From the Front Page - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast
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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 -
Weekly Bits #7: The Gift of Bitcoin Giving
December 4th, 2019 by BTCMedia To celebrate the holiday season, this episode of the Weekly Bits podcast covers two programs focused on accelerating bitcoin-based giving. Peter is joined by Bitcoin Magazine associate editor Colin Harper to discuss two of his recent stories — the first dedicated to GiveBitcoin and its effort to help Bitcoiners evangelize the technology by sharing BTC with others, and the second to The Giving Block and its mission to focus Giving Tuesday on #GivingBitcoin to charity. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Bruce Fenton on the Bitcoin Foundation, Satoshi Roundtable and Scaling
December 2nd, 2019 by BTCMedia In this episode, Bitcoin Magazine staff writer, Vlad Costea, interviews Bruce Fenton, CEO of Chainstone Labs and Satoshi Roundtable. A longtime Bitcoin advocate, Bruce Fenton discusses his early days in Bitcoin, scaling debates, the pros and pitfalls of a purely Bitcoin maximalism and his outlook on privacy. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Catherine Coley on Launching and Operating Binance.US
November 25th, 2019 by BTCMedia Binance is the largest global cryptocurrency exchange in the world, but it has avoided competing in the U.S. until a few months ago with the launch of Coley’s subsidiary. In this interview, Coley explained how Binance.US came to be, what it has been like to face the competitive and regulatory hurdles of launching a cryptocurrency exchange, and what stage Binance.US is in now, coming to the end of its first quarter. Read More -
Weekly Bits #6: Reviewing Bitcoin's Best Hardware Wallets
November 20th, 2019 by BTCMedia As any good Bitcoiner knows, your BTC is only as safe as your private keys. So, to learn more about the different hardware wallet options out there, Weekly Bits host Peter Chawaga interviews Bitcoin Magazine reporter Vlad Costea about his recent series comparing the Trezor Model T, Ledger Nano X, BitBox02, Coldcard Mk3 and KeepKey. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine: Mati Greenspan on The Motion in Bitcoin Markets
November 18th, 2019 by BTCMedia Mati Greenspan, the guest on today's show, comes to Bitcoin as a financial asset trader and portfolio manager. That means his thought process comes purely from a trading perspective. And, while Bitcoin plays a large role in Mati's portfolio, he also follows a lot of other types of markets including renewable energies and Biotech. Dave posed the validity of different trading strategies and some of the latest narratives in the Bitcoin news cycle to hear what Matti had to say. Read More -
Weekly Bits #5: Bitcoin Merch, Video Reviews and the Art of Filming Crypto
November 13th, 2019 by BTCMedia Bitcoin Magazine's resident video and audio producer Grahm Petersen joins Peter Chawaga on the latest episode of Weekly Bits to offer some perspective on the Bitcoin merch industry, what it's like to film technical product reviews and increasing adoption through YouTube. Read More -
Alex Gladstein on Blockchain and Tyranny Vs. Bitcoin and Freedom
November 11th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this episode, Dave talks with Alex Gladstein about the recent news that China and President Xi Jinping, have publicly expressed admiration for blockchain technology. This news spiked the Bitcoin price at the beginning of November, but Gladstein is weary for what China's public praise could mean for cryptocurrency in general. Read More -
Weekly Bits #4: Living on Bitcoin in Europe
November 8th, 2019 by BTCMedia Bitcoin adoption may be growing every day, but it's still a challenge to live every day exclusively using BTC. On this episode, Peter Chawaga asks Colin Harper about his recent trip to Europe where he did just that, paying for everything from food to souvenirs with the original cryptocurrency. Read More
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