Bitcoin Echo Chamber

I was joined today on the BEC by my friend Shane to discuss our year long journey to becoming full stack software engineers. I think you're going to love this one. 

BEC is back after a good long hiatus. No intro for today's episode, lots of personal things going on and I needed to push this one out without any edits.

Michael and I hung out for a bit chatting about engineering, opportunity cost, business models and how Bitcoin changes everything.

Excellent to speak with some as sharp as Michael, a true visionary and a genius. You're gonna love this. Make sure you check out wagevest and be sure to follow Michael on twitter, he is criminally under-followed. 

This one has been a long time coming. Finally got my friend Peter Schmidt on the show to talk about monetary history. Peter regularly posts about monetary history, in particular the 2008 financial crisis. He is a wealth of knowledge and you need to follow him. 

Charlie Munger loves China, the miner death spiral, Bitcoin covenants  & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030  EST,  link   below.

Had the pleasure of chatting with Knut Svanholm this past week. We talked about the game theory of Bitcoin and liberty, particularly around the news of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender. 

Core inflation, the misadventures of nocoiners, Elon and dorsey chat, NYDIG is hiring! & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030  EST,  link  below.

Met Quentin in Miami and he mentioned an interesting proposal he was working on. You will want to hear about this, does Bitcoin have the potential to fix the US healthcare system from the bottom up?

Hanging out with Dylan for the live stream today. We talk credit markets, Microstrategies (and macro strategies), Bitcoin in El Salvador & more. Join us live on Saturday's at 1030  EST,  link  below.

Eric and I met up in Miami and he told me a little bit about this book he'd been writing called The 7th Property. We talked through this incredibly underrated and dense account of banking and monetary history, tied nicely together in the context of how Bitcoin fixes this. Show Eric some love for all his hard work and research. 

I bumped into Kevin at the conference in Miami and found out he was working on a really cool project called Revault. People are sleeping on Bitcoin vaults and hopefully this interview will help you understand why they are an absolute game changer for security models and business operations. 

Bitcoin Miami Conference recap, Colonial pipeline hack, ewarren, the industrial husbandry complex & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030  EST, link  below.

First live streamed traditional episode of the BEC. JW joined me to talk through the recent drama surrounding announcements of the Saylor-Musk Bitcoin Mining Council. Is this an attack on Bitcoin?

Moscow Time temporal anomaly, Lyn Alden's work on market analysis, Austrian business cycle theory & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030 EST, link  below.

Aviv Milner from episode 28 is back! We got caught up on what he's been up to in the world of privacy, including a crazy story you will have to hear to believe.  

Elon FUD, BIP-125 bug, labor shortages & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030 EST, link  below.

Asset inflation, OFAC compliant miners, nationalization,  Charlie Munger & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030 EST, link  below.

Broken money, JP Morgan Bitcoin fund, 4 trillion dollar Biden spending plan, new tax plan & more.  Join us live on Saturday's at 1030 EST, link below.

Options expiry theory, federated side chains, taproot & lightning, banking and layered money, current events  & more.  Join us live on saturday's at 1030 EST, link below.

Bitcoin flipping gold, misdefining fiat, Microstrategy analytics rumor, Layered money, monetary history, & more.  Join us live on saturday's at 1030 EST, link below.

China CDBC, Peter Thiel, negative Bitcoin fund premiums, inflation, security & more.

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Fiat credentials, Bitcoin security, futures contracts, demonetization of large bills & more.

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Our first of hopefully many liveshows to come. Join us saturday's at 1030 EST if you want to be apart of the audience.

Technical difficulties, DLCs & dark market insurance, options expiry, suez canal, supply squeeze.

Alex is back again to talk with us about how things are going behind the scenes at River. We talked Lightning and order book liquidity. Check it out.

We had an awesome guest, Mark Moss, on this episode to talk about his youtube channel where he educates the masses on economics and Bitcoin and discuss the great awakening happening as people are slowly waking up to the reality that is the current financial system. Don't miss this one Mark has many great insights into the current economic order and how the future may play out.  

Ben and I had the pleasure of talking with Jeff Booth, author of The Price of Tomorrow, about his book, paradigm shifts, and what we need to talk about to move forward. High level, grade A conversation. Jeff is one of a kind!

Ben and I were Joined by Aleks Svetski to talk about politics, individualism, and liberty just in time for Independence day! Enjoy.

Ben and I had a quick interview with Jan from Voima Gold covering our thoughts about WTF 1971 and the rapidly changing current economic paradigm.  You're gonna love it.

Ben and I had a chat with Alex Leishman of River Financial to talk about some of their big plans for the future to become one of the biggest Bitcoin brokerage services in the US. Also gotta shill that first major partner for Ben's and my work. Check it out.

Ben and I riffed on "libertarian socialists" and all of the intellectual shortcomings of their silly ideas in the latest episode of the BEC. Also touched on the nature of our current social monetarist system. Check it out. 

Today's BEC is something a little different. I was joined by Dangerous History CJ to take a look at early american politics and how wars and territorial conflicts shaped political and economic policy that set the stage for the centuries to come. There are many lesson to be learned from this history, you don't want to miss it.

Ben and I were joined by Kon of Donnerlabs today to chat about the alpha release of their new competitive multiplayer FPS built on top of Lightning that allows users to earn Sats for killing other players. Get all the details on this awesome new game here.

BEC is back for episode 34! Joined today by Andrew Edstrom to discuss his new book Why Buy Bitcoin. I was pleasantly surprised by how well put together and thorough Andrew's book is, but let our discussion speak for itself. Lots of talk about macroeconomics and finance. 

Founder of Give Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten joined me today for a look at his new product that allows you to gift timelocked Bitcoin, coupled with educational tools to family and friends.

I was joined by my friend Ben Kaufman for today's episode to talk about his recent article "The Monetary Case for Bitcoin". Don't let his age fool you, Ben is wicked smart. Make sure and check out his article after the show.

A quick and impromptu discussion with JW Weatherman surrounding some of the recently raised security concerns with the Casa Bitcoin and Lightning Node.

Bitcoin Lawyer is back for part 2, this time to talk about global macro and Bitcoin. You don't want to miss this conversation, I think it's one of the best BEC episodes yet.

I was joined this week by Aviv Milner to chat about his wild 3 year journey through a wide variety of Bitcoin experiences. We discussed scalability, liquidity, and fungiblity and got into the importance of tools that preserve freedom in a world of ever encroaching despotism. 

I had the unique opportunity to speak with Bitcoin Lawyer this past week, who just so happens to be an avid Bitcoiner/libertarian and a practicing lawyer. Lot's of interesting conversation was had, including whether or not your seemingly bullet proof boating accident would hold up in court.

It's time for the long awaited episode 26 of the BEC. The return of JW weatherman for his 3rd appearance on BEC, after popular demand. Today JW and I talk about Austrian speculation and how investing in a fiat society has warped our understanding of what makes economies tick. This is why we Bitcoin.

This is the first episode of a new experiment for a show with my friend Ben Prentice, where we get together and hash out ideas on topics we find interesting. Today's topic is 1971...wtf happened in 1971? Let us know what you think and maybe this we become a new recurring series. 

Author of the renowned Bullish Case for Bitcoin joined me this week for a fun talk about Bitcoin and its potential role as global money. Loved this chat and I think you will too. 

Got fellow Austrian economics and Bitcoin podcaster Stephan Livera on the show this week. We went over how some of the educational meta of the Bitcoin space has changed in the last couple years, for the better. Be sure to check out Stephan's fantastic podcast. 

Dropping early this week to make up for last weeks late showing. The critically acclaimed Ben Prentice is back for another round on the BEC. This time Ben and I examine the macroeconomic landscape through the eyes of a nation-state and try to answer the question...what is the next move? Make sure to follow Ben on twitter. 

A day late is better than never right? Gigi, author of the "21 lessons I Learned from Bitcoin" joined today for a fun chat about the paradigm shifts happening around Bitcoin and its second order effects on a number of topics. Real fun conversation.

Episode 21 of the BEC is live. Joined this week by Ben Carman who's developing Lightning Rod which allow users to run a lightning node without needing a bitcoin full node. Check out Ben's project on Github!

Episode 20 of the Bitcoin Echo Chamber is the science behind the stacking sats meme. Brian joins me to give his take on Dollar Cost Averaging Bitcoin and how it can be a useful tool for anyone looking to get started. Be sure to check out his medium posts on the topic. 

Back in the saddle for episode 19. This week Ride the Lightning dev Sauby joins me for a talk on lightning user experience as we compare and contrast some of the RTL design decisions with other products in the space. Lot's of great lightning info. 

Episode 18 is here and its all about the Nodl Node. I brought Askuwheteau and Ketominer on the show to share with me their grand vision behind nodl...why they've made certain design decisions and what we can expect to see from them in the future. A great listen for anyone on the fence about which hardware node they should get.

Today I'm joined by my friend Ben for Episode 14. We talk about the Bitcoin Spectrum put out by Unchained Capital and cover all of the major pillars that are required to get a solid grasp of why Bitcoin is so important. This is a complex topic, but we did our best to cover all the bases in a single episode.

Episode 17 I'm joined by @_ConnerBrown_ to discuss his new piece "Bitcoin has no intrinsic value and that's great". Conner has some excellent insights on Bitcoin as money and why its lack of an underlying commodity is a good thing for efficient utilization of resources and how it enhances the monetary aspects of a digital currency. Don't miss this one guys!

Episode 16 of the Bitcoin Echo Chamber is a unique episode... a little bit different than what I normally do, my friend Rehan, who lives in India, joined me to discuss Bitcoin and some of the issues he and his peers have faced with trying to bring about adoption in his country. Disclaimer: The audio for this episode is a bit distorted and can be difficult to hear at certain points (the first 15 minutes being the worst). There is a google doc with a full transcription of the episode below for your viewing pleasure. Every episode after this, I will ensure has better audio quality. Thanks.

Today I had the opportunity to talk with the lightning infrastructure lead for Lightning Labs, the folks who have brought us LND. Alex is a deep well of knowledge and was kind enough to answer a slew of questions I put together with some help from community on all things lightning network. This episode is a must listen for the budding young lightning padawan.

I'm joined this episode with Kyle Torpey a freelance writer for Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine  who has become a notorious diamond in the rough for Bitcoin thought pieces and news coverage. I pick Kyle's brain about the state of "crypto journalism", how to break into the space, and some of his personal thoughts on Bitcoin and events that have transpired since he started writing in 2014. This episode has lots of great little tidbits.

The infamous JW Weatherman returns to the Bitcoin Echo Chamber to discuss Egalitarian ideals and how they are the antithesis to Bitcoin, private property, and free markets. This episode is definitely a Do Not Miss!

Michael Goldstein (AKA Bitstein) cohost of the Noded Podcast and founder/president of the Nakamoto institute chats with me about his early forrays into understanding Bitcoin through the lens of an austrian libertarian thinker. We also hit on crypto anarchy, the illiquidity of altcoins, and whether or not governments will continue to allow Bitcoin to exist.

Episode 9 of the Bitcoin Echo Chamber...Today I'm joined by my friend Rollo Mcfloogle to talk about free markets, libertarian ideals and how the state often works to suppress the free tade. We get into Rollo's experience with Bitcoin in some Libertarian circles and talk about what the world will look like in a post Bitcoin world.

I got together with Max Hillebrand from the World Crypto Network to pick his brain on privacy and Bitcoin. We talk in depth about Wasabi wallet, how it works, why you should use it, and how important privacy is in our increasingly digital world.

Get all the info you need to know about how to tax protect your Bitcoins in a retirement account without giving up the custody of your private keys to a third party. CPA and software developer Jeff Vandrew and I talk about Bitcoin retirement, taxes, and his software projects surrounding Bitcoin.

 Lightning Koala, who quickly rose to a place of prominence in the Bitcoin community after creating the application Satoshi's Place, and now Lightning Chess, joins me to discuss what it's like to develop applications on top of Bitcoin's second layer. We talk about some of the challenges facing lightning development, Koala Studio's role moving forward, and where we expect to see the industry head over the next decade.