From the Front Page - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast
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Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin's Solvency and Security with Coinfloor’s Obi Nwosu & Blockstack's Muneeb Ali
February 24th, 2020 by
BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith speaks with Coinfloor's Obi Nwosu and Blockstack's Muneeb Ali, two leaders who have run companies in the community since 2013. Coinfloor is the U.k.'s largest cryptocurrency exchange while Blockstack is a developer platform and network trying to build a new internet. Though different in what types of products they offer, both companies are taking innovative and even perhaps opposing strategies for how they can and should successfully leverage Bitcoin. Read More -
Weekly Bits #16: Powering Corporate Open-Source Development
February 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia As the world's most robust open-source digital ledger, Bitcoin has encouraged several corporations to fund the development of tools that can be accessed and leveraged by anyone. In this week's episode, Colin and Peter discuss this intersection of corporate self-interest and technical altruism. Read More -
Bitcoin Around the World - Colombia: Bitcoin, Regulation and Ties to Venezuela with Mauricio Tovar Gutierrez & Alejandro Beltran Torrado - WBD193
February 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I speak to Mauricio Tovar Gutierrez & Alejandro Beltran Torrado, part of the Bitcoin community in Bogota, Colombia. We discuss the politics and economics of Colombia, Bitcoin regulation and their close ties with Venezuela. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: How Bitcoin Unlocks Social Good with Paxful's Ray Youssef
February 17th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith interviews the CEO of Paxful, Ray Youssef, about how his peer-to-peer exchange has enabled a new economy of currency exchange and payments all through the use of Bitcoin. Additionally, Dave asks Ray about his philosophy and experience in social good and how it directly ties into Paxful's initiative for building schools across the world. Read More -
Weekly Bits #15: Assessing Bitcoin As A Tool For Philanthropy
February 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this week's episode, Colin and Peter evaluate Bitcoin's history as a technology that enables charitable giving. They discuss its effectiveness in response to natural disasters, the Bitcoin community's self-interested benevolence and the blockchain's prowess for facilitating a better kind of philanthropy. Read More -
Matt Odell on Educating Bitcoiners
February 10th, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin is a tool for financial freedom, but this means it also comes with more individual responsibility. In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Matt Odell, an active privacy advocate and educator in the Bitcoin Community, to discuss how to educate Bitcoiners, misleading mainstream media narratives and overall good Bitcoin opsec. Read More -
Weekly Bits #14: Imagining The Bitcoin Citadel Future
February 5th, 2020 by BTCMedia Maybe you've seen the memes: Bitcoiners are fantasizing about fortresses fit for complete self-sufficiency and impregnable bag protection. But what really goes into the perfect personal Bitcoin citadel? And what does it mean to imagine a future in which Bitcoiners are siphoned off from the rest of society? Colin Harper joins the show to dig deeper into his Bitcoin Magazine cover story "The 7 Safest Havens for Establishing Your Bitcoin Citadel." Read More -
Lebanon's Financial Crisis & Bitcoin (Part 2): Bitcoin's Volatility As Stability
February 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia In this two-part series, Dave Hollerith interviews members of Lebanon's diaspora migrant population to understand the country's current financial crisis and why Bitcoin is both an important asset for mitigating its risks as well as how it could play a roll in helping those who live in Lebanon. In this episode (Part 2), Hollerith talks with a Lebanese Bitcoiner, Mark Saroufim, about how Bitcoin is ultimately fitting into Lebanon's downturned economy. Read More -
Weekly Bits #13: How Do Bitcoiners Maintain Privacy In The Age Of Government Blockchain Analysis?
January 29th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this week's episode, Peter is joined by Bitcoin Magazine staff writer Vlad Costea to discuss the latest cover story, "Maintaining Transaction Privacy in the Age of Government Analysis." The pair went over some Bitcoin privacy best practices, considered the honeypot risks of government-based transaction monitoring and examined the intersection of identity protection and user-friendliness. Read More -
Lebanon's Financial Crisis & Bitcoin (Part 1): A Central Bank Ponzi Scheme
January 27th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this two-part series, Dave Hollerith interviews members of Lebanon's diaspora migrant population to understand the country's current financial crisis and why Bitcoin is both an important asset for mitigating the risks of a financial crisis as well as how it could play a roll in helping those who live in Lebanon today. In part one, Mike Azar, a financial consultant and lecturer, explains how the Lebanese financial crisis started and what it could mean for the countries future. Read More -
Weekly Bits #12: What The Fed's Repo Market Pump Means For Bitcoin
January 22nd, 2020 by BTCMedia The Federal Reserve has funneled roughly $500 billion into the repo market since September 2019 in what was originally pitched as temporary operations. Now, it wants to extend the same efforts to smaller institutions in an unprecedented extension of its influence over the economy. On this episode, Colin and Peter discuss Bitcoin Magazine's cover story about the Fed's actions and what they tell us about our financial system. If this reminds anyone of the climate before The Great Recession, then Bitcoin could be a solution. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Mr. Pseu on Getting A Bitcoin Education
January 20th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, we talk with A Boy Named Pseu (Phil Gibson). He is a libertarian writer and podcaster whose journey in understanding Bitcoin is more recent and rooted by a longterm interest in Austrian economics and agorism. Pseu recently wrote a Medium post, "Bitcoin Is Dead." In it, he argues why Bitcoin's growth stands out as uniquely different from how it has been portrayed by mainstream media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal. Read More -
Weekly Bits #11: On the Coast of El Salvador, Bitcoin Is Becoming the Standard
January 15th, 2020 by BTCMedia Two coastal villages in El Salvador are living out the dream that many Bitcoiners envision: a circular bitcoin economy for those who have been ignored by the traditional banking system. On this episode of Weekly Bits, Peter is joined by staff writer Colin Harper to discuss his latest cover story on Bitcoin Beach, the program that is putting sats in the hands of those who need them with noteworthy success. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Blockstream's Kiara Bickers on Clarifying Bitcoin
January 10th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Kiara Bickers, author of Bitcoin Clarity: A Guide To Understanding Bitcoin. Bitcoin Clarity is different from other Bitcoin guides because it takes uses "systems thinking" by explaining how and why each part of Bitcoin's system evolved into what it is today. Read More -
Weekly Bits #10: Bitcoin's Potential 2020 Protocol Upgrades With Aaron van Wirdum
January 8th, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin's underlying consensus layer has gone two years without a hard or soft fork change — its longest such streak in history. On this episode of Weekly Bits, Peter Chawaga is joined by Bitcoin Magazine Technical Editor Aaron van Wirdum to discuss his latest cover story on protocol changes that have the potential to end that streak in 2020. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Trace Mayer on Monetary Sovereignty and Proof of Keys
December 26th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this episode, Bitcoin Magazine's Vlad Costea interviews long-time Bitcoiner Trace Mayer. They discuss how some cryptocurrency businesses tend to restrict the concept of sovereignty that the technology was meant to protect, and Mayer's response to the phenomenon, the [Proof of Keys [Jan/3➞₿]](https://www.proofofkeys.com/) event, held every year on January 3. Read More -
Weekly Bits #9: The Open-Source Mission of BTCPay Server
December 18th, 2019 by BTCMedia The best of Bitcoin tends to come from projects that leave wealth accumulation and personal agendas aside to focus on building on behalf of the community. For an example, look no further than open-source payment portal BTCPay Server. In this episode of the Weekly Bits podcast, Colin Harper joins Peter Chawaga to discuss his latest cover story on the project, the developers behind it and its status as Bitcoin's open-source unicorn. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Guy Swann on Curating The Best Bitcoin Writing
December 16th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Guy Swann, host of the Cryptoconomy podcast. Guy's show has become a staple in the Bitcoin community for curating and recording some of the best long-form articles about Bitcoin. Dave and Guy discuss Guy's curation process, what makes a compelling Bitcoin read, Bitcoin maximalism as a reaction to the 2017 ICO boom, some of the historical metaphors used to explain Bitcoin and how technology like Bitcoin and the internet are changing sovereignty. Read More -
Weekly Bits #8: The Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining
December 11th, 2019 by BTCMedia The bitcoin mining industry has always been dominated by China, but a growing trend of operations opening up in North America raises interesting questions about the decentralization of the practice. Listen to this week's episode as Cassie Clifton, host of the What's Halvening? Podcast and all-around mining expert, talks to Peter about the future of Bitcoin's most critical sector. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Philip Gradwell on the Economic Data Behind Blockchain Analysis
December 10th, 2019 by BTCMedia Coming to the end of what appears to be a successful year of growth, Chainalysis cut 20 percent of its workforce back in November. This episode features an interview with Philip Gradwell, he’s the Chief Economist at Chainalysis. We talk about what exactly is gleaned from blockchain analysis products, why they are seeing so much growth in the Asia Pacific region, why they cut 39 employees and whether they are putting resources into tracking off-chain transactions (final question). Read More
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