Live at PubKey NYC

Thomas Pacchia sits down with Quoth the Raven (writer of the Fringe Finance blog) for a fireside chat and open Q&A on: QTR's unconventional journey from English major and bartender... to financial whistleblower and podcaster Why public frauds, central bank deception, and U.S. fiscal collapse all smell the same (and all lead to gold and Bitcoin) The Fed’s credibility spiral and why Trump ou...

⁠Jennifer Rosenthal⁠ (DeFi Education Fund) moderates a fireside chat and open Q&A with ⁠ Frank Corva ⁠ (Bitcoin Magazine), ⁠Eleanor Terrett ⁠ (Crypto in America), and ⁠ David Z. Morris ⁠ (The Rage) about the Tornado Cash trial. They discuss: Why the U.S. government’s prosecution of Roman Storm could set a dangerous precedent for open-source code How the case hinges on the definition of “money...

⁠Thomas Pacchia ⁠ sits down with ⁠ Jonathan Melton ⁠ (Head of Lending at ⁠ Unchained⁠ ) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: Why Melton left Wall Street to build Bitcoin-native lending infrastructure How Unchained’s multi-institution custody model protects against counterparty and rehypothecation risk What makes collateralized lending on Bitcoin fundamentally different from fiat debt market...

In this collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation , Frank Corva (political correspondent at Bitcoin Magazine ) sits down with Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: How the Venezuelan government used the central bank to silently tax citizens through hyperinflation Why López believes Bitcoin could have prevented the worst parts of Venezuela’s ec...

Drew Armstrong sits down with Alex Leishman (CEO & CTO of River ) for a tavern chat and open Q&A about: How and why Alex started River (even though he isn't a "finance guy") Why most U.S. bitcoin companies are derivative casinos, and how River is different The challenge of building real bitcoin UX in a market addicted to speculation How Alex thinks about custody, nodes, and w...

Thomas Pacchia sits down with Peter and Conor McCormack (the father-son duo behind Real Bedford FC ) for a tavern chat and open Q&A about: - How buying a tiny English football club became a real-world Bitcoin test case - How Real Bedford funds operations, pay players, and stacks sats without relying on fiat - What it’s like for Conor to be Vice Chairman of a team his dad owns - Whether Real Be...

The COIN BASED gang ( ⁠Thomas Pacchia⁠ , ⁠Drew Armstrong⁠ , and ⁠ArbedOut⁠ ) sits down with Bitcoin Core dev ⁠Antoine Poinsot⁠ for a tavern chat and open Q&A about:  - The real reason why the OP_RETURN change broke people’s brains  - The growing rift between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots—is Knots the “censorship-resistance” client now?  - Whether or not Bitcoin Core contributors wield soft po...

Thomas Pacchia⁠ sits down with Alex Gladstein (Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: Why government and corporate adoption doesn’t contradict Bitcoin’s cypherpunk roots Why democracies can thrive with Bitcoin, but dictators can’t How HRF became a Bitcoin-native nonprofit by actually using it, not just holding it Why 100 million self-cust...

Thomas Pacchia sits down with software architect, Navy pilot, and author Eric Voskuil for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: The true story behind Libbitcoin Why Bitcoin Core’s architecture can’t scale and may already be eroding full validation A first-person account of Amir Taaki’s wild journey from Bitcoin dev to Kurdish militia fighter Why Voskuil sees “assume valid” as the beginning of the en...

Drew Armstrong sits down with Will Foxley and ArbedOut for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: Why even Bitcoin’s top developers can’t agree on how to change Bitcoin How obscure opcodes like OP_CAT and OP_CTV are driving ideological rifts The “Great Consensus Cleanup” proposal and the real threats it’s trying to fix Why some believe we should do a low-stakes soft fork just to prove we still can Ho...

Frank Corva⁠ (political correspondent at ⁠Bitcoin Magazine⁠ ) sits down with ⁠John Dennehy⁠ (founder of ⁠My First Bitcoin⁠ ) for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: The moment John realized he wasn’t free... and how that set him on a collision course with state power Why every other Bitcoin education initiative in El Salvador failed, and how his survived without funding or permission How a noisy c...

Trace Mayer makes his first visit to PubKey NYC for a fireside chat with Drew Armstrong . They discuss Trace's perspectives on how the Bitcoin space has changed over the last decade and a half, and what the future may look like in another 16 years—and beyond. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together:...

Join us for a live AMA with Max Kei (CEO Debifi), Adam Back (CEO Blockstream), and Sean Bill (CIO Blockstream). Debifi  is building bitcoin-backed lending with their "Never sell. Borrow." mindset—helping you access liquidity without letting go of your sats. Blockstream  is building the backbone of a bitcoin-powered future, from the Liquid Network to Lightning and beyond. Recorded on Febr...

Lawrence Lepard is a professional investor and author of  The Big Print: What Happened To America And How Sound Money Will Fix It . He joins us to break down the hidden forces driving economic instability and explain why sound money is the key to restoring financial freedom. Don’t miss this chance to engage in a thought-provoking discussion on the future of money and markets. Recorded on February...

Bitcoin mining is changing the way the world produces and uses electricity. Once considered a wasteful expenditure of compute power, it is rapidly becoming a transformational force in rural, remote areas with untapped renewable energy sources. Join PubKey's  Thomas Pacchia , the inimitable  Drew Armstrong  of  Cathedra , and this month's special guest  Erik Hersman  of  Gridless  as they discuss t...

It's Just an Electronic Transaction: Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange ​ Breez  and  1A1z  present their upcoming report on bitcoin as a medium of exchange.  Danny Stagg  (Breez) and  Dan O'Prey  (1A1z) will be joined by  Umi Miyahara  (Breez) to discuss why Bitcoin is more than "just" digital gold and why the time has arrived for bitcoin payments. They'll be sharing the storie...

It's our first  Coin Based  since the 2024 presidential election, and my…how things have changed. Ideas that only a few weeks ago were laughed at by pundits and commentators are now on the table, with Cynthia Lummis leading the charge right out of the gate with her November 6th xweet: WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 So, we ask: How does this actually happen? How will...

Troy Cross, a professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College. Troy has been involved in bitcoin for over a decade, with a focus on the study of the present and future environmental impact of bitcoin mining. Troy is a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, co-founder of The Nakamoto Project, and serves as Advisory Board Member to several companies in the bitcoin mining, data center, and th...

Pete Rizzo & Thomas Pacchia talk shop at Pubkey. Pete Rizzo — The Bitcoin Historian Editor at  Bitcoin Magazine Editor-at-Large at  Kraken Contributor at  Forbes

Monday, September 30 for the launch of the new book: National Security in the Digital Age  published by  Bitcoin Today Coalition , a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization In an era where bitcoin’s influence is escalating, we examine its impact on national security. This book reveals: How bitcoin is shaping the observed and theorized national security practices. How it foundationally reshapes the questi...

⚡️ THIS IS THE LIGHTNING MONTHLY AT PUBKEY ⚡️ We're covering the latest news and developments in bitcoin's widely misunderstood second-layer protocol, the Lightning Network. Whether you're a veteran node runner, want to start zapping the plebs on Nostr, or just want to impress your friends by buying a beer with sats, this meetup is for you. Our resident sherpas of satoshis  Evan ,  S...

Let's hash it out together. Our guest will be  GG  of  UTXO Management , along with  Drew Armstrong .

How will we preserve the history of bitcoin for future generations, so that they will understand the origins, the whys, and what it meant to be a bitcoiner back in the early years of the 21st century? Join us as we dive deep into THE ARCHIVES and uncover stories and hidden bits of knowledge from two of the most revered historians in bitcoin. Aaron van Wirdum  is the author of  The Genesis Book   a...

Mining: it's where baby bitcoins come from. It's your favorite proof-of-work meetup at PubKey. We'll talk about the latest developments from the world of bitcoin mining. How is the halving affecting mining profitability? Where is new hashrate being deployed? What's been going on with the fees lately? Let's hash it all out together. Our speakers will be PubKey's  Thomas Pacc...

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