Tomer Strolight is a long time bitcoiner who has recently started writing prolifically about the insights he has gained over the years. In this one Tomer reads and we discuss a recent piece "Don't Tell Me There Are No Heroes in Bitcoin." We wander off from there!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastSwan Signal PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountLet's Talk Bitcoin NetworkParty Alchemy - Charcuterie and CocktailsMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekTomer on Twitter

Rodolfo Novak, is founder of Coinkite, of the longest running Bitcoin-only companies in the world and makers of beloved products ColdCard, OpenDime and BLOCKCLOCK. We get into Rodolfo's background, the early days of Coinkite and the lastest on Coinkite, entrepreneurship, economics and bitcoin's relationship to time. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastSwan Signal PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountLet's Talk Bitcoin NetworkParty Alchemy - Charcuterie and CocktailsMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekNVK on Twitter 

Alex Adelman, founder of Lolli, joins me to talk about entrepreneurship, building on bitcoin, lightning network, bitcoin's genesis and implications for our future, and NFTs.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountLet's Talk Bitcoin NetworkParty Alchemy - Charcuterie and CocktailsMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekAlex on Twitter

Lamar Wilson is a long time bitcoiner, software developer and entrepreneur. He cofounded the Black Bitcoin Billionaires club on Clubhouse and holds court there just about every day giving away sats and doing Satoshi's work.   Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLamar on Twitter 

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.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekCamila on TwitterThevin on Twitter

Pablo Fernandez is a long time bitcoiner and software engineer. He recently joined the Swan engineering team. In this one we talk about Elon the Bitcoiner, the Gamestop Saga, his Bitcoin arbitrage scripts from back in the day and a bitcoin future. Enjoy!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekPablo on Twitter

Bernard Parah is the founder and CEO of Bitnob, the easiest way to stack sats in Nigeria, and eventually I'm sure, all of Africa before this guy is done. Bernard has been in Bitcoin for a long time, uses it every day and has a great perspective on what Bitcoin will mean for the world.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekBernard on Twitter

My friend Tom (@cannonscall on Twitter) joins me to talk about starting this podcast together, this crazy year in Bitcoin and what only promises to be an even crazier year in 2021.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksTom on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Ansel Lindner is a long time bitcoiner and host of one of the longest running Bitcoin podcasts, Bitcoin and Markets. That podcast and getting to know Ansel in his Discord group really helped me understand Bitcoin in the early days. He also cohosts Fed Watch, a new podcast from Bitcoin Magazine. In this one we review the year in Bitcoin and go off on some interesting tangents from there.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksAnsel on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Dr. Noah Kaufman is an ER doc, serial entrepreneur, avid rock climber, former American Ninja Warrior and a bitcoin maximalist. In this episode we discuss his very interesting life, bitcoin's place in it and get bullish and optimistic about what bitcoin means for our collective future. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksNoah on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

As most of you know Brandon Quittem is one of my best Bitcoiner friends - I just love to sit down to talk Bitcoin and see where we end up going. In this on we follow the white rabbit down many rabbit holes. It's a really fun hangout episode, grab yourself a beverage, a smoke, a little meditation, whatever your jam is, to relax and open your mind and join us on this little journey.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksBrandon on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Meni Rosenfeld is a mathematician and on the board of the isreali bitcoin association. Meni has been around since 2011 and has contributed his thinking to the bitcoin ecosystem since then. He help to found the israeli bitcoin association and has worked with the government there to make laws more bitcoin friendly. In this one Meni shares stories of his time in early bitcoin, some of his first contributions, his thoughts on UASF and the blocksize debate, and his take on the future bitcoin could bring about in this world.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksMeni on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Jesse Berger quit his career in banking and finance to find something, anything to do in Bitcoin. This is what Bitcoin does to us! Eventually he landed on writing this 100 page Bitcoin book called Magic Internet Money. I think it’s a fine addition to the growing collection of Bitcoin books and so I wanted to get Jesse on the show - happy to introduce you all to Jesse Berger.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksJesse on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys  

Preston Pysh, cofounder of The Investors Podcast Network, host of We Study Billionaires and a long time bitcoiner joins Brady. We discuss Preston's time flying in the military, then get into Bitcoin. We discuss the heap of bullish news for Bitcoin this year and then answer questions from the YouTube live chat. This was a great one!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksPreston on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Danny Diekroger is a software engineer at CashApp and Bitgo before that. He has been writing some great threads educating about how bitcoin works and why we need it. He’s working on compiling those into a short book. In this one we get into Danny’s background as a pro baseball player, his evolution as a bitcoin builder, cover a few bitcoin education topics like Replace By Fee and Taproot and talk about why we need Bitcoin, especially in this moment.   Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksDanny on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Brandon, author of the Bitcoin Mycelium series and Communications Lead at Swan Bitcoin and Brekkie von Bitcoin, Creative Director of Swan Bitcoin join Brady to discuss Microstrategy planting a flag, the bitcoin-only industry, pitching bitcoin to millennials and the cycles making history before our eyes.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksBrandon on TwitterBrekkie on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Ali Hamam is proprietor of Tahinis Restaurants in Ontario, Canada. Ali's family hails from Egypt. Much of his family's wealth was stolen by Eqyptian capital controls when the emigrated to Canada. In this episode we get the story of Ali discovering bitcoin and embracing it as a standard for this company.    Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksAli on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Max Hillebrand is true bitcoiner. He’s practices what he preaches. Max is living the digital nomad life using Bitcoin, ruthlessly minimizing his exposure to fiat shitcoins. In this episode we talk about his nomadic lifestyle, using bitcoin as a unit of account, how to start getting paid in Bitcoin, base layer privacy, and philosophy.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksMax on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Max Keiser is a true Bitcoin OG, having been in the Bitcoin space since it cost $1 and reporting on it on the Keiser report since then as well. In this episode we really dive into Max’s past, learn about what makes Max Max and — lessons from living in Harlem and going to NYU, Wall Street and finance history, an energy revolution and hacking the global unconscious to divert the course of human history.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksMax on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Stacy Herbert is a well loved Bitcoiner - of course she coshosts Keiser Report with her partner Max Keiser. In this episode we get to know Stacy better, hear about the events in her life that prepared her to understand Bitcoin quickly when she and Max discovered it. And we talk about the coming Bitcoin Rennaisance!

Anil has been a bitcoiner since 2015 ever since the first ever Bitcoin ATM was installed in his neighborhood. He has traveled down the rabbit hole steadily ever since until he was eventually able to start working independently full time educating about Bitcoin. He’s been producing some very high quality threads, courses and workshops .As you all know, I’m all about Bitcoin education, so definitely had to have Anil on for a chat. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksAnil on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

For episode 100 I went back into the early interview episodes and grabbed some clips of me sharing about the early days of my journey when I lacked any conviction at all about what was going on here up to recent episodes where I am bullish as fuck and utterly convicted that we’re all living through the dawn of the bitcoin renaissance right now. In between are clips that represent the ideas that I have gleaned from the great Bitcoiners I’ve had the opportunity to interview and discuss Bitcoin with over the past couple years and have become foundational to my understanding of Bitcoin. 

Croesus BTC is a nym, of course, pretty fresh on the scene. He’s burst on the scene with some killer threads and viral tweets. We talk through his most widely shared thread giving yet more credibility to Plan B’s Stock to Flow models. Then this one got cosmic pretty quick. It was a great rip - let’s dive in. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksCroesus on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Reed Wommack joined the Swan team a couple months ago as our support ninja. He’s turned out to be a Swiss Army knife, filling in on lots of different projects. Reed is an interesting guy and in this episode we get into his experience with meditation and Zen Bhuddism, discuss Bitcoin’s effect on society, Reed’s bitcoin journey through the shitcoin and stocks casino and safely out the other side. There’s a lot more, it was a pretty dense conversation, let’s just dive in. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksReed on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Obi  Nwosu is co-founder and CEO of Coinfloor - a UK based Bitcoin exchange. Coinfloor was founded in early 2013, so Obi has been on the scene for a long time. In this episode we talk about Obi’s background, the founding and growth of Coinfloor, get some Bitcoin history stories and dive into a bit of tech at the end - Obi has an engineering background. Obi is one of the good ones, it was a real treat to get to spend some time with him - I think you’ll agree.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksObi on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Pretty much all of you will know Guy, he’s the creator and host of Bitcoin Audible, one of the most valuable educational resources in Bitcoin.  He’s also a buddy of mine and it’s always fun to chill and chat with him for a couple hours. We go all over the place in this one - we talk open source software, privacy, our post-truth society, go pretty deep on Taproot and why it’s such an important soft-fork upgrade, the emerging bitcoin-only industry and at the end we get bullish on price and the official beginning of the next bull run. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksGuy on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

Today we sit down with  Vake. He's been around for a long time. In this one we go back in history and talk about bitcoin in the 2013-2016 era, a lot of fun to dive back and will be some new stuff to a lot of you who, like me came in 2017 or later. We then talk about bitcoin in the here and now and move on to some speculation about the coming decade. This is good stuff - I know all you bitcoiners will enjoy!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksVake on TwitterDelete Coinbase Account in Three Easy StepsBitcoin Wallets: How, Why and When to Hold Your Own Private KeysSwan Bitcoin: The best way to buy bitcoin from your back account with automatic recurring buys 

This week we sit down with Robert Allen - a bitcoiner who has taken the buidl ethos to heart and built the beginnings of the moneda network - a remittance app that uses the lightning network for payment rails. we talk about building on lightning, the future of the lightning net work and We also get into monetary policy, and more.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestSwan Bitcoin - Buy bitcoin with your bank accountMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinksMoneda NetworkRobert on Twitter

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Today we sit down with ObiWan Kenobit. We talk about what he calls the Decade of Discontent ahead of us as we transition through a currency collapse and into a new monetary era based on bitcoin. We talk about history through the lens of generational change guided by the ideas of William Strauss and Neil Howe and we talk about the second anniversary of his viral piece “Hyperbitcoinization: Winner Takes All” - about how the article holds up and any updates he might make to it 2 years on.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekObiwan on Twitter

Today we sit down with Prateek Goorha, an economist, professor and autodidact. Prateek has written some of the most underappreciated Bitcoin content out there. His writing runs the gamut from price cycle analysis to contract theory to philosophy.  In this one we discuss all three. Be sure to check the show notes for a link to Prateek’s medium page and dive in for some great reading! Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekPrateek on TwitterPrateek on Medium

Alessandro Cecere is CEO at Coinspree, a leading LATAM Bitcoin business based in Caracas, Venezuela. Coinspree provides custodial solutions to institutional investors and merchants. Coinspree has also launched the PandoraBox - a beautiful full node solution. El Sultan Bitcoin made waves on Bitcoin Twitter recently with his cypherpunk satellite setup. Alessandro is incredibly passionate and this episode is insanely bullish. Get yourself ready to get hyped - prep some fiat in case you need to smash that buy button during this ep. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekAlessandro on TwitterCoinspree

Today we sit down with Bheki Mahlobo, an economics student and active bitcoiner from South Africa. Bheki appears in the new bitcoin documentary Banking on Africa - which is great and you should definitely check it out. Bheki discovered Austrian economics in high school and has gone on to study economics, albeit of the Keynsian variety, at university but describes how he studies Austrian economics on his own. We discuss the state of the economy and of bitcoin in South Africa and running a full node! Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekBheki on Twitter

Today we sit down with Stephen Cole, bitcoiner and investor.  Stephen is well known on Bitcoin Twitter for his insightful, often funny and expert distilled tweets. He’s an investor in several great Bitcoin companies, including Swan. We talk about Stephen’s Bitcoin background, how he came to learn Austrian economics, the evolution of his political beliefs, and investing in bitcoin companies.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekStephen on Twitter

Today we sit down with Jeff Booth author of the new book The Price of Tomorrow. Jeff is a long time tech entrepreneur - He led BuildDirect, a technology company that aimed to simplify the building industry, for nearly two decades and he invests in and sits on the boards of many tech companies. Needless to say Jeff has his finger on the pulse of the global tech industry. In this disucssion we dive into the ideas he’s fleshed out in The Price of Tomorrow - deflationary technology in the time of inflationary monetary policy - the deep societal problems caused by inflationary money - how deflationary technology could combine with the deflationary money that is Bitcoin. We soberly examine the current state of affairs but also consider a bright future ahead and the path to get there.    Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekJeff on Twitter

Today we sit down with Justine, aka @MsHodl - Justine is a bitcoiner who drops smart takes on Twitter and I wanted to sit down and chat some bitcoin with her - we get into her background and rabbit hole story, we talk about how bitcoin could help rebuild society from the bottom up, about coming to bitcoin from different political perspectives, about “toxicity” in the space and much more. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekJustine on Twitter

Erik is a crypto-anarchist, iconoclast, and thinker that has been working in the bitcoin ecosystem since 2012. His primary concerns are the intersections of political, economic, and social theory as they relate to bitcoin specifically - and in this episode we get into all these topics and we start with talk about his time at Coinbase - it’s a wide ranging discussion that was very interesting from start to finish. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekErik on TwitterErik's writing

Aleks Svetski is founder and CEO of Swan’s Aussie autostacking ally - Amber. In this episode we talk about principles of liberty, freedom, short term thinking vs long term thinking, how an economy is complex like natural systems and natural money arises organically from a free market. It’s always great to hang out with Aleks.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Aleks on TwitterAleks on MediumAmber

Brandon Quittem published last week the fourth and final installment of his wonderful mycelium/mushroom/medicine/symbiosis series. John Vallis, host of the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast, and I both slid right into Brandon’s DMs to schedule him for a pod. I love these two guys and it occurred to me that it’d be a ton of fun to do this thing all together. So we did. This is the first half of our 2 hour 40 minute conversation - you will find the second half on the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast feed. This was a blast, we had a wide ranging conversation that was not at all limited to Bitcoin. In the second half we get crazy cosmic so be sure not to miss it. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism (Mycelium) — Part 1 / 4Brandon on TwitterJohn on TwitterBitcoin Rapid Fire podcast    

Robert and I dive into the ideas of Nassim Taleb, laid out in his Incerto series, as they relate to bitcoin. A lot of Bitcoiners will know of and have read Taleb’s work, surely there are some of you listening who haven’t - this episode is great for both - enjoy!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Robert on TwitterRobert on MediumParallax Digital 

Matt Odell and I drink some whiskey and have a much needed pandemic hang out. We talk life, love, humanity and bitcoin. Enjoy and share the love.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Matt on TwitterTales From The Crypt - A Bitcoin Podcast

Ray Youssef has a fascinating story - he literally went from living on the streets of New York to founding and running one of the fastest growing Bitcoin businesses in the world. Paxful is doing unique work on the front lines spreading Bitcoin awareness and use outside of the Western world. In this episode Ray tells us his story, the story of Paxful, the challenges Africa faces when it comes to bitcoin adoption and his vision for the future of both Paxful and Bitcoin.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekSwan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy BitcoinLinks from the episode:PaxfulRay on Twitter

Ben and Collin are the creators of wtfhappenedin1971.com. They have dedicated a lot of time to studying monetary history, Austrian economics and bitcoin. Collin hosts the Bitcoin Echo Chamber podcast, a bitcoin pod I listen to and very much respect, and Ben has made many popular appearances on bitcoin pods, including here on this podcast last summer.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekSwan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy BitcoinLinks from the episode:wtfhappenedin1971.com

Dan brings his considerable experience in the macro markets and his deepening understanding of Bitcoin to the podcast at a critical time for the global economy.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekSwan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy BitcoinLinks from the episode:Dan on Twitter

Today I want to share with you an episode of a new content series I’m making for Swan Bitcoin. Every week I host a conversation with Bitcoiners live on the Swan Twitter account and YouTube channel. We call these sessions Swan Signal Live - a group of Bitcoiners hanging out and talking about the latest bitcoin news and musings about a Bitcoin future.In this episode of Swan Signal Giacomo shares his stories from on the ground in Italy, one of the epicenters of the Coronavirus pandemic, Parker Lewis breaks down the macroeconomic implications and gives us the latest updates on the reactions from the US Government and Federal Reserve. We talk about potential economic fallout and riff on some potential silver linings as well. Glad to share this with you all.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Swan Signal PodcastSwan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy Bitcoin

I’ve admire and respect Peter McCormack’s hustle - he ramped up What Bitcoin Did quickly to become one of, if not the I think, most downloaded Bitcoin podcast. He’s been generous when I’ve asked him for some advice on growing the podcast, how to approach finding sponsors, etc. It’s been interesting to watch him evolve into a full on Bitcoiner over the past couple years. And now he’s diving headfirst into filmmaking as part of his new project, Defiance. It was fun to catch up with Pete, hope you all enjoy the conversation.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:What Bitcoin DidDefiance PodcatPeter on Twitter

This week we chill with Christian Keroles of BTC Media. We recorded this episode just after Trump delivered his address on the Coronavirus pandemic and we talk about Bitcoin in uncertain times such as these. We also get into some other stuff that Christian is interested in - like cooking for yourself. Christian is the Bitcoiner on the POV Crypto pod, that he cohosts with his Etherean friend David Hoffman and riff on Eth and altcoins for a bit.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Bitcoin MagazinePOV Crypto PodcastCK on Twitter

John Vallis is one of my very favorite Bitcoin podcasters. I just love his style and his broad knowledge base. I had a great time chatting with John on his podcast, Bitcoin Rapid Fire, last year. I knew this was going to be a fun one and it didn’t disappoint. We talk about John’s background, get his rabbit hole story and we dive down the psychedelics rabbit hole - LSD, mushrooms and DMT - then we bring it back to bitcoin for a hyper cosmic conclusion to the ep.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcastJohn on Twitter

Alex Gladstein joins me to discuss the Orwellian future that wasn't - because bitcoin exists. We take a deep dive into the state of privacy in the world today, what it would look like in an Orwellian future without bitcoin and how bitcoin is changing the privacy game in favor of the individual.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Alex on TwitterHuman Rights Foundation

Dr. Adam Back is a cypherpunk pioneer. His work on hashcash is cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper and, lesser known among bitcoiners, but just as cool, his work on telescoping circuits is cited in the TOR white-paper. These are among many more contributions to the field of applied cryptography. In this episode we discuss cypherpunk history, bitcoin’s history and future, bitcoin privacy and Adam gives us an overview of the state of bitcoin tech. This was a great one, hope you all enjoy it.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Adam on TwitterBlockstream[Blcokstream Green[(https://blockstream.com/green/)

In this episode Parker and I discuss much that ails our economic system: Kenyesianism, quantitative easing and modern monetary theory. Then we get into the fix. We discuss Parker’s latest addition to the Gradually then Suddenly series titled “Bitcoin Obsoletes All Money”. I steelman some FUD and precoiner questions and arguments and Parker expertly delivers the answers. In the end we get bullish on the inevitable bitcoin future and the society it will create. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Bitcoin Obsoletes All MoneyUnchained Capital BlogParker on Twitter

Cory Klippsten is the founder and CEO of Swan, a bitcoin company. Cory and I hang out and chat about what it takes to start up a bitcoin company, we discuss the Taleb inspired Swan brand, how bitcoin is an incredibly positive black swan event and we riff on bitcoin’s antifragility. We get into how fundraising for bitcoin companies is different from fundraising for traditional tech companies and we go down some random rabbit holes that pop up in the conversation.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:SwanSwan on TwitterGiveBitcoinGiveBitcoin on TwitterCory on Twitter

Andy Edstrom is a wealth manager who has fallen down the bitcoin rabbit hole. He started writing content to justify a small stake in bitcoin for his clients and that turned into the new book “Why Buy Bitcoin” - a great book to recommend to family and friends thinking about an investment in bitcoin. Andy’s history in the finance industry gives him a valuable perspective as one of early adopters of bitcoin from the industry. In this episode we get into that history and perspective, we discuss where the finance industry currently is in terms of moving toward embracing bitcoin as an asset. We talk about monetary maximalism and how bitcoin might change our economy. As any good wealth manager should, Andy has a thorough examination of bitcoin’s risk as an investment in the closing chapters of his book and we discuss them.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Andy on TwitterAndy's websiteAndy's book on Amazon

Knut Svanholm is the author of Sovereignty Through Mathematics. Knut and I talk about how this fiat monstrosity erodes our basic freedoms and how the discovery of absolute scarcity that is bitcoin will restore and protect those freedoms. We talk a bit about lightning and close out by riffing for quite a while on the prospects of hyperbitconization and how it could affect our social order.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Sovereignty Through MathematicsKnut on Twitter

Yan Pritzker, author of Inventing Bitcoin and cofounder/CTO of Swan Bitcoin, joins me to talk about his background, the money red pill that bitcoin serves up to us, bitcoin tech and his book.   Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Inventing BitcoinYan on TwitterGiveBitcoin - The Thoughtful Gift of Better MoneySwan Bitcoin - The Best Way to Buy Bitcoin with Recurring BuysBitcoin Investment Sites

Kiara Bickers is a longtime bitcoiner, one of those who discovered Austrian economics before bitcoin. She was an intern at Blockstream and has been there ever since, these days working as a Systems Administrator. She also recently published Bitcoin Clarity, a great overview of bitcoin as a system. It’s full of useful diagrams and illustrations that help visualize the system. For the first half of the episode we discuss the bitcoin system and the book. In the second half of the episode Kiara and I just rap about bitcoin, like ya do. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Kiara  on TwitterKiara on YouTubeBitcoin Clarity book

I sit down with my buddies Tom Pearson and Guy Swann to shoot the shit about bitcoin's 10th year, and it was an incredible one.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek

In this episode Andreas and I talk about the early PC and Internet era and why it is often analogized to bitcoin’s evolution, we talk about how money has become coopted by governments drunk of Keynesian ideology, how money is used as a system of control and how bitcoin fixes this. In the second half of the discussion we talk tech - first base layer tech and then Lightning. We finish up with Andreas’ vision of a bitcoin future. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:GiveBitcoinCitizen Bitcoin merch at Layer OneThe Let's Talk Bitcoin NetworkAndreas on TwitterAndreas' website

Lucho Poletti is a bitcoin artist with an incredibly unique and beautiful style. Lucho has an interesting background in business and finance before he followed his passion into a career in art which eventually merged with another of his passions: bitcoin. In this episode Lucho and I discuss his that background story, delve into our economic situation and the state of global finance, we then move into his art career, his process and how it has evolved, we discuss a couple of his recent works and Lucho speculates about how a bitcoin future might unfold. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Lightning ShopCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:GiveBitcoinSaveBitcoin on TwitterThe Let's Talk Bitcoin Network Lucho's websiteLucho on TwitterLucho's collection in InstagramThe Dancing SatoshiAbout Ride the Lightning

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Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: ObiWan posts: Hyperbitcoinization: Winner Takes All America Must Lead the Way to a Bitcoin Standard ObiWan threads: “You are under a 51% attack.” “Why does bitcoin matter?” “Bitcoin is better money.” “The power of the Federal Reserve is astounding yet confounding.” “Bitcoin is like early electricity.” “Bitcoin is an organic response to fiat's attack on society.” “Bitcoin and Healtcare” Other links: Brady reads ObiWan's article "Hyperbitcoinization: Winner Takes All" on a previous episode Hyperbitcoinization by Daniel Krawisz WTF Happened in 1971 Artifacts of wealth: patterns in the evolution of collectibles and money - Szabo on “unforgeable costliness”

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Ben Prentice is a bitcoiner who, like myself, finally dived down the bitcoin rabbit hole in 2017. Ben has been focused on the economic lessons bitcoin has to teach us. He’s consumed a lot of the Austrian economics source literature and has started distilling that down into some fire threads on Bitcoin Twitter. I was excited to get a chance to sit down and chat bitcoin with him today. Just a couple bitcoiners talking bitcoin, one of my favorite things to do. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Ben’s Bitcoin Twitter threads Ben on Twitter

Steve Barbour is the owner of Upstream Data in Canada, a company offering modular and portable bitcoin mining hardware to the oil and gas industry. Steve and I discuss his background and the process of building Upstream Data and designing the line of Ohmm mining products that allow oil and gas producers to capture the value of wasted energy as bitcoin. We also discuss the broader mining industry and what bitcoin has taught Steve. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Steve on Twitter Upstream Data Gecko Science stick miners

We’re joined by David Bennett of the “Bitcoin And…” podcast - a fave of mine - we dissect how the Libra hearings relate to bitcoin, talk about product announcements from Lolli, Lightning Labs and Saifedean Ammnous, preview a couple important bitcoin anniversaries coming up in August. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Bitcoin And... podcast lndmon Saifedean’s Academy “Bitcoin is an unstoppable force” Nicolas’ epic tweet BTCPay Server

This episode compiles some audio I collected walking around the Bitcoin 2019 conference in San Francisco. So, go into this one imagining you’re at Bitcoin 2019 having conversations in various corners with some great bitcoiners. I talk to Jack Maulers, Bitcoin TINA, Lyn Ulbricht, Nick Ward from Layer One BTC, Robert Breedlove of Paralax Digital, Ti Kawamoto, Steve Jeffress, Terrance Yang, Gus GG from Artolin.org and Guy Swann and myself finish it up with a reasonably drunken conversation outside our AirBnB in SF on the final night of the conference after Peter McCormack’s odd yet super fun dueling piano bar party. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: (Timelapse of Greg Mike’s mural at Bitcoin 2019)[https://twitter.com/bitcoin2019conf/status/1150866230900867075] (Artolin and Gus GG on Instagram)[https://www.instagram.com/artolin_blockchain/] (Zap Wallet)[https://zap.jackmallers.com/] (Bitcoin 2019 Conference Panels and Presentations)[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe0djdakvnFbCL9S6ft7e_knxG1utsEaB]

Justin Moon joins me to discuss hobbyist hardware wallets and securing your private keys in general. We also get into Justin’s work as a bitcoin educator with Mooniversity and Buidl Bootcamp, and the broader future of bitcoin education. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Justin on Twitter Mooniversity Buidl Bootcamp M5Stack M5Stick Stepan’s company Stepan on twitter Student on USB drives Justin Moon's block explorer Moopniversity project

Christian, aka CK Snarks, member of the BTC Media team, the bitcoin half of the POV Crypto podcast, hosted us at his place in San Francisco and joined us for this Basement Bulletin episode in which we recap the Bitcoin 2019 conference, talk about this past month's crazy price action, get into Libra and an energy FUD smack down breaks out. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Christian on Twitter POV Crypto Podcast Bitcoin 2019 Conference Bitcoin 2020 Conference

Francis Pouliot, CEO and co-founder of Bull Bitcoin, joins Brady to talk about privacy, S2X/UASF, scaling, how governments might approach bitcoin, and bitcoin’s future in general. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Citizen Bitcoin Layer ONE merch collection Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Francis Pouliot on Twitter Bull Bitcoin Canadian bitcoin questionnaires

Guy Swann is host of The Cryptoconomy Podcast. In this episode we are regaled with Guy’s bitcoin story, and it’s a good one. We also talk about Eltoo, state chains, atomic multi path payments, and lightning loop. We get all hyped up for the Bitcoin 2019 conference and wax super bullish toward the end of the ep. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: The Cryptoconomy Podcast Bitcoin 2019 Conference Statechains article by AVW Eltoo article by AVW

Aleks joins Brady to discuss why bitcoin matters, why ICOs suck and his expierience building Amber, a bitcoin business. Aleks is an all around great person and I had a lot of fun getting to know him a bit better in this discussion. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Amber Aleks' work on Hacker Noon Why Bitcoin Matters by Aleks ICO Submission to the Australian Treasury Gigi's 21 Lessons Gigi's Citizen Bitcoin Episode

Nicolas Dorier joins Brady to discuss the ethics of money and bitcoin, his thoughts about Neutrino and SPV wallets in general, we learn about the history and future of BTCPay Server, we get into the present and future of lightning and bitcoin and Nicolas answers several questions sent from listeners via Twitter. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Nicolas Dorier on Twitter The Ethics of Money and Bitcoin by Nicolas Dorier Nicolas' tweet declaring he will make Bitpay obsolete BTCPay Server Metaco

Ansel Lindner joins Brady and Tommy to talk about this month in bitcoin. We get into the bitcoin culture debate, take a look at macroeconomic trends and consider how they might affect bitcoin, we discuss the peter schiff v Saifedean debate, this month’s rallies in price and mining difficulty and the successful 51% attack on bcash and what we can learn from it as bitcoiners. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Ansel Lindner on Twitter Bitcoin and Markets podcast Fed rate futures markets indicating likely rate cuts coming Peter Schiff v Saifedean Bitcoin vs 200 week moving average from Plan B on Twitter Guy Swann’s Bcash 51% attack thread

Gigi and Brady go down the rabbit hole and discuss the lessons Gigi has learned from bitcoin. We get into the philosophy, economics and technology of bitcoin and its implications for the future. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole Most of the great content we discuss is available from Gigi's 21 Lessons site. Gigi on Twitter

The Bitcoin Rabbi and Brady talk about his new kids book "Bitcoin Money," hear his rabbit hole story, talk bitcoin education, bitcoin and religion and get his take on what a bitcoin future will look like. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: The Bitcoin Rabbi on Twitter Bitcoin Money book

Dan and Brady discuss the nature of money, why proof of work is efficient, bitcoin's cycles, marketing and narratives, the prospects of institutional money adopting bitcoin and why hodlers will become history's greatest investors. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Planting Bitcoin Proof of Work is Efficient Quantum Narratives Shelling Out A Stake to the Heart Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation Fidelity survey

In this first Basement Bulletin monthly recap episode Guy Swann of The Cryptoconomy Podcast joins Brady and Tommy to talk about the Bitfinex/Tether situation, significant Wasabi Wallet updates, the Faketoshi/BSV shitstorm, and Matt Odell's FinalMessage.io project. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Marty's Bent on Bitfinex/Tether Crypto Market Nosedives $11 Billion, Tumbles as Tether (USDT) Issues Come Back to the Fore Version 1.1.4 Gives Wasabi Wallet a Boost in Privacy, Security and UX Max Hillebrand's Wasabi Wallet howto video series Peter McCormack on getting sued by CSW Peter McCormack trolling Calvin Ayre Tuur Demeester's "Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation" report Final Message

Eric Meltzer, co-creator and spokesperson for the Satoshi's Treasure alternative reality game, joins Brady to talk about the hunt for $1M worth of bitcoin. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: My thread on the locations of the first three keys

Brandon Quittem burst onto the bitcoin scene like a mushroom breaking through three inches of asphalt when he published the first part of his bitcoin-fungi analogy in December 2018. I love biology and nature in general, and have a particular interest in mushrooms and fungi - they are incredibly interesting lifeforms - and I enjoy foraging for morels in the springtime. So Brandon was toward the top of my list of bitcoiners to talk to when I started doing these interview episodes. In this one Brandon and I start of with some talk about this Faketoshi/Hodlonaut mess and a piece about Bitcoin culture wars that Brandon published a couple months ago. We talk about potential future culture wars around privacy and fungibility vs chain transparency for supply verification and about the declining subsidy and transition to a fee market to support network security. Then we dig into the mycelium and mushroom analogy and Brandon gives us a preview of the upcoming third and final part of the series. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Cordyceps sinensis Craig Wright Threatens Libel Suit In Letter to Bitcoiner, Demands Apology Bitcoin Culture Wars: What Doesn’t Kill You Only Makes you Stronger Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism (Mycelium) — Part 1 / 3 Audio reading of Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism (Mycelium)  by Guy Swann of The Cryptoconomy podcast Bitcoin is a Social Creature (Mushroom) — Part 2/3 Audio reading of Bitcoin is a Social Creature (Mushroom) by Guy Swann of The Cryptoconomy podcast Brandon Quittem on Twitter Brandon Quittem on Medium

Uncle Marty joins Brady to talk about what it's like being the most loved bitcoiner in the world, how his experience in finance shaped his early understanding of bitcoin, how bitcoin will change the financial industry, we rant about bitcoin energy FUD, talk price for a bit and finish with Marty's vision of a bitcoin world 50 years from now. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Tales From the Crypt Subscribe to Marty's Bent Marty's Bent for April 3, 2019 - refuting the FUD in the below Gizmodo article Bitcoin Surges 15% Overnight Because Nobody Learned Their Lesson After the Last Crash - Gizmodo Niclk Szabo on unforgeable costliness: What makes cryptocurrency “worth” something? Shelling Out: The Origins of Money

Pierre Rochard and Brady get into the history of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, the basics of how it works, onboarding new users to Lightning and how BIP 157 can help, the problem of inbound capacity and how Lightning Loop can help, Lightning Power Users and the Node Launcher and what our Bitcoin future will look like - spoiler - "Renaissance" was mentioned again. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter Citizen Bitcoin Podcast Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from this episode: Pierre Rochard and Gavin Andresen Discuss the Block Size Limit Bitcoin Lightning Network White Paper The Lightning Network - Coinbase Tech Talk - January 29, 2016 Christian Decker’s tweet about LN channel opens per block Understanding the Lightning Network, Part 1: Building a Bidirectional Bitcoin Payment Channel Announcing Lightning Loop Alpha: An Easier Way to Receive on Lightning Exploring Lightning Network Routing BIP 157 BIP 37 Understanding the technical side of bitcoin Lightning Power Users Easiest bitcoin lightning guide Node Launcher download

Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin Lightning Shop: https://citizenbitcoin.shop Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from this episode: BlockFi terms and conditions: https://blockfi.com/terms/ ObiWanKenobit thread on BlockFi TOCs: https://twitter.com/ObiWanKenoBit/status/1103310886142263297 ObiWanKenobit thread on rehypothecation and bitcoin: https://twitter.com/ObiWanKenoBit/status/1107635072197234688 BlockFi response to bitcoiner pushback on rehypothecation: https://blockfi.com/finance/an-introduction-to-rehypothecation-with-cryptocurrency/ "Two Wall Street Terms Every Bitcoin Trader Needs To Learn Now" by Caitlin Long: https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2018/08/13/the-r-and-c-words-enter-the-vocabulary-of-bitcoin-enthusiasts/#6c61e8d368f3 "$25 Million in 2 Weeks: BlockFi Booms as Bitcoin and Ether Investors Seek Interest": https://www.coindesk.com/25-million-in-2-weeks-blockfi-booms-as-bitcoin-ether-investors-seek-interest

Matt Odell and I went for over two hours talking governance, mining, UASF, self-sovereignty, Canada, privacy, Venezuela and Bitcoin's future. We also drank some Laphroaig and got cosmic for our boy Marty Bent. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the episode: Tales from the Crypt: http://tftc.io Canada's bitcoin information request forms: https://news.bitcoin.com/canada-tax-agency-poses-probing-questions-to-cryptocurrency-owners/ Francis Pouliot responds to Canadian government bitcoin information requests: https://www.ccn.com/canada-scheme-audit-bitcoin-tax-evaders Wasabi Wallet: https://www.wasabiwallet.io/ ObiWanKenobit thread on fiat's attack on bitcoin: https://twitter.com/ObiWanKenoBit/status/1105882193199394816

Peter McCormack’s work on What Bitcoin Did has just straight up inspired me to keep pushing forward on this podcast. I really just wanted to sit down and get to know him better. We get into Peter’s history growing up in Bedford, England, discovering the internet and creating websites and brands. We talk about building What Bitcoin Did, Peter’s podcasting process, a bit of English football and his hopes and dreams of becoming the King of Bedford, England and buying the Bedford Town Football Club. It was a ton of fun and I hope you all enjoy this chat as well. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the episode: What Bitcoin Did: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/ February Income Report: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/income-report-february-19 Fire Nation / Entrepreneurs on Fire: https://www.eofire.com/ Smart Passive Income: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/

Tommy and Brady talk about JP Morgan's corporate coin and blockchain and get into a back and forth about bitcoin's governance and social layer. Citizen Bitcoin Lightning-enabled shop: https://citizenbitcoin.shop Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: An Honest Account of Fiat Money: https://medium.com/@hasufly/why-bitcoin-3fdee2328759 Bitcoin and the Promise of Independent Property Rights: https://medium.com/@hasufly/bitcoin-and-the-promise-of-independent-property-rights-8f10e5c7efa8 Unpacking Bitcoin’s Social Contract: https://medium.com/s/story/bitcoins-social-contract-1f8b05ee24a9 Bitcoin Governance: https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/bitcoin-governance-37e86299470f Bitcoin: Two Parts Math, One Part Biology: https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/bitcoin-two-parts-math-one-part-biology-b45ef48a0422 Bitcoin’s Incentive Scheme and the Rational Individual: https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/bitcoins-incentive-scheme-and-the-rational-individual-dc20effa4715 Hasu on using social contract theory to describe bitcoin's governance: https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1098546710291320833 Governance in Blockchain Technologies & Social Contract Theories: https://ledger.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/62/0

Ansel Lindner has been one of the most important people in my bitcoin journey, his Bitcoin and Markets podcast was the first staple of my bitcoin podcast rotation. In this long, ranging, late night discussion with Ansel we get into his bitcoin history, discuss Bcash, Ethereum and the former bitcoiners who jumped ship to lead those communities. We discuss why bitcoin is different and what bitcoin maximalism means to us. We talk Austrian economics and the ethics of money production. Toward the end we get a bit cosmic, discussing how bitcoin affects the human spirit and the coming bitcoin-fueled human renaissance. Discussions like these are what I’m here for and why I’m a dedicated bitcoiner. If you appreciate the pod, it would be a huge help if you took a minute to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Music: Moon in the Sky by Hobotek Links from the show: Namecoin: https://namecoin.org/ Bitcoin and Gold: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin/bitcoin-compared-to-gold-and-traditional-currency-fb0565ffa0d3 Ethereum yellow paper: https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf Vitalik Buterin's quantum computer simulator scam: https://www.newsbtc.com/2016/08/17/gregory-maxwell-vitalik-buterin-ran-quantum-computer-scam/ More on Vitalik scams: http://bitcoinerrorlog.com/2016/08/vitaliks-quantum-quest/ Ansel Lindner number one most animus against bcash: https://cryptoslate.com/a-twitter-analysis-of-the-100-most-influential-people-in-crypto-exposes-the-biggest-bitcoin-cash-haters/ CSW's Satoshi coming out story: https://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-career-of-craig-steven-wright-australian-scientist-suspected-of-creating-bitcoin-2015-12 The China Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55892jT06aI

In the first Citizen Bitcoin interview episode, long time bitcoiner and creator of the #LNTrustChain, aka the lightning torch, Hodlonaut joins Brady for a discussion about the lightning torch, his experience discovering and learning bitcoin, the recent discussion about small blocks and much more. If you appreciate the pod, it would be a huge help if you took a minute to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: Hodlonaut on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlonaut The Lightning Trust Chain genesis tweet: https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1086703428791865345 LNTrustChain hashtag: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LNTrustChain&src=tyah LN Trust Chain tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lyMcG2kGvcbNOIKYXEfTvSH8831L_HOdxN3kQWbqwzo/edit?usp=sharing The torch's website (including the video): https://www.takethetorch.online/ Hodlonaut trolls Erick Vorhees: https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1095677151528079360

Tommy and Brady discuss bitcoin, lightning network and taxes and recent reports from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the Bank for International Settlements. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: How bitcoin is taxed in the United States: https://www.thebalance.com/how-bitcoins-are-taxed-3192871 Cambridge 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3306125 Bank for International Settlements argues Bitcoin ‘is not sustainable without block rewards’: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/01/22/bank-for-international-settlements-argues-bitcoin-is-not-sustainable-without-block-rewards/ Beyond the doomsday economics of “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies: https://www.bis.org/publ/work765.pdf Definition of a 51% attack: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Majority_attack Theoretical cost of a 51% attack on each network: https://www.crypto51.app/ Bitcoin post-issuance: an existential threat: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/01/24/bitcoin-post-issuance-an-existential-threat/ Nic Carter thread on fee market and block size limit: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1087698624426004480

Brady joined Scott Hawkins, host of PayPod, a podcast for the payments industry, to talk about bitcoin. It was originally published on Dec 31, 2018. This episode has some crossover with our Bitcoin Turns Ten episode but is still worth a listen. Watch out for a new ep with me and Tommy dropping later today! Find the original podcast and show notes here: https://www.soarpay.com/2018/12/swenson-ep27/

Tommy and Brady are back in action for bitcoin's tenth birthday. We take a look back at the birth of bitcoin and its first ten years of life and speculate on challenges and potential developments for the next ten. Links from the episode: History of bitcoin resources: https://www.thestreet.com/investing/bitcoin/bitcoin-history-14686578 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/02/the-history-of-bitcoin.aspx Satoshi email from 1/16/2018 speculating about 10 years in the future: https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/emails/bitcoin-list/23/ Jameson Lopp's bitcoin by the numbers 2018: https://medium.com/@lopp/bitcoin-by-the-numbers-2018-recap-68a91789d804 Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin

Tommy and Brady take a look at what we've learned since we started this podcast in January at the beginning of this down cycle and talk about the Bitcoin Cash hardfork drama, which was unfolding as we recorded. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: Follow the Bcash Hash War! https://cash.coin.dance/ http://hashwars.cash/ "How Many Forks Does it Take to Get to the Center of Satoshi’s Vision?" https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/how-many-forks-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-center-of-satoshis-vision-9fa88eb5185

Tommy and Brady discuss the blockchainer/altcoiner topic dujour, stablecoins, take a look at institutional moves from Fidelity, Baakt and Coinbase and Andrew Desantis' ambitious project DeOS, which began mining last night. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitco Links from the show: Backdoor in USD Coin (USDC) https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1054785269843415040 "Huobi Lists Four ‘Regulated’ Stablecoins Vying for Tether’s Crown" https://www.ccn.com/huobi-lists-four-regulated-stablecoins-vying-for-tethers-crown/ "The Delicate Psychology of Stablecoins" https://www.coindesk.com/the-delicate-psychology-of-stablecoins/ "The crypto world is going wild for 'stablecoins' — here's everything you need to know about them" https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-stablecoins-explained-bitcoin-ethereum-fintech-2018-9 Tether market cap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/ "Baakt Launches Bitcoin Futures For Institutional Clients Starting December 12" https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9qjje2/baakt_launches_bitcoin_futures_for_institutional/?utm_source=ifttt "Fidelity, the $2.5 trillion Wall Street giant, is launching a brand new institutional brokerage and custody business for crypto" https://theblockcrypto.com/2018/10/15/fidelity-the-2-5-trillion-wall-street-giant-is-launching-a-brand-new-institutional-brokerage-and-custody-business-for-crypto/ "What Bakkt aims to solve as a first step" https://medium.com/bakkt-blog/what-bakkt-aims-to-solve-as-a-first-step-afa7c56b10d7 "What is Baakt?" https://blockonomi.com/what-is-bakkt/ @desantis on Twitter, enjoy the rabbit hole, bitcoiners: https://twitter.com/desantis/with_replies Andrew Desantis' website: https://andrewdesantis.com/

Brady and Tommy discuss bitcoin mining energy usage and why Proof of Work is efficient, the information theory of money and the 2018 Baltic Honey Badger conference with takes on Bruce Fenton's tokenizing securities presentation and Nic Carter's Realized Market Cap idea. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitco Links from the show: 2018 Baltic Honey Badger Conference Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZoGUAnY9s 2018 Baltic Honey Badger Conference Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2WXxgZ8h-0 Dan Held on The Information Theory of Money: https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1044631693062066177 "Proof of Work is Efficient" by Dan Held: https://medium.com/@danhedl/pow-is-efficient-aa3d442754d3 Bruce Fenton on tokenizing securities: https://twitter.com/brucefenton/status/1043833386257854464

Tommy and Brady discuss an assortment of recent happenings in bitcoin including bitcoin scaling (a 2.26 MB block and Lightning Network's astonishing growth), the "blockchain cruise" debate between Jimmy Song and Roger Ver, the Winklevoss stablecoin and The Final Boss of Bitcoin (aka The Bank for International Settlements). Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitco Links from the show: Bitcoin mines it's largest block ever at 2.26 MB: https://twitter.com/ConanOBitcoin/status/1038824249065197570 Lightning Network continues its amazing growth: https://twitter.com/ConanOBitcoin/status/1039203077876838400 Full debate between Jimmy Song and Roger Ver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKM6DlaRpYo&feature=youtu.be Jimmy Song's "BCH is Fiat Money": https://medium.com/@jimmysong/bitcoin-cash-is-a-fiat-money-39626c002f77 Winklevoss stablecoin: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/winklevoss-twins-gemini-trust-launches-worlds-first-regulated-stablecoin-2018-09-10 Simon Lutz thread on the Bank for International Settlements: https://twitter.com/simonlutz21/status/1038811798521229312 The Tower of Basel book: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/books/review/tower-of-basel-by-adam-lebor.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKRW6GI?ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_pK2jybM43ZD7K&tag=kpembed-20&linkCode=kpe

Brady reads a Twitter thread by Eric Wall that is intended to serve as a reminder when the ICO idiocy returns. Guy, the host of The Cryptoconomy Podcast, joins Brady to offer some commentary about ICOs and shitcoins. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: A Reading of A Reminder for When The Idiocy Returns by Eric Wall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1033816350958014469 The Cryptoconomy Podcast: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/ Music: "To the Moon" by Hobotek from the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hobotek/Odessa/03Hobotek_-Moon_in_the

Altcoin prices tumble as bitcoin price holds strong at the 6,000 USD per BTC and the 100 billion USD market cap level. Bitmain Pre-IPO documents paint a picture of trouble for the mightiest bitcoin mining company of all time. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. First Lawrence Bitcoin Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Lawrence-Bitcoin-Meetup/events/kfktcqyxmbqb/ Bitcoin and altcoin price separation: https://twitter.com/Fullbeerbottle/status/1029284335898255360 via https://coin360.io/ Bitmain numbers from Samson Mow on Twitter https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1029690904422957056 https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1029688460402089984 https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1029686892080521216 The bitcoin story in three tweets https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin/status/1028642389496406016 Bitcoin is different becasue https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/988403000682139649 "To the Moon" by Hobotek from the Free Music Archive http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hobotek/Odessa/03Hobotek_-_Moon_in_the_sky

Tommy and Brady dive into the financial side of bitcoin, taking a look at recent ETF proposal activity, the role of futures in bitcoin and the Lightning Network Reference Rate idea proposed by Nik Bhatia. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. List of bitcoin ETF proposals: https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1023998013780500481 Nik Bhatia's "The Time Value of Bitcoin": https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-time-value-of-bitcoin-3807b91f02d2 Nik Bhatia's "The Bitcoin Risk Spectrum": https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum-949f6abec290 Public Statement: Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release No. 34-83723: https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723#.W1o-36vBMDU.twitter Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Proposal Denied by U.S. SEC: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-bitcoin-etf-proposal-denied-us-sec/ Institutional Investors Swap Bitcoin Futures for Physical BTC in Wall Street First: https://www.ccn.com/institutional-investors-swap-bitcoin-futures-for-physical-btc-in-wall-street-first/

Tommy and Brady take a minute to appreciate all the bitcoin progress made during this down cycle in the price. Bitcoin just keeps marching on with improvement proposals like Schnorr signatures and BetterHash. Personal safety as a bitcoin hodler is also discussed. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the episode: @Cryptoconomy tweet thread listing developments in bitcoin over the past 30 days: https://twitter.com/TheCryptoconomy/status/1015362096832307200 Funny Name or Not, Schnorr Is a Big Deal for Bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/schnorr-signatures-explained-bitcoin-tech/ Schnorr signatures BIP: https://github.com/sipa/bips/blob/bip-schnorr/bip-schnorr.mediawiki @TuurDemeester tweet of Gregory Maxwell quote: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1015305074728415232 BetterHash Aims to Increase Bitcoin Mining Decentralization: https://news.buybitcoinworldwide.com/betterhash-aims-to-increase-bitcoin-mining-decentralization/ BetterHash BIP: https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/bips/blob/betterhash/bip-XXXX.mediawiki @lopp tweet about documenting physical attacks against bitcoin owners: https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1015945799652474880 Known Physical Bitcoin Attacks: https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md

Is hyperbitcoinization a half-baked maximalist fantasy or a real possibility? In a Medium post ObiWan Kenobit presents a model of how the process could play out and here, Brady presents it in audio and adds some thoughts. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: Hyperbitcoinization: Winner Takes All by ObiWan Kenobit on Medium: https://medium.com/coinmonks/hyperbitcoinization-winner-takes-all-69ab59f9695f Money, blockchains, and social scalability by Nick Szabo on Unenumerated: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2017/02/money-blockchains-and-social-scalability.html Special thanks to The Cryptoconomy Podcast. If you appreciate Citizien Bitcoin you should definitely subscribe: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/

Tommy and Brady discuss the EOS mainnet failure and it's basically centralized structure; we share research that shows that 10 times more BCH coins are hodled than spent, whereas the ratio of hodled bitcoin versus spending bitcoin is 1:1; and we take a look at Satoshis.Place and why it is, yes, silly, but also important. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: EOS mainnet failure: https://www.ccn.com/eos-blockchain-grinds-to-halt-as-software-bug-freezes-transactions/ Chainalysis research about ratio of BCH tokens held as a store of value, versus a medium of exchange compared to the BTC ratio: https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1004995365202886656 https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/money-supply Ethereum is declared not a security, helps to have friends in high places: https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/1004435205988503552 Satoshi's Place: https://satoshis.place/

Brady reads through and discusses three recent Twitter threads that explain the technical foundation of bitcoin maximalism: bitcoin is a protocol for the transfer of value over the internet and the history of internet protocols demonstrates that only one will win. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: @MeniRosenfeld thread on why it is important to understand how bitcoin works: https://twitter.com/MeniRosenfeld/status/998712581899595776 @jmcorgan thread on "cargo-cult engineering" in the "blockchain space": https://twitter.com/jmcorgan/status/996434257026453506 @arbedout thread on early internet protocol developer Michael Padlipsky: https://twitter.com/arbedout/status/995277494801588224

Tommy and Brady take a look at Ethereum, discuss the debate about whether or not it is a security in the United States, summarize its history with the other kind of security and compare it to Bitcoin. Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the show: Is Ethereum a "noncompliant security" in the United States? https://www.thestreet.com/investing/bitcoin/ethereum-and-ripple-prices-might-come-under-pressure-soon-14567420 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/technology/gensler-mit-blockchain.html Preston Byrne leans toward Ethereum being a security based on it's presale and centralizing force of the Ethreum Foundation: https://prestonbyrne.com/2018/04/23/on-ethereum-security/ Ethereum Presale Dynamics Revisited: https://medium.com/hasufl/ethereum-presale-dynamics-revisited-c1b70ac38448 Peter Vandenbergh from Coin Center argues Ethereum is now sufficiently decentralized to deem it comparable to Bitcoin and thus not a security: https://coincenter.org/entry/no-ether-is-not-a-security A short history of smart contract hacks on Ethereum: https://medium.com/new-alchemy/a-short-history-of-smart-contract-hacks-on-ethereum-1a30020b5fd ERC20 Tokens Compromised | 5 Octodecillion USD Hack https://steemit.com/erc20/@cryptocoremedia/erc20tokenscompromised5octodecillionusdhack-yl0zshns2r Thanks for listening - please rate, review and share! -Tommy and Brady

Tommy and Brady discuss Basis' critique of Bitcoin and the alternative solution it is offering, discuss stable coins in general, take a look at data analysis of Hodl Waves and discuss the record global fiat debt of $164 trillion. Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Bloomberg article about global fiat debt record: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/world-debt-hits-record-164-trillion-as-crisis-hangover-lingers Pierre Rochard tweet about why we Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/983883145245282304/ Unchained Capital's data analysis of Hodl Waves: https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-1-hodl-waves-7f3501d53f63 Basis announcement blog post: https://medium.com/basis-blog/introducing-basis-a-stable-cryptocurrency-with-an-algorithmic-central-bank-7a795393a525 Crunchbase Basis analysis: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/basis-raises-133m-create-price-stable-cryptocurrency/ Basis whitepaper: http://www.basis.io/basis_whitepaper_en.pdf Pierre Rochard tweet about stable bitcoin: https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/977866132798558214 Donald McIntyre tweet about stable coins: https://twitter.com/TokenHash/status/986675210525880320

Tommy and Brady discuss tweets that caught our attention this week about sidechains, The Bitcoin Standard book, bitcoin maximalism, and an interesting Lightning Network use case idea. We take a look at the bitcoin price and at why Roger Ver is wrong about scaling bitcoin. Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.simplecast.fm/ Sidechains tweet from Armin van Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/ArminVanBitcoin/status/978291979208536064?s=03 The Bitcoin Standard tweet from Brady: https://twitter.com/bswen/status/983901356200267777 The Bitcoin Standard book: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861 Dr. Saifedean Ammous Udemy course: https://www.udemy.com/understanding-macroeconomics-for-university-and-business/learn/v4/overview Lightning Network publishing platform idea tweet from Ansel Lindner: https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/984115149299748865 Three bitcoin facts not widely understood yet: https://amp.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8bgjlw/3_basic_facts_that_show_bitcoin_is_the_most/?__twitter_impression=true Jack Dorsey the bitcoin maximalist: https://twitter.com/bswen/status/983709064730497024 Why Roger Ver is Wrong About Scaling Bitcoin: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin/rebutting-roger-why-roger-ver-is-wrong-about-scaling-bitcoin-10ca4799975d Jameson Lopp's bitcoin resources: https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html Cryptoconomy Quick Reads podcast: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/ Bitcoin and Markets podcast: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/

Tommy and Brady discuss two opposing articles about bitcoin, one titled "Bitcoin is Ridiculous, Blockchain is Dangerous" and the other "The Bullish Case for Bitcoin" Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ/featured Citizen Bitcoin on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/citizen-bitcoin/id1350483937 Or search your podcast app for “Citizen Bitcoin” “Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous“ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-09/bitcoin-is-ridiculous-blockchain-is-dangerous-paul-ford @saifedean tweet “Which is the bubble?” https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/973223806633435136?s=20 “The Bullish Case for Bitcoin“ by Vijay Boyapati https://medium.com/@vijayb_24615/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1

Tommy and Brady discuss Bitcoin's energy usage, how it incentivizes renewable energy, the Petro and Telegram ICOs, time preference, a visualization of the history of bitcoin development, a cypherpunk research archive and the current BTC price. Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏If you find value in this content, please subscribe, like, rate, review and share! Subscribe to the CitizenBitcoin podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/citizen-bitcoin/id1350483937 Bitcoin incentivizes renewable energy: https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/965284076973379584 Venezuela's 'Petro' Token Launches in Pre-Sale: https://www.coindesk.com/venezuelas-petro-token-launches-pre-sale/ The petro hasn’t raised a dime: https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/02/22/petro-hasnt-raised-dime/ Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/telegram-ico-850-million/ Telegram ICO: Scam Among Cryptocurrency Scams: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2018/02/17/telegram-ico-scam-among-cryptocurrency-scams/#1329dbdb1cf0 At 0%, Bitcoin has a higher 2-year yield than government bonds in 16 countries...: https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/966325031189057537 Time preference and depreciating and appreciating currencies: https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/966946413216260096, https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/967052904812236800 Bitcoin movements: https://twitter.com/iam_preethi/status/965459466232643584 History of Bitcoin Development Visualized: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjYbsq3FXfM&feature=youtu.be History of the cypherpunk movement: https://github.com/tombusby/cypherpunk-research#technical-sources The rocket BTC chart: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/eqgqZCoS-T-Minus-Soon-to-BTC-Launch-The-trajectory-to-test-ATH-by-April/

Tommy and Brady discuss bitcoin news from the past week, including Switzerland's ICO regulations, Charlie Munger's hatred of bitcoin, feeding chicks with the Lightning Network, and the latest price action. We take a look at how the bitcoin main chain works and why we need the lightning network. 1:22 - Switzerland ICO guidelines 3:33 - Bitcoin mining is bullish 5:54 - Elaine Ou (@eiaine) made a Lightningified chick feed vending machine 7:22 - BTC price (Tommy makes fun of Brady for putting rocket emojis on his trading charts) 10:53 - Bitcoin dinosaurs 19:43 - How Bitcoin and Lightning Network Work - The Basics Links from the show below. Newish to Bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us on YouTube, Medium and here for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and easy to follow howtos. We're just making the leap from learn to teach, your early support is huge. 🌍🌎🌏 @Pomp on Switzerland ICO regs: https://twitter.com/APompliano/status... @CitizenBitcoin mining bullish: https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin/st... @eiaine feeding chicks with Lightning Network: https://twitter.com/eiaine/status/965... Bitcoin rocket trajectory chart: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTC... Cup and Handle formation: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/... Charlie Munger meme: https://twitter.com/coinsiglieri/stat... Bitcoin dinosaur meme: https://libertyblitzkrieg.com/wp-cont... Nakamoto Institute bitcoin skeptics page: http://nakamotoinstitute.org/the-skep... BBC bitcoin explainer: https://twitter.com/Xentagz/status/96... Lightning Network enables Unicast Transactions in Bitcoin. Lightning is Bitcoin’s TCP/IP stack: https://medium.com/@melik_87377/light... @ArminVanBitcoin Lightning Network visualization: https://twitter.com/ArminVanBitcoin/s... Citizen Bitcoin Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Medium: http://citizenbitcoin.world YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_fqW5K7-eLUXcLU-dR3eQ