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WBD242 - Bitcoin vs Gold with Peter Schiff
August 5th, 2020 by
BTCMedia The reasons to hold either gold or Bitcoin are similar, yet the two assets possess different tradeoffs and risks. Bitcoiners often refer to Bitcoin as digital gold or gold 2.0, as they consider it a store of wealth like gold. Whether you prefer one asset or are a proponent of both, these assets help protect individuals against the broken fiat monetary system, inflation and a debt-based economy. Read More -
WBD241 - Bitcoin’s Peaceful Revolution with Knut Svanholm
August 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia At face value, libertarianism sounds perfect; more freedom, less intervention and limited or no state. However, I have struggled to understand how this would play out and if the idea of an anarchist society being civil and moral is just an ideological fallacy rather than a practical reality. Read More -
WBD240 - What Now for Bitcoin? With Nic Carter, Tuur Demeester, Robert Breedlove & Alex Leishman
July 28th, 2020 by BTCMedia The global economy is in a precarious position. With the coronavirus enforced lockdowns closing down businesses around the world, central banks have been printing money at unprecedented levels to prevent economies from collapsing. While this has eased the pressure in Western nations, some smaller countries are starting to experience the impact. The currency in Lebanon has all but collapsed, and inflation in Zimbabwe has nearly reached 800%. Could high inflation be coming to the UK, Europe and the US? Read More -
WBD239 - #Unity2020: Ending the Two-Party System with Bret Weinstein
July 24th, 2020 by BTCMedia In 2017, Bret Weinstein was thrust into the public limelight, when he objected to a change in the college's tradition of observing a "Day of Absence". Bret stating that "there is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles, and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away." It led to widespread protests and claims that Bret was "a racist" and the college was forced to close for two days. Read More -
WBD238 - WTF is Going on in the Markets? With Raoul Pal, Caitlin Long & Travis Kling
July 21st, 2020 by BTCMedia In late 2019 and early 2020, the global economy was showing signs of stress. Even before coronavirus, we saw the Fed having to step in and provide liquidity for the repo market and issuing rate cuts. But the rapid spread of coronavirus around the world and the resulting lockdowns has further exposed cracks in the global economy. Read More -
WBD237 - The 1 Bitcoin Trump Bet with American HODL & Phil Geiger
July 17th, 2020 by BTCMedia Following the outbreak of COVID-19, countries across the world have gone into lockdown. However, Trump, Fox News and a large number of key Republicans initially played down the risk of the pandemic, and Trump has faced fierce criticism for his lack of decisive action. The US has been the most severely affected country, with around one quarter of all recorded infections and deaths. Read More -
WBD236 - Bitcoin UX & Marketing with Dan Held
July 14th, 2020 by BTCMedia The very early believers in Bitcoin tended to fall into two camps, the Libertarians who were drawn to the censorship resistance & self-sovereignty of Bitcoin and the tech-savvy developers who saw a new experimental technology that was the first to truly offer a distributed & decentralised digital money. Read More -
WBD235 - The Myth of Deflation with Jeff Booth
July 11th, 2020 by BTCMedia In an inflationary Keynesian economic system, governments target low inflation to ensure a healthy economy and steady growth; however, inflation functions as a hidden tax on savings. Inflation also leads to a drop in purchasing power which drives the incentive to spend and invest rather than save. Read More -
WBD234 - Is Apple Abusing its Monopoly Power? With David Heinemeier Hansson
July 8th, 2020 by BTCMedia New concerns have been raised around Apple's business model after the company rejected future updates for Basecamp's newly launched email app Hey. Apple initially approved the app, but then put it on hold — meaning Basecamp couldn't submit any updates or bug fixes until it added an option for users to subscribe to Hey's service through an in-app purchase. Read More -
WBD233 - Next Level Bitcoin Privacy with Alex Gladstein & Chris Belcher
July 4th, 2020 by BTCMedia Privacy is a fundamental human right, and with society migrating away from physical to digital cash, we are losing one of the remaining ways to transact privately. Bitcoin is an entirely public ledger, in that every transaction is broadcast to everyone running the Bitcoin software. Anyone can view these transactions, but there are ways to obfuscate your spends and make it more difficult, or even close to impossible to follow the trail of transactions. Read More -
WBD232 - Bitcoin's Time is Now with Preston Pysh
June 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia With the current global economic outlook and rise in social unrest, we are living in unprecedented times. The coronavirus pandemic, subsequent lockdowns and preventative measures put in place by governments around the world has led to many businesses closing or relying on bailouts, and jobless figures are amongst the highest since records began. Read More -
Microsoft’s Bitcoin-Based Identity Tool with Daniel Buchner - WBD231
June 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia Social media is omnipresent with most all of us have a Twitter, Facebook or Google account, using them every day for both personal and business. We build connections, relationships and trust through them. However, these companies implement strict controls over the content on their platforms with shadowbanning and deplatforming growing. Read More -
Bitcoin Journalism with Leigh Cuen - WBD230
June 23rd, 2020 by BTCMedia The role of a journalist is to question, educate and inform. A truly free press is a fundamental pillar of a free society, and unbiased and objective reporting is crucial in getting a broad understanding of any industry. Read More -
Spending Bitcoin with Ragnar Lifthrasir - WBD228
June 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia Many Bitcoiners consider Bitcoin as gold 2.0, threatening the corrupt practices of central banking. As such, small blocks, the fee market and hodling are essential components of defeating fiat. With such staunch views from within the community, even just opening up these topics for debate can see a backlash from Bitcoiners. Read More -
Debunking Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Thesis with Bill Barhydt - WBD227
June 17th, 2020 by BTCMedia This week, Goldman Sachs held an investment advisory call for its clients during which it slammed Bitcoin as an investment and refused to accept it as an asset class. Read More -
WBD226 - Bitcoin Trading 101 with Flood
June 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia Despite being the best performing asset over the past decade, Bitcoin is an incredibly volatile asset and risky to trade. Outperforming the market is hard, and very few people manage to beat the strategy of buying and holding. Read More -
WBD225 - Bitcoin is the Answer with Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss
June 9th, 2020 by BTCMedia The Social Network, directed by David Fincher, introduced Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to the world. The film told the story of how Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea to create Facebook, and would later settle for $65 million. Read More -
Liquid Bitcoin with Adam Back & Samson Mow - WBD224
June 5th, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin: decentralised, permissionless, censorship-resistant and unconfiscatable. Unique properties which make it a unique form of money Read More -
Bitcoin in One Lesson - WBD223
June 2nd, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin can be intimidating for beginners. The protocol is complicated, the community can be unforgiving, silly mistakes can lose you money, and it is easy to succumb to altcoin marketing. Read More -
Is Bitcoin Trading a Dirty Business? With Willy Woo - WBD222
May 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia On May 11th, at block 630000 Bitcoin had its 3rd halving, cutting the block reward issued to the miners from 12.5BTC to 6.25BTC. This reduction in the subsidy is seen by many as a bullish event for Bitcoin. With the block reward cut in half, the amount of Bitcoin available for the miners to sell in the market drops from 1800 BTC/day to 900 BTC/day, reducing the sell pressure from newly minted coins. Read More
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