Burtey - Synthetic USD & Bitcoin Banking
00:57:09
Nicolas Burtey of Galoy Money rejoins me on the show for a fascinating discussion about doing synthetic USD as a building block to bringing it to the Bitcoin Beach wallet. We talk about:
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Feb 04, 2022 |
SLP345 Danny Brewster - Bitcoin Needs Builders
00:51:16
Danny Brewster, Founder & CEO of FastBitcoins joins me on the show to chat:
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Feb 02, 2022 |
SLP344 NVK - Coldcard Mk4, Tapsigner, Satscard - Bitcoin Hardware Innovation
01:01:37
NVK, co founder and CEO of CoinKite rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest and exciting developments in the world of Bitcoin hardware security. CoinKite are pushing forward with NFC as a way of making hardware wallet UX easy but also keeping the hardware accessible from a cost point of view We chat:
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Jan 30, 2022 |
SLP343 r0ckstar dev & Pavlenex - Career Opportunities in Bitcoin Open Source
00:57:32
R0ckstar dev & Pavlenex of BTCPay Server and other projects (Strike, Bitcoin Smiles, Bitcoin Design) rejoin me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, Open Source community ethos, and how it can lead to career opportunities. We chat:
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Jan 26, 2022 |
SLP342 Heavily Armed Clown - Should Bitcoiners Get on Zero Fiat?
00:53:35
Heavily Armed Clown (aka HAC) joins me on the show to talk about this idea of #GetOnZero. We chat:
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Jan 24, 2022 |
SLP341 Zelko & Din - Ronin Dojo & Tanto
00:56:02
Zelko and Din join me to talk about updates with the Ronin Dojo project for Samourai Wallet users. We chat:
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Jan 22, 2022 |
SLP340 Peter Young - El Salvador On The Ground & Free Private Cities
01:05:47
Peter Young of the Free Private City Foundation joins me on the show to talk about some of his experiences on the ground and some updates with Free Private Cities. We chat:
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Jan 20, 2022 |
SLP339 Jeremy Rubin - What is Check Template Verify?
01:26:23
Jeremy Rubin, bitcoin core contributor joins me on the show to talk about Check Template Verify (CTV) - his soft fork proposal to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. We discuss:
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Jan 17, 2022 |
SLP338 Mauricio Di Bartolomeo - Bitcoin Home Loans & Stablecoins
01:08:14
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co Founder and CSO of Ledn joins me on the show to talk:
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Jan 13, 2022 |
SLP337 Salvatore Ingala - Ledger’s New Bitcoin App: PSBT, Taproot, Descriptors, Multi-Sig
00:54:32
Salvatore Ingala of Ledger joins me to talk about a big revamp of the Ledger Bitcoin app which brings support for a whole host of new features. We chat about:
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Jan 11, 2022 |
SLP336 Sam Callahan - The Problem with the BIS
00:50:58
Sam Callahan of Swan Bitcoin joins me on the show to talk about the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). We chat about:
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Jan 07, 2022 |
SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and Bitcoin
00:57:10
Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat:
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Jan 04, 2022 |
SLP334 Jeff Booth - Escape The System & 2021 Year In Review
01:03:16
Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur and speaker joins me to chat about the year 2021 in review for Bitcoiners. Some themes we discuss:
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Dec 25, 2021 |
SLP333 Cory Klippsten - Building for Bitcoiners
01:08:52
Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of things:
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Dec 22, 2021 |
SLP332 Vijay Boyapati - The Bearish Case for Bitcoin
01:22:26
Vijay Boyapati, author and regular guest rejoins me on the show to chat about his recent book launch as well as a few ideas that specifically came from the book. We also chat about some of his more ‘bearish’ ideas on Bitcoin and that Bitcoin is not inevitable.
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Dec 20, 2021 |
SLP331 Eric Sirion - MiniMint, Federated Mints for Bitcoin scaling and privacy
01:02:42
Chaumian e-cash is a predecessor idea to Bitcoin. Listen in to Stephan and Eric Sirion (elsirion) discuss the idea of federated mints and this particular idea of MiniMint. Eric’s research is being sponsored by Blockstream. This idea may offer even more privacy and scalability for Bitcoin users, but with some custodial and trust trade offs.
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Dec 16, 2021 |
SLP330 Laserhodl - Opting out of ‘The Great Reset’ with Bitcoin
01:28:58
What’s really going on with all the Hysteria? Is it a cabal or some confluence of interests? Laserhodl joins me to talk about what’s going on, and how to opt out.
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Dec 15, 2021 |
SLP329 Samson Mow - Bitcoin Bonds For Bitcoin City Breakdown & Liquid, AMP
01:01:32
Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to breakdown Bitcoin Bonds. We chat:
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Dec 13, 2021 |
SLP328 The Rise of Bitcoin Nomadism with CoinsureNZ
01:04:36
CoinsureNZ rejoins me on the show to chat about the new rising trend of Bitcoin Nomads. We talk about the benefits of this approach in achieving more sovereignty for yourself, whether that is financial or in your ability to carry on living life in the age of Hysteria. We discuss:
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Dec 09, 2021 |
SLP327 Mike Germano - Going Against Fiat Media & Bitcoin Magazine Print Edition
01:03:15
Mike Germano of Bitcoin Magazine (and previously of Vice) joins me to talk about his latest efforts with Bitcoin Magazine Print edition and to share his thoughts on media in today’s age. We chat:
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Dec 06, 2021 |
SLP326 Dylan Leclair Using Fiat Debt For Bitcoin Stacking
01:09:43
Dylan Leclair of Bitcoin Magazine and UTXO Management joins me to talk about the fiat debt system, as well as why and how some people use the system against itself. We get into:
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Dec 02, 2021 |
SLP325 PlanB - Is the S2F model still on track? What about the supercycle and floor model?
01:07:35
Plan B (pseudonymous quant) rejoins me on the show to talk about how the S2F model is going and whether it will be a problem if Bitcoin does not hit $100k by the end of 2021. In this conversation we get into:
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Nov 29, 2021 |
SLP324 Scaling Bitcoin off chain with Matt Corallo, Alex Bosworth, Lisa Neigut and Graham Krizek
01:06:11
This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with well known Lightning contributors and builders. Some of the topics we got into:
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Nov 26, 2021 |
SLP323 Graham Krizek - Running Hosted Bitcoin & Lightning Nodes at Voltage
01:03:23
Graham Krizek is Founder and CEO of Voltage, a Bitcoin and Lightning node company. If you’re interested in why you would have someone else host your node, check out this episode where we talk:
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Nov 25, 2021 |
SLP322 Perth Heat - The Baseball Team on a Bitcoin Standard
00:58:32
Steve Nelkovski (CEO) and Patrick (Chief Bitcoin Officer) of Perth Heat, join me to talk about being the first sports team to go on a full Bitcoin standard. That includes players, staff, merchandise, tickets, sponsorship, and holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. We chat:
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Nov 18, 2021 |
SLP321 On chain scaling with Bitcoin Core Developers Pieter Wuille, Andrew Poelstra, Andrew Chow & Murch
00:49:38
This is a Tabconf 2021 panel discussion that I moderated with some of the top research and development minds in Bitcoin today. Pieter Wuille is at Chaincode Labs, Andrew Poelstra is Director of Research at Blockstream, Murch is at Chaincode Labs, and Andrew Chow is working at Blockstream on Bitcoin Core. In this panel we spoke about:
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Nov 15, 2021 |
SLP320 Statechains and Mercury Wallet: A New Privacy Technique?
00:50:07
Nicholas Gregory of CommerceBlock (creator of Mercury Wallet) joins me to talk about statechains and the recent launch of Mercury Wallet. We talk about statechains, what they mean for bitcoin scaling and/or privacy, as well as practical implications of using Mercury Wallet. We chat:
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Nov 11, 2021 |
SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration
01:12:14
What can be done to improve Lightning network privacy? T-bast (Bastien Teinturier) of ACINQ joins me to talk about this. There are both on chain privacy and off chain privacy implications of Bitcoin and the lightning network and we get into a range of discussion on:
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Nov 06, 2021 |
SLP318 Ronald Pol - The ineffectiveness of AML
01:04:51
Dr Ronald Pol, former lawyer and researcher joins me to talk about how and why AML laws are ineffective and simply cost taxpayers, customers an incredible amount. We chat:
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Nov 01, 2021 |
SLP317 Tomer Strolight - Why Learn About Bitcoin?
01:09:23
Tomer Strolight, author in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about his writing and why Bitcoin is so different to what you’ve seen before. This episode is specially created for beginners and people trying to learn more about Bitcoin. We chat:
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Oct 30, 2021 |
SLP316 Why Libertarians Should Focus On Bitcoin - with Vake & Wolf von Laer
01:01:16
Long time bitcoiner Vake, and CEO of Students for Liberty Wolf von Laer join me on the show to talk about liberty, and why libertarians should focus on Bitcoin as their top priority:
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Oct 27, 2021 |
SLP315 k3tan - Networking For Bitcoiners
00:57:54
Have you been wanting to learn more about networking in how it relates to running your node? k3tan, my long-time friend and co-founder of Ministry of Nodes joins me to discuss:
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Oct 26, 2021 |
SLP314 Dustin Trammell - The Second Node On The Bitcoin Network?
00:54:35
Dustin Trammell, information security professional and early Bitcoin user joins me on the show to talk:
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Oct 23, 2021 |
SLP313 Gigi - USD is going down to 1 sat & Bitcoin is Time
01:03:49
Gigi, author, developer and speaker in the Bitcoin space joins me to talk about why Bitcoin is Time, and why the USD is going down to 1 sat. We chat:
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Oct 18, 2021 |
SLP312 Mark Moss - Energy Crisis, Cycles & Bitcoin
00:53:35
Mark Moss, entrepreneur, investor, and host of The Mark Moss show on YouTube and iHeartRadio joins me on the show to talk about the recent energy crisis. We talk about what’s causing it, and the cycles impacting our world today. We also talk about dealing with it and responding to it. Mark Moss links:
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Oct 12, 2021 |
SLP311 Bitcoin: Only The Strong Survive - with Big Al
00:56:56
Big Al, pseudonymous co-author of the “Only The Strong Survive” article joins me on the show to talk about various critiques of non-Bitcoin ‘Crypto’ projects. In this explosive discussion, we talk about the key things you need to know on Bitcoin as contrasted with ‘Crypto’ and DeFi. We chat:
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Oct 08, 2021 |
SLP310 Should We Stop Using Software Wallets? Bitcoin Software Security With Charles Guillemet
00:59:45
Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger rejoins me on the show to talk about the risks present with Bitcoin software wallets. Don’t miss this episode for security discussion on why you shouldn't be keeping large amounts of bitcoin on software wallets and why hardware is becoming more and more necessary to protect bitcoin from theft. We chat:
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Oct 06, 2021 |
SLP309 Easy CoinJoin Use For Desktop Is Here With Sparrow Wallet with Craig Raw
00:54:55
Craig Raw, founder of Sparrow Wallet rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest: easy coinjoin for the desktop is now here with whirlpool being integrated into Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet might well make coinjoin much more accessible to users interested in bitcoin privacy. Craig and I chat:
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Oct 04, 2021 |
SLP308 Philip Glazman - Scaling Exchanges With Lightning And Lightning User Profiles
00:58:31
Philip Glazman of River, a bitcoin only exchange in the US joins me on the show to talk about the process of using lightning as an exchange. We talk about:
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Oct 01, 2021 |
SLP307 Becoming A Lightning Routing Node Operator with Jestopher and Tony of Amboss
00:58:31
Jestopher and Tony of the Amboss website and project join me on the show to talk about the journey of becoming a lightning routing node operator, tips and resources. We chat:
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Sep 28, 2021 |
SLP306 Guy Swann - What Makes Bitcoin A Breakthrough (Newcoiner episode)
01:12:18
Guy Swann of the Bitcoin Audible podcast joins me for a special show for Bitcoin and Crypto beginners. We talk about why Bitcoin is unique and why you should avoid shitcoin gambling. We discuss:
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Sep 24, 2021 |
SLP305 El Salvador Bitcoin Law On The Ground with Aaron van Wirdum
01:12:34
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went live on 7th September, what was it really like? What did the protesters have to say about it? Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Journalist at Bitcoin Magazine joins me to give us an ‘on the ground’ take on things. We chat:
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Sep 20, 2021 |
SLP304 Is The Bitcoin Infinity Meme Wrong? With Knut Svanholm
01:02:10
Knut Svanholm, Bitcoin writer joins me on the show to chat about why you are not prepared for hyperbitcoinisation, and various concepts such as adoption, what it might look like, and the infinity meme. Is the infinity meme wrong? I believe it is, but listen in to Knut and I discussing it! Links:
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Sep 14, 2021 |
SLP303 Ethereum’s Path to Centralisation with Alex B
01:35:20
Alex B joins me on the show to talk about why Ethereum is predictably on a path to centralisation. How does Bitcoin contrast in terms of decentralisation and long term possibilities? We chat:
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Aug 31, 2021 |
SLP302 SeedSigner - Bitcoin multi sig security under $50
01:06:01
SeedSigner, pseudonymous creator of the SeedSigner project joins me to talk about his work creating a low cost, accessible, DIY style hardware device that can be part of your multi sig quorum with wallets/coordinators like Specter Desktop, Sparrow Wallet, Blue Wallet. This product was actually inspired by an earlier episode with Michael Flaxman. We chat:
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Aug 23, 2021 |
SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool
01:24:46
How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss:
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Aug 18, 2021 |
SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance
01:12:27
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat:
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Aug 13, 2021 |
SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas
01:19:59
Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about:
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Aug 12, 2021 |
SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?
01:13:47
Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat:
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Aug 09, 2021 |
SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself!
01:17:41
Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me on the show to talk:
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Aug 05, 2021 |
SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment
01:26:25
Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:
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Aug 03, 2021 |
SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America
00:55:37
Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent report on the state of Bitcoin mining. We talk about the various factors going into this generational shift. Listen to this episode to understand some of the dynamics, gleaned from John’s in depth research and interviews on the subject. We chat:
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Jul 27, 2021 |
SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets
01:10:03
Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat:
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Jul 22, 2021 |
SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore
01:08:29
Greg Foss, a 3 decade veteran of fixed income securities specialising in HY (High Yield) joins me to talk about debt, bonds, government debt and why Bitcoin is the answer.
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Jul 19, 2021 |
SLP292 Andrew Chow Output Script Descriptors for Bitcoin
01:02:32
Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core contributor and creator of the PSBT standard rejoins me on the show to talk about the creation of a series of BIPs (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) for Output Script Descriptors. We break down and explore the key concepts to make it accessible for bitcoiners.
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Jul 16, 2021 |
SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed
01:16:52
Caitlin Long of Avanti rejoins me on the show to talk about the coming regulatory crackdown. We discuss:
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Jul 15, 2021 |
SLP290 NVK Bitcoin Security & Backups Primer
01:18:13
NVK of Coinkite rejoins me on the show to talk about practical tips on setting up and securing your Bitcoin as well as backups. We chat:
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Jul 12, 2021 |
SLP289 Roasbeef Bitcoin & Lightning For a Billion Users
01:30:40
Laolu Osuntokun aka roasbeef, CTO of Lightning Labs rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Lightning Network can scale to a billion users someday. We chat:
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Jul 06, 2021 |
SLP288 Hass McCook - Why You Must Set Up A Bitcoin DCA Plan
00:56:32
Hass McCook aka FriarHass rejoins me on the show to talk about why you should set up a Dollar Cost Averaging Plan. We chat:
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Jul 01, 2021 |
SLP287 Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin - Hoffline wallets & Lightning adoption
00:58:54
Danny Scott and Zakk Lakin of CoinCorner join me to talk about:
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Jun 28, 2021 |
SLP286 Hector Rosekrans - Bitcoin & Inheritance
00:58:02
Hector Rosekrans of Casa joins me on the show to talk about securing your Bitcoin and how early we are in terms of Bitcoin inheritance. We chat:
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Jun 24, 2021 |
SLP285 Jeff Booth Bitcoin vs Fiat “Extend and Pretend”
00:53:06
Jeff Booth, technology entrepreneur, author and bitcoin advocate rejoins me on the show to talk about:
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Jun 17, 2021 |
SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis
00:54:56
Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about:
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Jun 14, 2021 |
SLP283 Alex Gladstein Bitcoin: Who’s For Freedom, and Who’s Not?
00:57:48
Alex Gladstein CSO of HRF rejoins me on the show to talk about the recent El Salvador Bitcoin legal tender news. We break down the good, the bad and what could go wrong.
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Jun 10, 2021 |
SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use
01:03:36
Where are some Bitcoiners going wrong in their thinking and arguments about energy? Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, and energy policy commentator joins me to talk about energy use, and why we’re not thinking about it clearly. We chat:
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Jun 04, 2021 |
SLP281 Cory Klippsten - Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Swan Bitcoin $1B run rate, Bitcoiner Ventures, Elon’s mistakes
00:57:32
Cory Klippsten, CEO and Founder of Swan Bitcoin joins me to talk about various topics:
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Jun 02, 2021 |
SLP280 BTCxZelko & Pavel - Reclaim Your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo
01:04:59
If you want the best privacy possible in Bitcoin, you want to use Samourai Wallet. And for the best way to use it, you need to use your own node. Zelko and Pavel join me to talk about the latest with Ronin Dojo, an easy way to do just that. We chat:
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May 31, 2021 |
SLP279 Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey - Bitcoin Beach: Citadel By The Sea in El Zonte, El Salvador
00:55:51
Michael Peterson and Nicolas Burtey join me to talk about their project showing how a whole town could go bitcoin and lightning native. Listen to this interview talking about how thousands of people are going lightning native to benefit from international remittance and creating bitcoin tourism.
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May 28, 2021 |
SLP278 Matt Odell & Ben Price - OpenSats: Bitcoin & Open Source Initiative
01:05:57
OpenSats is a new initiative for the bitcoiners to contribute to, to support Bitcoin and open source development and projects. Matt Odell and Ben Price join me to chat about the structure, why they’re creating a new organization, and why Bitcoin development funding shouldn’t merely be a popularity contest. Links:
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May 26, 2021 |
SLP277 Alejandro De La Torre - Coordinating Bitcoin Upgrades With Mining Pools
00:54:00
Alejandro De La Torre, VP of Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool joins me on the show to chat about his efforts in helping to coordinate Bitcoin Upgrades:
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May 24, 2021 |
SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD and Facts
01:11:01
Anthony Ronning, Bitcoin Lightning developer joins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Lightning Privacy. We separate FUD from fact and give it a fair hearing to give you some insight into where the privacy leakages are today, how you can be more private, and where it’s all going in the future. We chat:
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May 20, 2021 |
SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signalling For Taproot
00:56:44
Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:
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May 13, 2021 |
SLP274 William Clemente III - Bitcoin’s Great Consolidation
00:57:24
William Clemente III joins me to talk about analyzing Bitcoin on-chain and why we’re still in the middle of this cycle. We chat:
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May 11, 2021 |
SLP273 Andy Edstrom - Bitcoin and Leverage: Don’t Get Rekt
01:04:39
Andy Edstrom rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin, leverage, and not getting Rekt! We chat:
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May 07, 2021 |
SLP272 Peter St Onge - Bitcoin Energy Double Standards & Why Robots Are Not Taking All Our Jobs
01:13:55
Peter St Onge, Austrian economist and fellow at Mises Institute joins me on the show to talk about his thoughts on Bitcoin Energy use, and what Deflationary growth will look like. We chat:
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May 03, 2021 |
SLP271 Pete Rizzo When Satoshi Disappeared
01:02:49
Pete Rizzo, editor at Bitcoin Magazine and editor in chief for Kraken joins me on the show to talk about his latest piece, ‘The Last Days of Satoshi’. We talk about various ideas:
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Apr 28, 2021 |
SLP270 Bob Murphy What Does A Hard Money Bitcoin World Look Like?
01:07:53
Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist joins me on the show to talk about his views on Bitcoin and Austrian economics. We chat:
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Apr 21, 2021 |
SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Because It Is Open
01:05:31
Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat:
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Apr 19, 2021 |
SLP268 Peter Todd - Should Signal Have Used Bitcoin Instead?
01:09:18
Peter Todd, Bitcoin expert and cryptocurrency consultant joins me on the show to talk about Signal’s recent decision to use MobileCoin rather than Bitcoin. Is Signal selling out? We talk about why MobileCoin is centralised, why it was a bad choice, and why they should have used Bitcoin and Lightning instead. We also talk about directions with private messaging going forward. Peter Todd links:
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Apr 15, 2021 |
SLP267 Joe Burnett How Big Is The Market For Bitcoin?
00:54:44
Joe Burnett of Mimesis Capital joins me to talk about just how big the market for Bitcoin could really be. Hint: It might be bigger than just the market for gold. We talk through valuation in a post hyperbitcoinization world, and we also explore the Bitcoin Contango trade. Joe Burnett Links:
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Apr 12, 2021 |
SLP266 Croesus_BTC - Bitcoin: Stake Your Claim Before Everyone Else
01:02:19
Croesus_BTC joins me to talk about why the yuppie elite do not like Bitcoin, making simplified bitcoin content, adoption and cycles, speculative attacks on fiat, and staking your claim on your ‘fair share’ of Bitcoin. Don’t miss this one! Croesus_BTC links:
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Apr 09, 2021 |
SLP265 Diverter - Becoming Uncle Jim: Being Digital Sherpa for Family & Friends
00:57:25
Diverter joins me on the show to talk about our modern world of surveillance and reliance on third parties. We chat about learning to be a ‘digital sherpa’ for your family and friends.
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Apr 06, 2021 |
SLP264 Roy Sheinfeld Podcasting 2.0 & Lightning with Breez
01:04:05
Roy Sheinfeld of Breez rejoins me on the show to talk about the latest with Breez and how Lightning Network is enabling a whole new world of possibilities. We chat:
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Apr 01, 2021 |
SLP263 Parker Lewis - The Greatest Trick Central Banks Ever Pulled
01:28:40
Parker Lewis of Unchained Capital rejoins me on the show to talk about the environment central banks have created, what that has done to money and our ability to save. We chat:
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Mar 29, 2021 |
SLP262 Craig Raw Bitcoin Multi Sig With Sparrow Wallet
01:10:20
Craig Raw joins me on the show to talk about his relatively new project, Sparrow Wallet. Sparrow Wallet allows you to easily set up a single sig or multi sig wallet, air gapped or with USB, supporting the most popular hardware wallets. We talk:
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Mar 24, 2021 |
SLP261 Dominic Frisby - Bitcoin vs Daylight Robbery (Taxation)
01:22:15
Dominic Frisby, comedian, author, financial writer and libertarian joins me on the show to talk about his latest book, Daylight Robbery. We chat:
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Mar 22, 2021 |
SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks
00:58:26
Luke Dashjr, long time Bitcoin Core contributor joins me on the show to discuss his views on how UASF went down in 2017. We talk through the various trade offs and points around Taproot activation and why he believes that LOT = True maximally reduces the risks. We chat:
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Mar 17, 2021 |
SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining
00:53:30
Whit Gibbs of Compass Mining joins me on the show to talk about his background in mining, and how the mining market is developing. We chat:
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Mar 15, 2021 |
SLP258 Rafael Schultze-Kraft Bitcoin Supply Crunch
01:17:06
Rafael Schultze-Kraft CTO of Glassnode rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin on chain metrics and how there is a very bullish set up right now. We chat:
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Mar 11, 2021 |
SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
01:19:40
Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:
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Mar 04, 2021 |
SLP256 David Bailey Bitcoin 2021 and Bull Markets
01:03:44
David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media (including Bitcoin Magazine) rejoins me on the show to chat about the latest: Bitcoin 2021 is coming and it’ll be huge! We chat:
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Mar 02, 2021 |
SLP255 Gleb Naumenko: The Label, Bitcoin Dev & Consulting
00:59:20
Gleb Naumenko, Bitcoin developer rejoins me to talk about his latest venture, The Label. We chat about:
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Feb 26, 2021 |
SLP254 Dario Sneidermanis Muun Wallet: Bitcoin & Lightning All In One
01:18:12
Dario Sneidermanis, Founder of Muun Wallet joins me to talk about the advanced technological approach taken by his team. We chat about:
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Feb 23, 2021 |
SLP253 Samson Mow Blockstream Jade, Liquid & Bitcoin Mining
00:58:29
Samson Mow CSO of Blockstream rejoins me on the show to chat about what’s going on with the new Jade hardware wallet, updates on Liquid & Bitcoin Mining:
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Feb 19, 2021 |
SLP252 NVK Bitcoin Hardware Wallets vs Air Gapped Computers
01:02:33
NVK, CEO of CoinKite joins me on the show to talk about hardware wallets, air gapped computers and all kinds of useful security questions. This episode will help you learn about the kinds of attacks possible against air gapped computers and hardware wallets, as well as bring some nuance and balance to the conversation about how people should use Bitcoin. We chat:
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Feb 17, 2021 |
SLP251 Dan Held HODL Mindset & Bitcoin Finances
01:00:04
Dan Held rejoins me on the show to chat about HODL mindsets vs spending and mistakes made along the way. You’ll find a lot of value in this episode whether you are a new bitcoiner or an experienced hand. We chat:
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Feb 12, 2021 |
SLP250 Andrew Henderson - Nomad Capitalism for Bitcoiners
00:51:42
Andrew Henderson of Nomad Capitalist joins me on the show to talk about the benefits of nomad capitalism, using overseas residences and citizenships to obtain legal tax savings and increased freedom. We chat:
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Feb 08, 2021 |
SLP249 Bitcoin Patents & Open Crypto Alliance with Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant
00:43:48
Stephan Kinsella and Jed Grant join me to chat about Open Crypto Alliance. We talk:
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Feb 05, 2021 |
SLP248 Godfrey Bloom - What Will Government Do To Bitcoin
01:06:17
Godfrey Bloom, Austrian economist, former politician, and libertarian author joins me to talk about what governments will do to Bitcoin. We discuss:
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Feb 02, 2021 |
SLP247 Luke Gromen - Does Bitcoin Recreate The Hunger Games?
00:55:12
Luke Gromen, founder of FFTT (Forest for the Trees) joins me to talk about his views on Bitcoin. We chat:
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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