How do you think about investing as a bitcoiner? Preston Pysh of TIP rejoins me on the show to talk about a range of related ideas: 

 HODL vs invest in companies
 Microstrategy and other public companies
  VC and early stage investment
  Realistic investment hurdle rates
  Technical realities as bitcoin grows

Links:

  X: @PrestonPysh
  TIP: theinvestorspodcast.com
  nostr: npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z

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Bitcoin and Investing with Preston Pysh SLP567

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As you may know, at the recent Bitcoin++ conference, there was a ‘meeting of the minds’ and Brandon Black aka reardencode rejoins me on the show to discuss. We talk about: 

 The state of various covenant proposals
 What has shifted now in thinking
 The promise of Great Script Restoration
 Could it have bad side effects? 
  Doing good engineering

Links:

  X: @reardencode 
  Bitcoin++: btcplusplus.dev 
  Rusty’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp8918HLnA

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A Shift in Bitcoin Developer Thought? with Brandon Black (aka reardencode) SLP573

Miljan from Primal joins me to talk about why Bitcoiners should not sleep on Nostr. We chat:

 Why he’s bullish on nostr
 What the experience is like nowadays
 Network effects for creators and devs
 Dealing with spam and sybil
 Why Openness is the killer feature

Links:

 X: @mbraticevic
  Site: Primal.net
  Miljan’s Nostr npub: npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr
  Miljan’s Nostr: miljan@primal.net 

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Bitcoiners, Don’t Sleep on Nostr! - Miljan SLP572

Peruvian Bull, a macro writer and commentator joins me to explain what’s happening with the Japanese economy and how it all ties in with the dollar end game. We discuss: 

 The impossible trinity for Japan
 Japanese government debt
 The global JPY carry trade
 The impact on the US financial system

Links:

 X: @peruvian_bull
 Nostr: npub1xwmyzp64xx03kw9ecd7fzsj3e9dgwah6an0rdng0cc6ux4dswwjs28pyyc
  Newsletter: https://substack.com/@peruvianbull

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What’s happening with JPY? - Peruvian Bull SLP571

Parker Lewis of Zaprite rejoins me on the show to discuss recent updates in the space and what’s happening with Zaprite and merchant adoption. 

 “Then they fight you” ?
 Chilling Effect
 Zaprite
 Getting Bitcoin Payment Rails Ready
 Gradually, Then Suddenly
 Why hope should not be lost

Links:

 X: @parkeralewis
 Site: Zaprite.com 
 Get Parker’s Book: thesifhouse.com 

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Then They Fight You? - Parker Lewis SLP570


A lot of people talk about Bitcoin Ossification. Today Steve Lee, Lead @ Spiral rejoins me to expand on why this is the wrong idea. We also talk about the recent situation with bitcoin mining  pool centralisation and what is driving it. 
Links:

 X: @moneyball 
 AJ Town’s ‘Slow and Steady’ post mentioned: 
 Earlier episode also mentioned: SLP433 : v2 P2P Transport Protocol for Bitcoin (BIP324) 

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