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The Lightning Network 2019 Review with Jack Mallers - WBD180
January 8th, 2020 by
BTCMedia In this interview, I review The Lightning Network in 2019 with Zap founder Jack Mallers. We discuss why Lightning matters, private key management, custodial v non-custodial wallets, and how proprietary trading firms may be the next big use case. Read More -
Bitcoin Youth Programme in El Salvador with Michael Peterson - WBD179
December 31st, 2019 by BTCMedia El Salvador is a country gripped by gang violence. It consistently ranks among countries with the highest murder rate per capita and is one of the deadliest countries in the American subcontinent. Gangs are prolific, and unlike other Central and South American countries, the drug route through Central America misses El Salvador, so instead, the gangs here turn to extortion and murder. Read More -
What Argentina Can Teach Us About Bitcoin with Ariel Muslera and Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar - WBD178
December 29th, 2019 by BTCMedia Bitcoin is still mostly a speculative asset in the developed world. However, in countries with a history of poor monetary policy, Bitcoin is now a viable hedge against high inflation and government seizure. Argentina's recent history is one of poor monetary policy. Between 1991 and 2002 the Argentine Peso was pegged to the USD with the central bank claiming to operate a full reserve. This peg was used to combat hyperinflation and initially appeared to work with inflation falling from 3000% in 1989 to 3.4% in 1994. Read More -
Quadriga: What Happened to Gerald Cotten with Nathaniel Rich - WBD177
December 24th, 2019 by BTCMedia In December 2018 Gerald Cotten, the CEO of Canadian crypto exchange Quadriga, was on his honeymoon in India with his new wife. While there Gerald fell sick and a few days later died from complications related to his Crohn's disease. Gerald was the only person who held the private keys to Quadriga's cold storage wallet, leaving an estimated CA$250m ($190 US) of customer deposits unrecoverable. In January 2019 QuadrigaCX, Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange shut down for business, filing for bankruptcy in April. Read More -
Trace Mayer on Proof of Keys - WBD176
December 20th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Trace about his Proof of Keys campaign, exchange hackings, claiming your monetary sovereignty and stress testing custodians. Read More -
Holly Randall on Porn, Censorship and Bitcoin - WBD175
December 17th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to pornographer Holly Randall about censorship. We discuss how the industry has changed, financial censorship, whether Bitcoin can be a solution and the misconceptions and misrepresentations of adult performers. Read More -
Jimmy Song Killing the Hopes and Dreams of S***coin Bagholders - WBD174
December 12th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Jimmy Song; Bitcoin educator, developer and author. Following his recent article “On Altcoin Valuation”, we discuss why altcoins are a poor investment, the misuse of blockchain and why shitcoins rely on marketing to grow. Read More -
Tuur Demeester on The Bitcoin Reformation - WBD173
December 9th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Tuur Demeester; macro investor, analyst, business cycle expert and founding partner at Adamant Capital. We discuss his recent article The Bitcoin Reformation, Bitcoin financial services and distrust in the current banking system. Read More -
Gun Violence Prevention with Texas Gun Sense - WBD172
December 3rd, 2019 by BTCMedia The 2nd Amendment to the U.S constitution outlines Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. America is now home to more guns than people and is the country with the highest number of deaths by firearms in the world. The gun debate continues to polarise the nation. While many firmly stand by the constitution and see removing their right to own a gun as an attack on their civil liberties, others see the weapons as a dangerous and unnecessary threat responsible for tens of thousands of deaths per year. Read More -
Michael Goldstein on Rejecting All Forms of Activism - WBD171
December 1st, 2019 by BTCMedia The ideology of Bitcoiners aligns closely with Libertarians as both value self-sovereignty and self-governance. Because of this, going down the Bitcoin rabbit hole often leads to Libertarianism and Austrian Economics. Read More -
Reflecting on Two Years of What Bitcoin Did with Luke Martin - WBD170
November 29th, 2019 by BTCMedia Two years ago I sat down with Bitcoin trader & analyst, Luke Martin in LA to record the very first episode of What Bitcoin Did Luke has dropped out of school to focus on his trading full time, and he’s now known as being one of the most followed in his field. He’s also a fellow podcaster, the host of the Coinist Podcast and even been a guest on CNN. Read More -
Nelson Minier on Running a Bitcoin OTC Desk - WBD169
November 22nd, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Nelson Minier. Nelson is a Wall Street veteran who, for the last two years, has been head of Kraken’s OTC desk. We discuss working on Wall Street, how an OTC desk operates, and if institutional investors are buying Bitcoin. Read More -
What Bitcoiners Can Learn from the OneCoin Scam with Jamie Bartlett - WBD168
November 19th, 2019 by BTCMedia ***“People who invest heavily in something, put all their money and their hopes into it. It’s very hard for them to leave because they have to accept that all that was a waste, that they’ve been duped, that they’ve been tricked and they tricked other people.”*** **— Jamie Bartlett** Read More -
Jim O’Shaughnessy - From Wall Street to Bitcoin - WBD167
November 18th, 2019 by BTCMedia Jim O'Shaughnessy is a true Wall Street Legend and the best selling author of What Works on Wall Street and Invest Like the Best. In this interview, I sat down with Jim to discuss his career, media power & bias, censorship and free speech, quantitative easing and investing. Read More -
Is Bitcoin Selling Out with Joe Weisenthal - WBD165
November 14th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Bloomberg Business News Editor, Joe Weisenthal. We discuss contradictory Bitcoin ideals and challenging the status quo, ETF’s, censorship resistance, privacy and the current state of the global economy. Read More -
Hotep Jesus on Nobody is Born a Maximalist - WBD164
November 12th, 2019 by BTCMedia The name Hotep Jesus hit many radars for the first time when he appeared as a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast. The tech startup advisor, was there to speak about his latest book, and during the interview, the topic of blockchain was raised and BSV was mentioned. In this interview, I speak with Hotep Jesus about confusion entering the market, as well as the benefits of Bitcoin, altcoins, race and equality and free speech. Read More -
Nick Szabo on Cypherpunks, Money and Bitcoin - WBD163
November 5th, 2019 by BTCMedia Among Satoshi's email recipients was Nick Szabo, a computer scientist, cryptographer, the designer of Bit Gold and Smart Contracts pioneer. In a rare interview, Nick joins me to discuss the cypherpunk movement, what money is, privacy and of course, Bitcoin. Read More -
Pierre Rochard on Bitcoin Adoption Hurdles - WBD162
November 1st, 2019 by BTCMedia ***“Bitcoin is going for the king, it’s going for the U.S dollar.”*** — Pierre Rochard Read More -
Nik Bhatia on Bitcoin is a Response to Central Banks - WBD161
October 29th, 2019 by BTCMedia In this interview, I talk to Nik Bhatia, Research Strategist at OpenNode and Tantra Labs. We discuss how banking works, the global economic outlook and why Bitcoin is a response to centralised and monopolistic money creation by central banks. Read More -
Dan Tapiero on Why Bitcoin and Gold Are Both Important - WBD160
October 25th, 2019 by BTCMedia Dan Tapiero is a veteran global macro investor and a co-founder of Gold Bullion International. Having worked as a portfolio manager and analyst he became aware of Bitcoin in 2013, initially writing it off for having a too-small market cap and a "VC plaything". Dan's opinion has gone from not seeing the value in Bitcoin to believing it could take over as a financial system. In this interview, Dan explains what changed his mind on Bitcoin, gold as a safe haven asset, Twitter, wealth redistribution, trade wars and Trump’s influence over the markets. Read More
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