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In this interview, I am joined by Shinobi host of Block Digest. We review the technical side of Bitcoin in 2020, including MuSig, Schnorr & Taproot, discrete log contract, Lightning Labs Loop and CoinSwap.

Camila and Thvevin's are newlywed Bitcoiners. Thevin has been falling down the rabbit hole for almost a year and Camila started her journey on a flight home from Florida on Thanksgiving during which she read The Bitcoin Standard. Since then they've become a Bitcoin-only family. We talk about their work, life, and hopes Bitcoin gives them for their family's future.

"if the representation of reality in this article is correct, the highest and best use of a dollar of debt may simply be to buy bitcoin. Many more individuals and entities will leverage this asymmetry for personal gain into the future." - Croesus With increased attention on the Bitcoin price and the speculative attack by Michael Saylor himself having paid off so extraordinarily well, its time to revisit the concept with an article by Croesus_BTC at Bitcoin Magazine. Its not merely something that might occur, or just a fun thought experiment, its in the very DNA of these assets. Borrowing dollars in a manipulated, low interest environment, may find its most productive and valuable use in simply buying Bitcoin. Check out the great visuals and the many other excellent articles at Bitcoin Magazine below:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/asset-dna-explaining-bitcoins-speculative-attack-on-the-dollar Buy Bitcoin using SwanBitcoin.com/guy to start your own automatic savings plan, get your first $10 free after setting it up, AND support the podcast! Don't forget our lovely sponsors & their phenomenal products:BitBox - Minimal, user friendly, secure, Swiss made, open source, hardware wallet (guyswann.com/BitBox)LVL.co - The first Free, no-fee exchange & Bitcoin banking services! (guyswann.com/lvl)Much love to Bitcoin Magazine and the LTBNetwork for their amazing platform and all that they do for Bitcoin education & Phenomenal content!

Do not forget to subscribe to the new Fed Watch: Bitcoin and Macro new feed. Search for 'œFed Watch - Bitcoin and Macro' on your podcast app. In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine's Fed Watch podcast, Christian Keroles and Ansel Lindner interview Nik Bhatia, author of Layered Money - From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies. Nik has a diverse background from a US Treasuries trading desk of a large institutional asset manager to being an Adjunct Professor teaching finance and economics at the University of Southern California. The interview starts off with some high level background of Nik, specifically how his experience enabled him to understand Bitcoin early on. In these first few minutes we get a glimpse at just how wide ranging this conversation will be. In Layered Money, Nik describes the history of money from the year 1250 to the present day as a series of developments adding complexity to the monetary system. We ask him if he views money as an evolutionary process and to step us through that idea. We drill down on this topic, which is of course central to this thesis on money, that money is defined as a whole of all the layers, and how they work together. Layers can be reused in a new money, but the current US dollar based financial system would not be the same if the layers were different. The part of the interview that will probably be most familiar to Fed Watch listeners is the part on the Eurodollar system and how that interfaces with the domestic US dollar system. Layered Money gives a new framework by which to view this complicated relationship. It is not straightforward and we dig into the inflation versus deflation debate from Nik's perspective. Last, but definitely not least, we discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Nik has a nuanced understanding of this emerging technology and its ramifications on the Layered Money framework. It is interesting that one of the questions we address is simply, 'œDo the central bankers know that CBDCs are threatening to remake the entire system?' Overall, another great episode for your listening pleasure. Nik Bhatia is very knowledgeable about all the topics we commonly talk about on Fed Watch. This is one you don't want to miss! Thanks for listening. Make sure to visit our Sponsor stacks2.com and find our new RSS feed!

This week, I'm joined by the two young entrepreneurs behind Rari Capital, Jai Bhavnani (@jai_bhavnani) and Jack Lipstone (@JackLipstone), to talk all things DeFi and yield. We discuss: What are the moats for yield aggregators?Rari Capital's focus on UX and securityStrategies for retaining users in DeFiThe sustainability of DeFi yieldsHost: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

My guest is Ben Arc from Wales. He is a FOSS hobbyist, advocate, and educator. FOSS stands for Free Open Source Software. Ben has been building hardware and software for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network since around 2014. We are talking about the Welsh Bitcoin scene and his projects like Bowser, a DIY Hardware Wallet, lnbits or the Nostr messaging client, which could enable completely decentralized markets and social media apps. Our topics: Ben Arc's personal Bitcoin story Bitcoin scene in Wales? Ethics in the FOSS world Ben's hardware projects Lightning ATM Bowser DIY hardware wallet lnbits Nostr protocol, nostr-twitter Shownotes on the episode page

This week, host Christian Keroles sits down with early Bitcoin adopter and entrepreneur Erik Voorhees. Erik has had an enormous impact on Bitcoin's history starting early companies, participating in the scaling wars, and embracing the Ethereum ecosystem. Erik sees the Bitcoin space in different way than many bitcoiners. Erik describes everything with in the "crypto" ecosystem as part of the same tree and although there are nefarious use cases and scams, that does not invalidate the entire space outside of bitcoin. While still holding the majority of his value in Bitcoin, Voorhees believes that Bitcoin was just the first building block of a decentralized finance ecosystem that he is excited to build.

In July of this year, Ledger was made aware of a data breach on their website. Their initial statement read: "consisting mostly of email addresses, but with a subset including also contact and order details such as first and last name, postal address, email address and phone number." Since then customers have been subject to a range of phishing attempts with scammers sending fraudulent emails claiming that their "cryptocurrency assets are at risk", prompting them to download the latest version of Ledger Live. This fake version would then ask for the user's seed words. To make this data breach worse, what was initially reported by Ledger as 9,500 customers personal details (including physical addresses) was actually over 270,000. Yesterday both that list, along with over one million customer email addresses, was uploaded to RaidForums for anyone to download. Since the dump, there has been an increase in phishing attempts, including a new threat of physical attacks. In this interview, I talk to Ledger CEO, Pascal Gauthier. We discuss the data breach, their disclosure of the hack, how they communicated with those affected and their plans moving forwards.

Notional is a protocol on Ethereum that facilitates fixed rate, fixed-term lending and borrowing of crypto-assets via a novel financial primitive called fCash. Fixed rate financing touches all corners of the modern financial markets. The majority of US debt is issued at fixed interest rates because they provide certainty and minimize risk for market participants. Notional brings this capability to the decentralized financial system on Ethereum and gives crypto users that same access to stable financing.

Tatiana & Lauren reflect on Proof of Love's 2nd anniversary with a little catch-up session, reflecting on life in the past year and talking about what's to come, including Tatiana's upcoming relocation to Miami, their shared heritage, Lauren's plans to return to school for her master's degree, Long Beach tans vs. Miami tans, how New Jersey road rage transfers to southern California, and more! If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: Tatiana Moroz '“https://www.tatianamoroz.com Crypto Media Hub '“https://www.cryptomediahub.com Friends and Sponsors of the Show: The Tatiana Show '“https://thetatianashow.com Global Crypto Advisors '“http://globalcryptoadvisors.io *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that's not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

Bitcoin has had an incredible year. Following the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Bitcoin price crashed to just below $4,000. However, the subsequent government bailouts and money printing has led to many fearing fiat currencies will suffer from high inflation, highlighting the importance of hard money. Since the lows in March, Bitcoin has gone from strength to strength, particularly on the back of corporate interest. MicroStrategy and Square paved the way for corporations to buy Bitcoin, and others are following. Over the last couple of days, Bitcoin has rallied to new all-time highs, reaching close to $24,000, but what makes this time different to 2017? And how high could the price go in 2021? In this interview, I talk to on-chain analyst and the co-founder of Hypersheet; Willy Woo. We discuss the current state of the Bitcoin market, the catalysts for Bitcoin's rally and what to expect in the coming year.

The US has experienced a great deal of racial turmoil over the past 12 months. Today, Adam Williams joins Tatiana to talk about his experience growing up black in America, and how he feels about the Black Lives Matter movement. He discusses how his own encounters with racism led to his dedication to liberty, freedom and free markets as a philosophy. He also touches briefly on some tips to keep yourself healthy while we wait for herd immunity. About the Guest: Adam N. Williams emigrated to the Netherlands in 2016. He was born in Indianapolis, IN and lived all over the USA as a child. His father was a corporate champion in cable television and his family followed him around the country; at the age of 17 he'd had 17 addresses. After graduating from Rice University (Houston, TX) Adam went to work on Wall Street as a Derivatives Trader, where he rose to serving as a Director at Merrill Lynch and Jefferies. Adam is a lifelong athlete, he played 14 years of American Football and has been competing in Natural Bodybuilding for the past three years, his next competition is the INBA European Championship in Florence, Italy on October 24th. He became obsessed with Liberty during the aftermath of the financial crisis and has spoken about Virtues & Freedom on stages like Anarchapulco. Adam is a world traveler & is a student of Austrian Economics, De-Centralization strategies, Human Consciousness and the Occult. He is excited to bring his passion and zest for life to this Discovery. If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: Tatiana Moroz - https://www.tatianamoroz.com Crypto Media Hub - https://www.cryptomediahub.com The Avatar Course - https://theavatarcourse.com Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Let's Talk Bitcoin - https://letstalkbitcoin.com Proof of Love - https://www.proofoflovecast.com Global Crypto Advisors - http://globalcryptoadvisors.com *You have been listening to Proof of Love. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that's not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on Proof of Love is intended as financial advice, legal advice, therapy or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you're hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

On this episode of the Unhashed Podcast, we cover Doge pamping, Tesla picking up BTC, Slush Pool *not* censoring transactions, Ledn rolling out proof of reserves, another *shocking* DeFi exploit, and Randy McMillan's noble efforts to make bitcoin more widely accessible. On Saturday, Bitcoin plebes on Twitter were angry with Elon for saying 'œDoge appears to be inflationary, but is not meaningfully so (fixed # of coins per unit time), whereas BTC is arguably deflationary to a fault. Transaction speed of Doge should ideally be a few orders of magnitude faster.' Bitcoin twitter was not amused. Doubly so when none other than Snoop Dogg renamed himself to Snoop Doge. As a result of the Doge pampage, Bitcoin Cash is no longer a top 10 coin due to it being replaced by Doge. Sorry Roger! 'œIn retrospect, it was inevitable' - Tesla has confirmed that it has purchased $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin. Congrats on your purchase Tesla! "We hold and may acquire digital assets that may be subject to volatile market prices, impairment and unique risks of loss. In January 2021, we updated our investment policy to provide us with more flexibility to further diversify and maximize returns on our cash that is not required to maintain adequate operating liquidity. As part of the policy, which was duly approved by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, we may invest a portion of such cash in certain alternative reserve assets including digital assets, gold bullion, gold exchange-traded funds and other assets as specified in the future. Thereafter, we invested an aggregate $1.50 billion in bitcoin under this policy and may acquire and hold digital assets from time to time or longterm. Moreover, we expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on a limited basis, which we may or may not liquidate upon receipt. Is Slush Pool censoring transactions? There was a large kerfluffle on twitter this weekend, with @willhash4coins seemingly stating that Slush does not include addresses from the OFAC list in blocks that it makes. "There are pools out there already that are compliant with OFAC restrictions, Slushpool f.ex. They don't mine with OFAC addresses." This was later clarified 'œSurprised so many have misunderstood this, even people that have been in the space for a while. So before any of you get your panties in more knots...it just means we as a company do not send BTC to OFAC addresses. Deep breaths people. Deep breaths.' Bitcoin loaning and interest company Ledn.io has announced a $2.7 M financing round and completion of first-ever Proof-of-Reserves attestation for a digital asset lender. Its most recent financing round was led by White Star Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Global Founders Capital, CMT Digital, Kingsway and Darrow Holdings. According to Coindesk, Yearn Finance has suffered an exploit in one of its DAI lending pools, according to the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol's official Twitter account. At 5:14 p.m. ET, Banteg, from the Yearn team, posted in Discord: 'œAttacker got away with 2.8m, dai vault lost 11.1m.' An Aave flash loan was used to trigger the vault draining, according to an Ethereum address presumed to be associated with the exploit. 'Further, Tether announced the freeze of $1.7 million in USDT involved in the attack, according to Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino. Many of Bitcoin's most active stakeholders have just about nailed down the activation method for Taproot, the Bitcoin software's biggest upgrade in years. In a public meeting on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Tuesday, Bitcoin developers, miners, business professionals and enthusiasts hashed out the specifics of how to package the Taproot upgrade into an update '" and how to activate it once the code has been shipped. The most active of the 200 or so participants on the chat (mostly, but not all, developers) seemed to agree on the Bitcoin Improve

This week for the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, host Christian Keroles sits down with CEO of Quontic Bank Steven Schnall to discuss Quontic's recent move to offer a Bitcoin back debit card. The Bitcoin Back debit card offer users 1.5% cash back in the for of Bitcoin. This represents Quontic's first official cryptocurrency product and a massive step for Bitcoin's financialization as Quontic is firmly a legacy banking institution. Steven and Christian discuss Quontic's history and mission driven purpose as well as Steven's personal adventures mining cryptocurrency and buying Bitcoin many years ago. Steven believes that Bitcoin is a new economic paradigm and that every financial institution will begin offering Bitcoin related product int he coming decade. We discuss the following topics: Steven's Bitcoin HistoryWhy Quontic was createdQuontic Bank's mission oriented businessEvolutions in bitcoin custodyBitcoin as a hard moneySOV Creating the Bitcoin back debit card productWhat is next for Quontic Bank and Bitcoin.

Chain Reaction Hosts Tom Shaughnessy and Medio Demarco host Joey Santoro, the founder and architect of FEI protocol. This is the third episode in our algorithmic stablecoin series. Joey talks through the creation of FEI, direct incentives for reducing and increasing supply, protocol controlled value, direct incentives, and much more.