Crypto Conversion Podcast

In this episode of the podcast we invite Stuart Klenk for a strategy session on Christian Futurism. We discuss both Vaclav Benda's Parallel Polis vision along with Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option and provide contrasting commentary on two similar, but different approaches to building and preserving a Christian future. Themes that come up on the podcast include the parallel economy, the rec...

Welcome to our first live episode we recorded. We had a casual conversation about Matt's Eth Denver experience and how he spent more time with Bitcoin related events that were occurring at the same time and city. Lastly, a lively conversation about the metaverse and what it will look like to close out the conversation. Hope you enjoy and thank you for watching! ✝️ Hosting The Conversation For...

Welcome to a very special episode with a very special, Jordan Bush. Jordan is one authors of Thank God For Bitcoin, he hosts the Thank God For Bitcoin Podcast and he is the Executive Director of Thank God For Bitcoin & the Head of Content and Education for TGFB Media. The team and Jordan have a great conversation about human flourishing at the expense of debt. Together the team and Jordan disc...

Kevin Burgess is the Director of Global Communities for FaithTech. Together with Connor and Branden, Kevin provides insights on FaithTech's mission to share the gospel and lead others to conversion in the tech development space. This conversation discusses the impact Christianity can have on technology if Christians join forces and build emerging technologies to benefit humanity and the Kingdo...

Welcome back for a conversation between the team on Vitalek Buterin's blog, Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again. Together Connor, Matt and Branden discuss what this means and how the original warning signals from the Cypherpunks in the nineties during the internet origins in publicly accessible status. Is Ethereum what it was supposed to be when it was first made by Vitalek and his original team? I...

Dr. Frank Tipler, professor of Mathematical Physics and Cosmology, as well as author of "Physics and Immortality" and "Physics and Christianity", joins us to discuss the Omega Point. The Omega Point, a term first coined by Catholic priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is a theory developed by Tipler that explains how humans might survive through the heat death of th...

Connor and Matt discuss recent crypto news. A Ledger library was hacked, leading to many DApps being compromised. The OCEAN Bitcoin mining pool is contending with Samourai Wallet and their coinjoin transactions. Can further decentralization and self-sovereignty lead us out of these problems? Let us know if we missed anything! Track the Ledger Hacker on chain: https://etherscan.io/address/0x6587298...

On episode #41 of the Crypto Conversion Podcast we invite constitutional lawyer and independent researcher Ian Huyett on to discuss the controversial theories of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Teilhard is a censured priest and theologian in the Catholic church who theorized on the end of the universe and introduced the concept of the Omega point. In this episode, we talk the heat death of the univers...

Welcome back another episode of the Crypto Conversion podcast. In this episode we were happy to have Jake Gosselin hop on and talk to us about Christianity, Bitcoin & Libertarianism and how they all help each other fundamentally. Jake's holds some unique perspectives as a Christian Libertarian Bitcoiner and we hope everyone takes the time to listen because we all can learn something. Brand...

This is a special episode for podcast! If it weren't for our guest, Matt Pinto, putting on the Catholic/Crypto Conference the hosts of this podcast would not have met. We are very fortunate Matt took some time to meet with us and reflect on the Catholic/Crypto Conference on the podcast. We share our thoughts on the conference what it did and how it connected us. Matt also shares what the poten...

Crypto Conversion is excited to have Willem Schroe on the podcast this week! Willem is the founder of Botanix Labs where they are seeking to bring L2 (Layer 2) solutions to Bitcoin. L2's on Bitcoin have been a hot topic of discussion the past few months between both Bitvm and Drivechains. Willem's Botanix Labs is trying to bring the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) to Bitcoin through what is...

Welcome to another great AI episode featuring Julian Ahlquist! Being a graduate of Christendom College, Julian is a founding faculty member of Chesterton Academy and played a major role in developing the school’s curriculum in the areas of philosophy, theology, history, literature, and psychology (which has been used as a template for the curriculum of subsequent other schools). In his spare time...

Welcome back to another amazing episode! Please like, comment, review, subscribe, and be sure to hit the bell on YouTube for notifications when new videos arrive! In this edition of the Crypto Conversion Podcast the team is happy to welcome on Vlad Costea, the man behind Bitcoin Takeover, where they discuss and write about various topics of Bitcoin, development in the space and the culture surroun...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another newsie episode with Branden, Matt and Connor! We cover multiple occurrences in the crypto space over the past week. Metamask using Stripe as an fiat onboarding mechanism, SBF's trial and implications of smart-contracts coming to Bitcoin. All this and more on the Crypto Conversion Podcast. https://blog.uniswap.org/uniswap-mobile-wallet-release ✝️ Hosti...

Branden, Matt and Connor react to Michael Lewis' interview on 60 Minutes discussing SBF and FTX, his demise and why Michael Lewis' interpretation of what we learned from the actions of SBF and FTX. Michael Lewis' appearance on 60 Minutes comes with perfect timing as he released his new book, Going Infinite , the same day of SBF's trial on October 2. We hope you find this insightful...

In this edition of the Crypto Conversion Podcast Connor and Branden welcome on Jim Crider, the Founder and CEO of Intentional Living. Intentional Living is a financial planning company that helps people invest who are interested in Bitcoin and other assets. Jim is a Bitcoiner, but not in the conventional maxi sense. You'll see what we mean in the episode, and as always we appreciate you stoppi...

The guys dive deep to discuss some recent news stories. A huge Bitcoin transaction fee piqued interest. Binance FUD is back at it again, with the Binance US CEO leaving. Coinbase confirms integrating Bitcoin's Lightning Network. Inflation data is in and driving conversation. Will inflation cause Bitcoin ETF rejections? Time will tell! ✝️ Hosting The Conversation For Christians in Web3 ✅ Subsc...

Welcome back everyone! After a short hiatus we are back with this episode featuring LightDAO's Captain, Jay Chen. Jay is a Christian Digital Missionary who is behind a Christian alternative to OpenSea, LightDAO. LightDAO's mission is to create a home for Christian artists who are seeking a space that brings Christians and Christian artists on web3 together. Jay shares his faith and web3 jo...

Connor and Branden get together to share their thoughts on the state of web3 and crypto. Last week was far from the greatest of market dispositions, but as we all say we're still in the nascent stages of this. Topics discussed are the collapsing NFT market, Visa and Mastercard moving away from Binance, The DEA getting duped and sending crypto to the wrong wallet and the FBI arrested the 2 foun...

In this edition of the Crypto Conversion Podcast Connor and Branden welcome on Adam Graber. Adam is a writer and a fellow podcaster who specializes in Digital Theology and how Christianity can utilize emerging technologies in the world. His article in scope of this episode was written in July of 2023. It looks into how AI might influence the Bible and how it may change the way scripture is interpr...

Sam Armes joins the Crypto Conversion team to have a great conversation about the bill that was passed in Florida banning CBDC's (Central Bank Digital Currencies). In May of 2023 Florida's state legislation and Governor Ron DeSantis approved a bill banning CBDC's in Florida (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFDbW7ATPiw). Sam's organization, Florida Blockchain Business Association (h...

In this episode of the Crypto Conversion Podcast, the team welcomes on Super Testnet. Super Testnet is a Bitcoin developer who specializes in building projects and protocols on Bitcoin, Lightning Network, and Nostr. Super Testnet’s insights on Bitcoin versus other crypto projects and his historical recall from the nascent days of Satoshi’s invention help give this conversation great perspective ab...

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Crypto Conversion Podcast! In this edition of the podcast the team welcomes on Eddie Cullen and Karl Kilb the founders of the first Catholic crypto token Crescite. Crescite launched on the XDC Network earlier this year and since then Eddie and Karl have been doing the heavy lifting by engaging the masses, discovering how their project can help better people's lives...

Is AI going to destroy humanity? Does bitcoin have demons in it? Are we barreling towards a dystopian CBDC future with the launch of FedNow instant payments? In this BOMBSHELL episode, the Crypto Conversion team tackles these questions and more as we interview Michael Whittle, the founder of Pulpit AI – a new tool aiming to hyper-localize the mission of the Church with artificial intelligence. Thi...

Welcome to another episode of the Crypto Conversion Podcast! Ben Kincaid joins the guys to discuss bitcoin mining, geopolitics, and Christianity. Ben is the co-founder of Bridger Solutions, a bitcoin mining company that is targeting trapped energy in Africa. From his experience in the foreign services, Ben breaks down the energy situation in Africa, where large wind farms and hydroelectric systems...