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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 -
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
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