Peter McCormack

The Peter McCormack Show

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The Peter McCormack Show - politics, macro, Bitcoin and AI, long-form interviews. Twice-weekly conversations about money, power, and the shifts reshaping the next decade. Peter McCormack interviews politicians, economists, investors, journalists, founders and Bitcoiners. Past guests include Liz Truss, Lyn Alden, Curtis Yarvin, Matt Goodwin, Mike Green, Balaji Srinivasan, Rupert Lowe, Firas Modad, Scott Horton, Jeff Booth, Connor Leahy, Andrea Miotti, Neema Parvini, Dr Tim Gregory and Simon Dixon. Recurring threads: the debt and inflation endgame, UK political collapse and what comes after, Ref...

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Peter McCormack

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Bitcoin v The US Debt Bomb with Matthew Mežinskis - WBD836 08.07.2024

Matthew Mežinskis is the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics. In this interview we discuss the history of central bank debt and crises, money destruction & printing, hyperinflation, and Bitcoin's base money update and price models. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-v-the-us-debt-bomb This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainab...

Is the Bitcoin Cycle Broken? With The Rational Root - WBD835 05.07.2024

The Rational Root is a Bitcoin on-chain & cycle analyst. In this interview, we discuss the Bitcoin ETF flows and how this cycle compares to previous ones, where we are on Root's spiral chart, the supply dynamics at play and how liquid supply is dropping rapidly. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/is-the-bitcoin-cycle-broken This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sus...

The Bitcoin Mining Arms Race with Marshall Long - WBD834 03.07.2024

Marshall Long is the Head of Architecture for Rhodium Enterprises. In this interview, we discuss the risks of mining centralisation from both the miner & pool perspective and how we can mitigate these and the geopolitical arms race for Bitcoin mining. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-mining-arms-race This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably....

A Bitcoin Society with Aleks Svetski - WBD833 01.07.2024

Aleks Svetski is an entrepreneur, author and Bitcoin advocate. In this interview, we discuss his upcoming book "The Bushido of Bitcoin," governance & power vacuums, monarchy vs democracy, CEO-kings, and virtues for a Bitcoin world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/a-bitcoin-society This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoi...

Bitcoin's Coiled Spring with Checkmate - WBD832 28.06.2024

Checkmate is an on-chain analyst and founder of checkonchain. In this interview, we discuss the Mt. Gox coins that are about to hit the market, where we are in this cycle, ETF flows and the futures cash and carry trade and if Checkmate's $250k price prediction is still in play. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoins-coiled-spring-with-checkmate This episode's sponsors: IREN...

Why Bitcoin Takes All with Michael Goldstein - WBD831 26.06.2024

Michael Goldstein is the co-host of the Noded Podcast and President of the Nakamoto Institute. In this interview, we discuss the re-launch of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, ending the fed, libertarianism, monetary economics, and preserving generational Bitcoin values. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/why-bitcoin-takes-all This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Su...

The Dysfunctional State with Michael Malice - WBD830 24.06.2024

Michael Malice is an anarchist, author, and podcaster. In this interview, we discuss US & UK elections, Warren's corruption, Trump's legal case and whether Texas will secede from the United States. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-dysfunctional-state This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State o...

The Truth About Bitcoin Scaling with niftynei - WBD829 21.06.2024

niftynei is a CoreLN contributor and a Bitcoin educator. In this interview, we discuss Bitcoin education, Lightning development, sovereignty, ecash, ossification, covenants, time-locks, tokens, and zero-knowledge tech. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-truth-about-bitcoin-scaling This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitco...

Will Bitcoin End Central Banking? With Lyn Alden - WBD828 19.06.2024

Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss the role of the Fed and central banks, fractional reserve vs free banking, how bitcoin could change these dynamics and if we should actually end the Federal Reserve System. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/will-bitcoin-end-central-banking-lyn-alden This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mini...

Breaking Bitcoin with Casey Rodarmor - WBD827 17.06.2024

Casey Rodarmor is a bitcoin developer and the creator of the ordinals, inscriptions, and runes protocols. In this interview, we discuss ordinal theory & inscriptions, the purpose of runes and why these projects have received so much backlash. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/breaking-bitcoin-with-casey-rodarmor This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. S...

The Bitcoin White Pill with Marty Bent - WBD826 14.06.2024

Marty Bent is a Venture Partner at Ten31 and founder of the Bitcoin-focused media company TFTC.io. In this interview, we discuss the state of corporate media, how the deep state is fighting bitcoin and the game theory of Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-white-pill This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bit...

Erik Voorhees on Bitcoin & AI - WBD825 12.06.2024

Erik Voorhees is the founder of Satoshi Dice, ShapeShift & Venice.ai. In this interview, we discuss the size and role of government, the growth of Bitcoin & how it can help restrain the power of the state as well as Venice AI and the future of artificial intelligence. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/erik-voorhees-on-bitcoin-ai This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Do...

The AI Threat to Freedom with Natalie Smolenski - WBD824 10.06.2024

Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, we discuss AI and its progression towards artificial general intelligence, the implications of AI in warfare, issues of censorship and governance, and the potential for misuse of AI in the future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-ai-threat-to-freedom This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin...

The Technocratic State with Derrick Broze - WBD823 07.06.2024

Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and activist. In this interview, we discuss Trump & Bitcoin, the Ross Ulbricht case, the rise of the technocratic state, surveillance & privacy and the AI digital arms race. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-technocratic-state This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bi...

The Bitcoin Powered Revolution with Tuur Demeester - WBD822 05.06.2024

Tuur Demeester is a Bitcoin investor and economist. In this interview, we discuss government corruption and the spending spiral, the creep of communism, the need to embrace volatility, if we can salvage democracy in a humble revolution, and why 2024 is the year of Bitcoin mass adoption. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-powered-revolution This episode's sponsors: IRE...

Everything is Coming to Bitcoin with Zack Voell & Willem Schroe - WBD821 03.06.2024

Zack Voell is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Botanix Labs and Willem Schroe is Co-Founder and CEO at Botanix Labs and the Inventor of the Spiderchain. In this interview, we discuss how and why Botanix are bringing an Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin, the culture clash and building on Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/everything-is-coming-to-bitcoin T...

Bitcoin's Economic Incentives with Parker Lewis - WBD820 01.06.2024

Parker Lewis is a Bitcoin writer and educator and Head of Business Development at Zaprite. In this interview, we discuss scaling self-sovereignty vs sound money, code-changes, covenants, and risks in the regulatory, ETF, mining, and social layers. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoins-economic-incentives This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan...

Bitcoin Back on the Ballot with Avik Roy - WBD819 30.05.2024

Avik Roy is president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity think tank and a policy Editor at Forbes. In this interview, we discuss why Trump is supporting Bitcoin & crypto, the power of the growing Bitcoin voter base, and the coming fight with regulators. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-back-on-the-ballot This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. D...

The Fight for Bitcoin with Ben Carman & Tony Giorgio - WBD818 28.05.2024

Ben Carman is a co-founder of The Bitcoin Company and contributes to many projects in Bitcoin, and Tony Giorgio is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny Wallet. In this interview, we discuss the regulatory pressures on bitcoin developers, fighting for inalienable rights, sovereignty and building a robust ecash future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-fight-for-bitcoin-carman-and...

Bitcoin is Forever Money with Michael Saylor - WBD817 25.05.2024

Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. In this interview, we discuss ossification, user rights, sovereignty, funding Bitcoin development, the political war over digital asset regulation, and the sly roundabout revolution. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-is-forever-money This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitc...

An Existential Threat to Bitcoin with Matt Corallo - WBD816 22.05.2024

Matt Corallo is a Bitcoin Core developer and ​​open-source engineer at Block/Spiral. In this interview, we discuss wallet software, money laundering, and government, decentralisation and privacy, Bitcoin's big design challenges, and the path forward. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/an-existential-threat-to-bitcoin This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainabl...

The Bitcoin Scammer Uncensored with Junseth - WBD815 20.05.2024

Junseth is an OG Bitcoiner and the former co-host of Bitcoin Uncensored. In this show we dissect what started as a scam phishing call to Junseth and turned into an interview of the scammer, how people are vulnerable to scams, and how to protect yourself. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-scammer-uncensored This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustaina...

Bitcoin & AI Power Scarcity with Daniel Roberts - WBD814 17.05.2024

Daniel Roberts is the co-founder of IREN. In this interview, we discuss surging demand vs power scarcity chokepoints, balance sheet strategies, changing AI & Bitcoin energy use narratives, mining in a bull-run and a multi-decade outlook. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-ai-power-scarcity This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - In...

Bitcoin vs The Fiat Decline with Macro Alf - WBD813 15.05.2024

Macro Alf is the founder of The Macro Compass, an investment strategy firm. In this interview, we discuss QE & debt in Japan, instability from artificial stability, if a recession is imminent, and the globally managed fiat decline. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-vs-the-fiat-decline This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest...

How Bitcoin Changes the World with NVK - WBD812 13.05.2024

NVK is the founder of Coinkite and a board member at OpenSats. In this interview, we discuss new incentives with increasing attacks on privacy, oppressive vs small government, market stoicism, and how entrepreneurs change the world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/how-bitcoin-changes-the-world-with-nvk This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitc...

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