From the Front Page - What Bitcoin Did
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WBD273 - Shit Bitcoiners Say with Rusty Russell
December 2nd, 2020 by
BTCMedia Rusty Russell is somewhat of a contrarian in the Bitcoin space. He is a lightning network developer for Blockstream but also runs the Shit Bitcoiners Say Twitter account which regularly calls out some of the more overzealous and outlandish claims by Bitcoiners. In this interview, Rusty and I discuss the lightning network, open-source development, narratives and overzealous Bitcoiners. Read More -
WBD272 - The Case for $500K Bitcoin with Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss
November 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia In August, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss released The Case for $500K Bitcoin. A paper that outlines the value proposition of Bitcoin, why it is a superior store of value and hedge against inflation than either gold, oil and the US dollar. We discuss their paper, why Bitcoin is the best hedge against inflation, the debt reckoning and Wall Street investing in Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD271 - Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer with Amiti Uttarwar
November 23rd, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin Core Developer Amiti Uttarwar. We discuss her residency at Chaincode Labs, contributing to Bitcoin Core, working on open source projects and the blacklist controversy. Read More -
WBD270 - Bitfinex - The Hacks, Tether and Bitcoin with Paolo Ardoino
November 6th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Paolo Ardoino the CTO of Bitfinex. We discuss how Bitfinex dealt with the exchange hacks, protecting against future attacks, Tether, the Lightning Network and funding Bitcoin projects. Read More -
WBD269 - The Bitcoin Bull Bull Bull with Michael Saylor
November 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia In the second part of my interview with Michael Saylor, the CEO of Microstrategy, we discuss his Bitcoin value proposition, his view on maximalism and alts, privacy, decentralisation and the Bitcoin circular economy. Read More -
What Bitcoin Did - Bitcoin in the Boardroom with Michael Saylor - WBD268
October 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia In August, MicroStrategy made the bold move of purchasing 21,454 Bitcoin to add to their treasury, spending $250 million. In doing so, CEO Michael Saylor stated that he views Bitcoin as a "dependable store of value and an attractive investment asset with more long-term appreciation potential than holding cash". Read More -
WBD267 - Bitcoin Toxicity with Giacomo Zucco & Neil Woodfine
October 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I am joined by Bitcoin consultant and educator Giacomo Zucco and Neil Woodfine, Marketing Director for Blockstream. We discuss toxic Bitcoin maximalism, unintended consequences and politics within Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD266 - How Bitcoin is Helping Protesters in Belarus with Alex Gladstein & Jaraslau Likhachevski
October 22nd, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Alex Gladstein the Chief Strategy Officer at The Human Rights Foundation and Jaraslau Likhachevski from BYSOL We discuss the political situation in Belarus, the protests and how Bitcoin is helping activists. Read More -
WBD265 - What is Bitcoin? With Parker Lewis, Robert Breedlove & Vijay Boyapati
October 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I am joined by Parker Lewis, Robert Breedlove and Vijay Boyapati to answer the question: what is Bitcoin? We discuss the use cases, what money is, institutional investors and the path to hyperbitcoinisation. Read More -
WBD264 Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution with Yassine Elmandjra
October 9th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Yassine Elmandjra, a Thematic Analyst at Ark Investment, who recently published two whitepapers on Bitcoin. We discuss trust-based v trust minimised systems, property rights and institutional investment in Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD263-The World's First Crypto Bank with David Kinitsky & Marco Santori
October 7th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Kraken Financial CEO David Kinitsky and Kraken's Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori. We discuss the creation of a crypto bank, what it will mean to both the industry and Kraken customers and why they chose Wyoming. Read More -
WBD262 - Why a Currency Devaluation is Likely with Lyn Alden
October 5th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. We discuss the current state of the economy, monetary and fiscal policy debt cycles and if we should expect currency devaluation. Read More -
WBD261 - Bitcoin: The Great Disruption with Luke Gromen
September 28th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to macroeconomist and founder of FFTT, LLC Luke Gromen. We discuss the current macroeconomic climate, how the system that has been in place for the last 50 years is coming to an end and why we need Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD260 - How to Protect Your Bitcoin with Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp
September 25th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Nick Neuman and Jameson Lopp, Casa CEO and CTO. We discuss how to secure your Bitcoin, the types of attacks that you need to be aware of and Casa’s multisig solutions. Read More -
WBD259 - Does Bitcoin Have Gatekeepers? With Andreas M. Antonopoulos
September 24th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin Speaker, Author & Educator; Andreas M. Antonopoulos. We discuss toxicity in the Bitcoin community, the steps to better Bitcoin privacy and what an xPub is. Read More -
WBD258 - BTC vs ETH Technicals with Andrew Poelstra, Tadge Dryja, Vitalik Buterin & Patrick McCorry
September 22nd, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, I am joined by Andrew Poelstra, Tadge Dryja and Vitalik Buterin and Patrick McCorry. With Paddy as co-host, we discuss the fundamental and technical differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, scalability and use cases. Read More -
WBD257 - Bitcoin Has Entered Phase 5 with PlanB, Jeff Booth & Preston Pysh
September 21st, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin quant analyst & creator of the stock to flow model, Plan₿, author of The Price of Tomorrow Jeff Booth & author, engineer & the host of The Investor Podcast, Preston Pysh. We discuss how Bitcoin S2F is entering phase 5. Read More -
WBD256 - INX: Legitimate Token or S***coin? With Alan Silbert, Jameson Lopp & Samson Mow
September 18th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Alan Silbert, Jameson Lopp and Samson Mow about the launch of INX. We discuss why they chose to tokenise on Ethereum, what makes something a shitcoin and the key criticisms directed towards them. Read More -
WBD255 BTC Vs ETH Episode Review with Udi Wertheimer
September 16th, 2020 by BTCMedia Following my recent episode with Samson Mow and Vitalik Buterin, the responses demonstrated the split in these two communities. Finding impartial voices able to consider the arguments from both camps objectively is challenging, so I asked Udi Wertheimer to come on the show and dissect the interview with me. Read More -
WBD254 - The Banking Lending Crisis with FEDUPBIZOWNER
September 15th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to anonymous Twitter account FEDUPBIZOWNER. We discuss COVID's impact on the lending markets if the banks are facing an insolvency crisis, why stock markets are hitting all-time highs and hedging with gold and Bitcoin. Read More
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