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The Anita Posch Show - Miss Aurra: Bitcoin Empowers Zimbabweans
May 6th, 2021 by
BTCMedia My guest is Miss Aurra from Harare, Zimbabwe. I got to know her at the beginning of 2020, when I visited Zimbabwe to research the possibilities and the use of Bitcoin in the country. In May 2020 we started a donation campaign for the school that Miss Aurra is leading. It had to be closed down due to Covid and the school lost its building. We are discussing the difficult living situation in Zimbabwe and how Bitcoin has been helping through your donations. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - Ruff Consensus
May 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, we talk taproot signalling, theft on BSC DeFi platforms, and Charlie Munger surprising everyone with a perfectly nuanced take on bitcoin. We finish off trying to determine whether or not we should get rid of everyone's pets to save the environment. Probably, right? Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - The Hidden Costs of the Petrodollar System [Alex Gladstein]
May 3rd, 2021 by BTCMedia Today we have another brilliant piece by Alex Galdstein, published on Bitcoin Magazine about the Petrodollar system, how it came about, why it has stuck around, & the horrible costs of maintaining it that so few are willing to acknowledge. Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: Persistence is Targeting a Trillion Dollar Market
April 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia Legacy finance and DeFi are slowly converging, with massive industries beginning to explore public blockchain networks for novel use cases. Read More -
Block Crunch - Spartan Capital on Upcoming DeFi Trends - Jason Choi & Ben Sparango
May 4th, 2021 by BTCMedia This week, my friend Ben Sparango (@bennybitcoins), currently growth at Solana and former investment analyst at Multicoin Capital, turns the spotlight on me. Ben interviews me on how I got into crypto, discusses my current investment thesis around DeFi, and my journey helping scale Spartan Capital from a $9M to a $200M fund. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - How Bitcoin Supports Democracy
April 30th, 2021 by BTCMedia The Central European Affairs podcast featured Anita Posch in an interview by Balasz Csekö about different aspects of Bitcoin, how blockchain is revolutionizing the global financial system, how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can help overcome Big Brother, and why every regulatory plan makes Bitcoin stronger. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - Tickle Me Softly
April 20th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, the whole gang is together again to talk about “China unbans bitcoin!”, the weekend flash crash, Coinbase execs selling into the IPO, Signal’s MobileCoin, Xinjiang power blackout affecting mining, and when it is and is not OK to tickle people. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - The Last Days of Satoshi [Pete Rizzo]
April 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia Dont miss another incredible journey through Bitcoin's history by Pete Rizzo, in honor of the anniversary of Satoshi's disappearance in just a few days. What did people think of Satoshi, what really happened in the transition from Satoshi to Gavin, and what critical moments in Bitcoin history, may have led to the disappearance of its mysterious creator? A must read/listen. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin a Trojan Horse for Freedom
April 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded it 2005. We talk about how Bitcoin helps to defend human rights and promote liberal democracy. Alex is also the Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum since its inception in 2009 and a co-author of "The Little Bitcoin Book". Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - Deathbed Jenkem
April 28th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, learn about Blockstream’s mining security token, Tesla taking bitcoin profits, chaos in the Turkish bitcoin scene, Iran’s state adoption of BTC, the mysterious Monsieur Personne forging NFTs, and some game theory analysis of how you stop an environmentalist attacker from…erm…paying miners too much money? Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Two Taproot Activation Clients! [Aaron Van Wirdum]
April 19th, 2021 by BTCMedia With a short introduction to taproot and all the mess around the True/False activation dilemma, we cover another great piece from Aaron Van Wirdum at BitcoinMagazine breaking down why we have 2 different clients, what the conflict is exactly and what it might mean for Bitcoin over the next year. Read More -
Unhashed Podcast - One Night in Laser Eyes
April 18th, 2021 by BTCMedia On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, it's tabloid time! To help detox from Ruben and Eric Wall's technical deep dive last week, we take things easy by chatting about the latest cryptocurrency news from Snoop Dog, Paris Hilton, and John McAfee. We do get back to bitcoin again to talk tainted coins, the sale of bitcoindotcom, what constitutes a double-spend, the future relevancy of "not your keys, not your coins", and details about hashrate and mining. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Bitcoin is Not What You Think it Is
April 13th, 2021 by BTCMedia Money is not what you think it is and so much more in today’s Guy’s Take! Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Franco Amati: Bitcoin in Argentina
April 15th, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Franco Amati, founder of Bitcoin Argentina and member of laBitconf - the biggest Bitcoin conference in Latin America, the Bitcoin embassy Buenos Aires, and Bitcoin Iberoamérica foundation. We are discussing the importance of Bitcoin for the people of Argentina, who have to deal with harsh capital controls that allow them to only buy foreign currency up to 200 USD per month with 65% tax and an inflation of 50%. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - Conclusion of the Long-Term Debt Cycle [Dylan Leclair]
April 19th, 2021 by BTCMedia We are at the precipice of the greatest change in our monetary system in nearly the past century. The long term debt cycle is in its endgame. What has led us here, and what future does Bitcoin make possible with its emergence coinciding with the conclusion of the legacy monetary regime. Taking a deeo dive on this topic with this new article at Bitcoin Magazine, written by Dylan Leclair. Read More -
Citizen Bitcoin - Rodolfo Novak: Keeping Bitcoin Time
April 11th, 2021 by BTCMedia Rodolfo Novak, is founder of Coinkite, of the longest running Bitcoin-only companies in the world and makers of beloved products ColdCard, OpenDime and BLOCKCLOCK. We get into Rodolfo's background, the early days of Coinkite and the lastest on Coinkite, entrepreneurship, economics and bitcoin's relationship to time. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Edan Yago: Sovereignty Through Bitcoin
March 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia Edan Yago is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who turned his career around to focus on Bitcoin. He has been pivotal in establishing Sovryn one of the first Bitcoin-native DeFi platforms. We're talking about how a decentralized bitcoin trading and lending platform like Sovryn will create a new, open economic system that empowers individuals globally. Read More -
Bitcoin Audible - LOT true or false? The Last Hurdle for Taproot [Aaron Van Wirdum]
March 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia Today's read is from Aaron Van Wirdum at Bitcoin Magazine, an excellent writer who has so many brilliant breakdowns of the technical and historical elements of Bitcoin. Taproot is SO close, but there is a final debate, a final hurdle to tackle before we get to see it activated on the network, and that’s over how and when to turn on the switch. LOT=true or LOT=false? This is the Last Hurdle Before Taproot Activation: Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Jonathan Chester: Get Paid in Bitcoin
April 2nd, 2021 by BTCMedia My guest is Jonathan Chester, he is the CEO and Founder of Bitwage, a company that enables employees and remote workers worldwide to get paid in Bitcoin. We discuss how individuals can earn their wage in bitcoin, what the advantages are, the details of their 401k retirement plans, and when public adoption of Bitcoin could feasibly take place. Read More -
The Anita Posch Show - Shermin Voshmgir: The Web 3 and Token Revolution
April 8th, 2021 by BTCMedia I sat down with Shermin Voshmgir, a researcher and author of "Token Economy" to discuss the hype around NFTs and how in the future every part of the economy will be merged into crypto. Shermin is the founder of Token Kitchen and BlockchainHub Berlin. On a personal sidenote: in early 2017 Shermin's keynote about Bitcoin and open blockchains spurred my attention and deepened my interest to work in that field. Read More
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