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Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Making Panama Compatible with Bitcoin with Gabriel Silva & Felipe Echandi
September 27th, 2021 by
BTCMedia Have you heard about what’s happening in Panama? Hint: It has nothing to do with canals. A new bill has been presented to legalize cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, and we are joined by two important figures in this developing story to learn everything we need to know. Gabriel Silva, a congressman in Panama standing behind this bill, and Felipe Echandi, entrepreneur, seeking to propel the Panamanian economy forward, join us for this fascinating conversation. Our two guests approach the topic wit... Read More -
Bitcoin Spaces - Bitcoin Day in El Salvador
September 10th, 2021 by BTCMedia As El Salvador announces Bitcoin as legal tender, and the world looks on in wonder at this amazing example of progress, we host a fascinating roundtable conversation on the important aspects of this news. CK, Aaron Van Wirdum, Alex Gladstein, Mike Peterson, Romero Martinez, and several others talk about the rollout, the public reception, Bukele's role, and first impressions of the Chivo Wallet. The conversation also covers some of the background leading up to this momentous time, and a few s... Read More -
Unpacking Fed’s Smoke and Mirrors in Jacksonhole - FED 62
September 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia Hosts: Christian Keroles and Ansel Lindner In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch” podcast, we respond to Chairman Powell’s comments at Jackson Hole on 27 August. We listen to several important sound bites and discuss it along the way. Powell was expected to announce a Fed taper, where they begin to shrink their monthly purchase of securities in QE. We have often said that Powell is somewhat of a straight shooter relative to other central banks of the past and present... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Making Bitcoin Successful in El Salvador with Jose Lemus
September 7th, 2021 by BTCMedia Today CK sits down with Jose Lemus, the founder of IBEX Mercado, to talk about the exciting developments in the El Salvadorian Bitcoin space! At the time of this recording, Bitcoin is about to be announced as legal tender in the country, and so by the time you listen to this conversation, that will be official! While this is exciting news for El Salvador, its people, and future, there is still some way to go before Bitcoin and the Lightning Network will be able to truly spread in the country... Read More -
Meet the Taco Plebs - Bitcoin Doesn't Have to be Complicated with Nameless
September 6th, 2021 by BTCMedia Bitcoin can be a daunting thing to learn about. It involves the study of several different fields, from computer science to economics. At Bitcoin Magazine, we always hope to be able to educate our readers on the basics of Bitcoin. We offer a guides section, and have a large selection of books in our store. One of my parts about the magazine are contributor articles designed to simplify complex ideas. Nameless, one of our contributors here at the magazine, has sent in several of these article... Read More -
Meet the Taco Plebs - Being Optimistic About The Future Of Bitcoin with Josef Tětek
August 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia Austrian economics is a very common topic of discussion and study within the bitcoin community. Being the base economic theory upon which we find bitcoin resting, it makes sense that understanding this would be a primary lead for someone to get into bitcoin. Josef Tětek, one of our regular contributors here at Bitcoin Magazine, is an example of this. Tětek has written some fantastic articles for us, including “Your Financial Data Is Not Private, Bitcoin Can Fix That,” “Here’s W... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Operating a Business on Bitcoin with Chris Gimmer
August 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia Fiat cash, aka government-issued currency, may be singing its swan song. The good news? Bitcoin and free markets have the potential to help people claim back their sovereignty. Chris Gimmer joins us on the show to talk about why the state of markets is so dismal, how government intervention has played a major role in this demise, and why Bitcoin is the way forward through the mess. Chris is the Co-founder of Snappa, a top-of-the-range design and templating SaaS product, as well as the creato... Read More -
Meet the Taco Plebs - Memes Will Take Bitcoin To The Moon with @Chad_Capital
August 23rd, 2021 by BTCMedia Understanding bitcoin can change your life. Once you do understand it, your entire system for evaluating what is worthy of your time, money and effort is also changed. I discussed this idea and more with The Bitcoin Conference’s latest addition to the team, Brad, on Twitter as @Chad_Capital. He and I discussed how he first heard about Bitcoin, which was a result of the infectious excitement many feel about Bitcoin once they understand it. In addition to this, we discussed the power ... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - The Truth Behind Bitcoin's Opposition with Seb Bunney
August 19th, 2021 by BTCMedia Despite the multitude of opinions on Bitcoin and its future, the reality is that we are at a huge inflection point in history. Our guest today, Seb Bunney, explains why the decentralization of the economy presents us with an exceptional opportunity to build equality and escape this economic modern-day slavery perpetuated by banks and the government. Seb is a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine, and today we will be focusing on his most recent article titled, 'The Truth Behind Bitcoin’s Opposit... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Embracing Bitcoin w/ Kit Stanwood
August 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia It is often difficult for people to get into Bitcoin without already being primed to align with one of Bitcoin’s strange attributes. Parker Lewis described Bitcoins strangeness as “being counterintuitive, and then hyper-intuitive” after one puts in enough work to understand it. Like many Bitcoiners, Kit Stanwood needed to hear about Bitcoin a couple of times before it clicked. But once it did click, it became hyper-intuitive and she dove right in! Stanwood is now the social media m... Read More -
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado - Basis of Lightning Technology 12 - NADO 44
August 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia Sjors is back! In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss BOLT 12 (Basis of Lightning Technology 12), a newly proposed Lightning Network specification for “offers”, a type of “meta invoices” designed by c-lightning developer Rusty Russell. Where coins on Bitcoin’s base layer are sent to addresses, the Lightning network uses invoices. Invoices communicate the requested amount, node destination, and the hash of a secret which ... Read More -
Fed Watch - Taper Talk, Repos, China, and Bitcoin Advocacy - FED60
August 11th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch” podcast, hosts Christian Keroles and Ansel Lindner have a conversation about current Federal Reserve policy, headlines in the financial press, and rumors. Then we touch on PBoC and Evergrande problems in China. Lastly, the fun starts and we talk about the Infrastructure Bill and some hot takes about what to take away from it. It’s one of our longest episodes and a must listen for contrarian bitcoiner opinions. Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Monetizing your Data w/ Stephan Dodge and Ian Major
August 10th, 2021 by BTCMedia Payments on the internet have always been a weakness. An entire Frankenstein mash up of surveillance, credit card payments, walled garden ecosystems emerged as the way for the internet and internet companies to monetize. Freemium and ad driven models became the way that users were monetized but if you get something for free you are the product and in 2021 this is turning into a problem. Stephan Dodge and Ian Major, the co-founders of BYOD, think bitcoin can fix this. Host Christian Kerol... Read More -
Meet the Taco Plebs - Bitcoin and Education w/ Satoshi Sarah
August 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I sat down with Satoshi Sarah, a new addition to the Bitcoin Magazine team. Sarah is extremely passionate about bitcoin education, which is what she will be working on at the magazine. She believes in the freedom and sovereignty offered by bitcoin, and is fascinated by the diversity in the community. Like me, Sarah is a zoomer, and sees life through a lens only offered by the experiences zoomers have collectively gone ... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - The Bitcoin Voter Block w/ Amanda Cavaleri
August 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia Many Bitcoin enthusiasts tend to lean from a significantly libertarian perspective. Many take pride in routing around the government and relish in Bitcoin’s ability to just opt out completely. Unfortunately for the Bitcoiners not interested in participating in politics, last week in the United States Infrastructure Bill emerged an existential crisis for Bitcoin and the more general crypto ecosystem. The bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, that is a hallmark part of the Biden Administration’s... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Why Bitcoin is Intelligent w/ Aleks Svetski
August 3rd, 2021 by BTCMedia Aleks Svetski discussed his “Intelligent Guide To Bitcoin” and the misunderstandings about BTC that are often perpetuated. Many in the traditional financial space, government and academia have long dismissed Bitcoin as a silly toy for criminals and predicted that its price will go to zero. These predictions remain commonplace in the mainstream media to this day, despite the network’s astounding growth and the currency blasting past $30,000 prices and making inroads across the global... Read More -
Meet the Taco Plebs - The Importance of Orange Pills w/ Pleb.Hodl of Bull Bitcoin
August 2nd, 2021 by BTCMedia Pleb.Hodl, Bull Bitcoin’s new head of marketing, discussed his rabbit hold journey and the importance of welcoming precoiners. In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s "Meet The Taco Plebs," I sat down with Bull Bitcoin’s newest head of marketing, Pleb.Hodl (@btcplebeian on Twitter) to discuss his unique Bitcoin rabbit hole story, his new position at Bull Bitcoin, the effect Bitcoin has on one’s mindset and much more. Pleb.Hodl went into detail about his experience being “fiat p... Read More -
The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado - Hardware Wallets and Blockstream’s Jade wallet - NADO 43
July 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron van Wirdum hosts one more interview without his regular cohost Sjors Provoost. Instead, he is joined by Blockstream’s Lawrence Nahum, one of the developers behind the Jade wallet, and Ben Kaufman, one of the developers of the Spectre wallet, which is specifically designed to work with hardware wallets. Aaron, Lawrence and Ben talk about what hardware wallets are, and discuss the design tradeoffs that different hardware wallets have take... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - The Infrastructure Bill is Bad for Bitcoin in America w/ Rep. Warren Davidson
July 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 48 hours, you’ve likely heard about the last-minute addition of a cryptocurrency tax to the U.S. Senate’s forthcoming infrastructure bill. In this episode of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” host David Zell sat down with one of D.C.’s strongest Bitcoin supporters, Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH), to talk about the specific language and potential impact of this cryptocurrency tax legislation. As it stands now, the bil... Read More -
Bitcoin Magazine Podcast - Fighting for Freedom w/ Zuby
July 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia During the 2020 lockdowns countries across the globe cracked down on their populations, forcing them inside their homes and closing down businesses from operating normally. Different countries and political structures reacted to these lockdowns in different ways. Most countries found themselves spiraling into more and more totalitarian rule and lockdowns. States have expanded their grasp and where not letting it go despite any real or false threats. In this interview with Thinker, Musici... Read More
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