Bitcoin Rapid-Fire

Every now and then I connect with my Pal Obi for an 'offline' chat. We spoke last night, and at the end of our catch-up, I thought the conversation might be of interest to some listeners, so I asked Obi if he'd be ok with publishing it (I record all my chats for my personal archives). He said it was cool, so here it is.  Enjoy!  --  More from Obi / Coinfloor:  TWITTER: https://...

Michael Saylor (more recently known as the 'GigaChad') is the founder and CEO of MicroStrategy, a publicly listed company on the NASDAQ. In March of 2020, as a result of the rapidly changing macroeconomic landscape, he took the time to investigate bitcoin, in order to determine if it could be a useful tool for both his company, and himself, in navigating through this unprecedented economic situati...

In this podcast, I speak with two bitcoiners who fell down the rabbit hole just this year (2020).   I find it fascinating to hear how people were first pulled into bitcoin, what their initial impressions were, and what their lightbulb moment was.   I connected with these two awesome bitcoiners on twitter, and we had a chat.    Enjoy!    --    Twitter account...

In these 'Bitcoiner Book Club' discussions, I bring together 4-5 bitcoiners who volunteer to come on and share their insights on some classic books.   The books are typically ones that are quite popular amongst bitcoiners, and which for many has helped form the foundation of their understanding of bitcoin.   This discussion was on 'The Ethics of Money Production' by Jorg Guido Hulsmann.&...

I find the behavioural impacts that many people experience as a result of engaging with bitcoin extremely fascinating.  In this discussion, an anonymous bitcoiner shares how his journey through understanding money, and then bitcoin, has radically transformed his life.  Enjoy!  --  More from Guest:  TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMaxiHodl  More from me: &nbsp...

'Grokking Bitcoin' is a fantastic book for gaining a deep understanding of how bitcoin works 'under the hood'. Author Kalle Rosenbaum joins me to discuss his motivations for writing this great educational work, and how learning about bitcoin has influenced his life. Enjoy!  --  More from Kalle:   TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum  BOOK: https://www.manning.com/bo...

Katie Ananina is a globe-trotting, crypto-anarchist, entrepreneur, bitcoiner and all around badass. She joined me to discuss her story, and some of the tools available to people for establishing greater sovereignty in their lives.    More from Katie:   TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KatieAnanina   WEBSITE: https://www.planbpassport.com/    More from me:  ...

Lixin Liu is the creator of a great new bitcoin hardware wallet, the CoboVault. This wallet employs industry firsts including true QR code airgapping, as well as fingerprint authentication, a detachable battery, touchscreen interface and many more highly-touted features.   The CoboVault really seems to be taking the bitcoin hardware wallet market to the next level, so I thought it would be in...

'Bitcoiners in the Wild' is exactly what it sounds like.  It's a series where I record live conversations with relatively 'unknown' bitcoiners, who have reached out to me saying they'd be interested in coming on for a general discussion about bitcoin and related subjects. No prep or planning, no topics discussed beforehand, just a spontaneous discussion between bitcoiners.  It always ama...

Even though bitcoin has been around for over 11 years now, we are just beginning to discover how to leverage its unique attributes to solve existing problems, and create new oportunities. Though most people think of bitcoin's impact on money and finance, its unique characteristics are proving to be extremely useful to another industry - energy. Steve Barbour and Marty Bent are both involved in the...

Max Hilleband is a writer, educator, philosopher, and free and open source software entrepreneur, contributing greatly to the Wasabi Wallet project. He is also part of the organizing team for the 7th Annual 'Hackers Congress' by Paralelini Polis, taking place in Prague from October 2nd - 4th (use the code 'johnvallis' for 50% off the online conference ticket!). I'm constantly inspired by Max's app...

This episode isn't about anything in particular. I basically just wanted to hang with some of my favourite 'deep thinking' bitcoin homies, and touch on some of the topics we've been throwing around lately.   That's it really, enjoy!  --  More from Robert Breedlove:  TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22  WEBSITE: https://www.parallaxdigital.io/  More from Erik...

Bitcoin security is one of the most important things to learn about when entering this space. It also requires constant refinement, as new technologies and methods are developed for providing more robust and functional solutions. Multi-Sig is one such method that has become an increasingly popular way to secure bitcoin, in a manner that is not reliant upon a single point of failure. However, some...

Preston Pysh is the co-founder of 'The Investor's Podcast' network, the co-host of the 'We Study Billionaires' podcast, and for most bitcoiners, requires no introduction. He has become known as an astute, articulate, and insightful commentator on investing, the macro economic climate, and the emerging role which bitcoin is playing in both these domains. This is my second discussion with Preston, a...

21ism is a bitcoin art collective, expressing various elements of this emerging global culture.   With members in several parts of the world, they use various forms of art, such as memes, comics, videos and more, to bring attention to the many elements and implications of bitcoin.   I'm a HUGE advocate of expressing what bitcoin means to you, in whatever way feels most genuine, so natura...

Jeremy Rubin is a contributor to the Bitcoin Core software project, among other projects and initiatives in the technology space.   I'm extremely fascinated by the people who contribute to improving the technology that underpins bitcoin - how they think about bitcoin, their personal philosophies and ideologies, and how and why they have decided to devote their time to contributing to this pro...

Dr. Paul Saladino is THE leading expert on what has become known as ‘The Carnivore Diet’. His extensive research, and clinical experience, have led him to the conclusion that a diet composed of almost exclusively ‘nose-to-tail’, properly raised animal foods is the diet which aligns with how the human body has evolved, and therefore allows it to function most optimally.   Paul recognizes that...

Many countries around the world have experienced substantial levels of inflation in recent years, with some of the most notable being Argentina, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey.    To those of us with relatively 'stable' inflation (note: inflation is theft), we may not appreciate how life changes when money begins to rapidly loose its value.  Of course, the problems are not just economic, but they morph...

Christopher Gimmer is the co-founder of Snappa, a software company that simplifies graphic design.  Chris released a blog post recently, explaining why his company made the decision to add bitcoin to their balance sheet, by converting a large portion of the company's cash balance to bitcoin.  It was an excellently written piece, which also serves as a fantastic primer for explaining the investment...

MicroStrategy, a publicly listed company with a market cap over $1billion, made waves in August by purchasing $250million dollars worth of bitcoin, an amount representing the vast majority of their ‘reserve assets’. This was a major move, that surprised many in both scale and scope, and is likely to serve as watershed moment in the story of corporate accumulation of bitcoin. There are several, alb...

This week for the Bitcoiner Book Club, we decided to discuss a phenomenal article by Robert Breedlove entitled, 'Masters and Slaves of Money'.  Robert has emerged as one of the most thoughtful and compelling writers in the bitcoin space, and this piece was so well received (I read/listened to it 6 times!), and so relevant to our era, that I couldn't resist bringing some bitociners together to...

Rodolfo Novak is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinkite, the company behind such uber-popular bitcoin hardware products like the Coldcard, OpenDime, BlockClock and several other bad-ass pieces of hardware that allow users to engage in bitcoin safely and conveniently.   I've been a big fan of Rodolfo's for a while now, so I thought it was time we hooked up for a chat.   Enjoy!   -- &nbsp...

Knut Svanholm is the author of the recently published book 'Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined', as well as the book 'Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics'.   Knut has been on the show once before, but having just finished his new book, I thought it would be fun to get him back on to go over some of the major themes and ideas behind his latest work.   Enjoy!   --   More from...

One of the most common questions with Bitcoin is 'Ya but who controls the code?'.  While the full answer is somewhat complex, the simple answer is that many talented individuals, all over the globe, contribute to the ongoing development of the Bitcoin Network, and Amiti Uttarwar recently became one of them!   In July I heard some of Amiti's story from a profile done on her by Forbes, and...

Alex Leishman is the Co-Founder and CEO of River Financial, a company that helps people acquire bitcoin and has aspirations to offer a wide range of bitcoin-native financial services as the ecosystem develops.   I invited Alex on to discuss his journey to bitcoin (he was originally studying aeropsace engineering), and what motivated him to want to contribute to building an alternative financi...