From the Front Page - What Bitcoin Did
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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 -
WBD253 - Protecting Your Bitcoin Privacy with Max Hillebrand
September 14th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Wasabi wallet contributor Max Hillebrand. We discuss remaining anonymous while using Bitcoin, Wasabi wallet & CoinJoin, custodian solutions and living a Bitcoin-only life. Read More -
WBD252 - WTF is Happening in 2020? With Guy Swann, Ben Prentice & Heavily Armed Clown
September 8th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, I talk to fellow podcaster Guy Swann, as well as Ben Prentice and Collin, creators of WTFhappenedin1971.com. We discuss Modern Monetary Theory, Austrian economics, and MicroStrategy buying Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD251 - Bitcoin Vs Ethereum with Samson Mow & Vitalik Buterin
September 4th, 2020 by BTCMedia During this debate Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream, Samson Mow, and Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin traded blows on Twitter. I asked them to come on the show and discuss the philosophical differences between Ethereum vs Bitcoin. Read More -
All Things Bitcoin with Andrew Poelstra, Giacomo Zucco, Jack Mallers, Matt Odell & Nic Carter - WBD250
September 2nd, 2020 by BTCMedia For my 250th show special, I asked some of my favourite Bitcoiners to join me for a panel discussion. In this episode, Andrew Poelstra, Giacomo Zucco, Jack Mallers, Matt Odell, Nic Carter and myself discuss all things Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD250A - One Thing About Bitcoin
August 28th, 2020 by BTCMedia Over the last three years, I have had a huge array of guests from cypherpunks, developers, economists, libertarians, activists, Wall Street veterans and punk rock legends all with one thing in common; Bitcoin. In this episode, to celebrate What Bitcoin Did’s 250th show, I asked some of my previous guests to tell me one thing about Bitcoin, that matters to them. Read More -
WBD249 - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand with Yaron Brook
August 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Yaron Brook, host of the Yaron Brook Show and Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute. We discuss the differences between libertarianism and objectivism, how an Objectivist society would work and Bitcoin. Read More -
WBD248 The Bitcoin Cypherpunk Box with Matt Hill & Aaron Greenspan
August 25th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Matt and Aaron from Start9. We discuss the growing demand for a private internet, retaining control of personal data, encryption and why bitcoin is fundamental to all of this. Read More -
WBD247 - Has the Bitcoin Bull Woken? With Anthony Pompliano
August 24th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Anthony Pompliano, founder and partner at Morgan Creek Capital and the host of the Pomp podcast. We discuss his recent interview with Roger Ver, the economic impact of the coronavirus & the Bitcoin bull market. Read More -
WBD246 Modern Monetary Theory with Stephanie Kelton
August 19th, 2020 by BTCMedia MMT is the antithesis to the Austrian school of thought that aligns with Bitcoin’s monetary policy of fixed supply and deflationary issuance. In this interview, I talk to Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University. We discuss the benefits of modern monetary theory, why increased spending may not lead to inflation, national debt and money printing. Read More -
WBD245 - Bitcoin: The Hardest Money with Richard James
August 17th, 2020 by BTCMedia Throughout history, gold has been the hardest form of money, until 2009, when Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin. With a fixed supply of 21 million and a controlled issuance, Bitcoin is the hardest money we have ever seen. In this interview, I talk to Richard James, the creator of Hard Money, a film looking at how money has been corrupted and co-opted. We discuss Austrian economics, the similarities between gold and Bitcoin, Hard Money and modern art. Read More -
WBD244 - Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Bitcoin
August 14th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-Founder of Coinbase. We discuss the difficulties in running a large startup, regulations, the Neutrino acquisition & providing analytics to government agencies with Coinbase Analytics. Read More -
WBD243 - Bitcoin is Punk Rock with Keith Levene
August 13th, 2020 by BTCMedia Bitcoin is the most significant disruption to money the world has seen in hundreds of years. It takes power away from centralised parties, and it allows any individual to be entirely self-sovereign and operate in an open system uncontrollable and uncensorable by anyone. Bitcoin is punk rock! Read More -
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
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