Did You Know Crypto Podcast

Toxicity has been a topical subject as of late in the Bitcoin world, surrounding the supposed vitriol and shouting down of opposing views in the space by those in Bitcoin called “Bitcoin Maximalists”. In this episode, I explain why toxicity exists and is a natural outgrowth of Bitcoin culture, that what has led to Bitcoin […]

Stephan Kinsella is a registered Patent Attorney and Libertarian Activist who has been a passionate advocate for the abolishment of the patent system and its dangers to innovation and freedom. Stephan and I talk about… What is a Patent? Differences in EU/US & China Why is it so “hallowed” Open Source Software and patents What […]

Ben is a Bitcoin Maximalist and European style Socialist.  He hosts a YouTube program on the World Crypto Network where he teaches how to build everyday Bitcoin devices with cheap hardware. Ben and I talk about… Definitions of Bitcoin & Socialism Difference between European & American Libertarianism. How Bitcoin & Socialism can co-exist Why Bitcoin […]

Phil Zimmermann is a cypherpunk and privacy pioneer. Phil and I talk about… Cypherpunks in the 90’s PGP the early years The fight with the State Department Hal Finney Hal Finney and Bitcoin Phil’s problems with Bitcoin Phil Zimmermann is a legend in the cypherpunk community, he developed the technology PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) which […]

Pierre Rochard is the co-host of the Noded podcast and creator of the Lightning Network “Node Launcher”. Pierre and I talk about… What is Lightning Network Custodial vs. Non Custodial LN solutions Are there Scaling issues? Fee Markets on Mainchain Reserve fee issues on LN How to launch you own LN node How to get […]

Peter McCormack is the host of the What Bitcoin Did Podcast. Peter’s podcast, What Bitcoin Did is becoming one of the most popular in the space and has become well known as well as a Lightning Rod (pun intended) in the Crypto Twitter Community. This was a great interview as Peter and I are very […]

Before Bitcoin the Cypherpunks layed the foundation… Today I welcome Paul Rosenberg, cypherpunk, author and activist to talk about an unknown chapter in the liberty movement and cypherpunk history.  The story of Bitcoin is inexorably intertwined with the story of the liberty and cypherpunk movements as their story, their accomplishments and their failures is what […]

What is the Lightning Network and how does it work? Today I welcome JW Weatherman of Twitter fame to talk about all things Lightning Network, 2nd layer and sidechains. This is a subject that I admittedly am woefully uneducated in and a month or so ago I decided to really start learning how all of […]

Bitcoin Ten Years Later In Review. Today I welcome the first repeat guest of the podcast, Economist Jeffrey Tucker to talk about Bitcoin, ten years in review.  Over the past few months we have witnessed all the major ten year milestones in Bitcoins history from the dissemination of the whitepaper to the genesis block to […]

How Bad is Bitcoin’s energy use? Today I talk to Christopher Bendiksen about the massive misunderstandings and bad data floating around regarding Bitcoin’s energy use and its impact on the environment.  Christopher works for Coinshares a firm offering private strategies in the Bitcoin space who authored a whitepaper on Bitcoins energy through intensive research and […]

Mistakes I have made in Bitcoin Today I talk about the mistakes that I have made in this space and the money I have lost.  There is no substitution for experience and knowledge and  I have learned so much in this journey, but most of my learning has come from the previously private and now […]

What is Decred and how has it innovated? In this episode I talk to Marco Peereboom, Hacker, Decred new systems development lead and CTO of company zero about the Decred project and how it aims to upend the fiat paradigm and become a global currency.  Decred is a hybrid proof of work/proof of stake system that makes […]

Bitcoin’s Block Reward Problem. In this episode I talk to Andrew Glidden Law Student at University of Berkeley School of Law and co-author of a paper for the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.  I came into contact with Andrew because he had responded to a tweet by Nic Carter that I initially found to be quite […]

The Lessons of Namecoin In this episode I talk about Namecoin, the first altcoin and its lessons for the Crypto space as a whole.  Namecoin was the first “altcoin” and sought to create a decentralized DNS service, an internet that wasn’t controlled by ICANN and not subject to censorship.  It’s goals were laudable, the ability […]

The Stories That Bind Us In this episode I talk to Emily Coleman, Chief Marketing Officer for ShapeShift.io a platform that allows for quick swaps of over 30 cryptocurrencies and tokens.  Emily talks about a topic that I am extremely passionate about, that being increasing the focus on improving the UX ( User Experience) in […]

Is Bitcoin Money w/Prof. William Luther In this episode I speak with Prof. William Luther about the question of whether Bitcoin is money or not.  In past episodes I have spoken to multiple economists who have made the case that Bitcoin does meet Mises Regression theorem for money, however Prof. Luther makes the counter case […]

Luke Mulks on fighting censorship  In this episode I speak with Luke Mulks, Head of Business Development for the Brave Browser and Basic Attention Token.  Brave is a browser concept that makes privacy easy, their philosophy is to have it come baked into the product and make privacy something you shouldnt have to think about.  […]

The Litecoin Question with Andrew Yang In this episode I speak with Andrew Yang, a member of the Litecoin Community, founder of LiteSchool and COO of Blockfuse about the long term efficacy of Litecoin.  In Episodes 16 with Kurt Wuckert Jr. and Episode 18 with Murad Mahmudov I leveled criticisms against the use case for […]

BitBacker a Bitcoin Patreon Alternative In this episode I speak with Jonathan Hales the founder of Bitbacker.io a censorship free patreon alternative that runs on Cryptocurrency.  There is a dire need in the world for alternatives to the arbiters of acceptable opinion that have taken hold in silicon valley and what used to be the […]

Murad Mahmudov on Bitcoin This episode with Murad Mahmudov is one of my favorites so far and was an extremely intellectually stimulating conversation both on and off air that I enjoyed thoroughly. In today’s episode Murad & I discuss: His Bitcoin journey What is Bitcoin/Bitcoin Marjoritarianism Crypto Keynesian’s vs. Crypto Austrian’s Gold vs. Bitcoin The […]