Bitcoin Dad Pod

By The Bitcoin Dad

The Bitcoin Dad is here to explain the context around the monetary revolution that is Bitcoin. The technological, social, and financial complexities of Bitcoin are hard to understand and your Bitcoin ... more

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The podcast currently has 124 episodes available.

Bitcoin Dad Pod episodes:

July 29, 2022Episode 32: Under the Curve
News
Italy's government descends into chaos with the failure of a confidence vote for Mario Drahgi
Economics
Excalibur is Arthur's follow up to A Samurai, A Knight, And A Yankee
El Salvador announces a debt buyback scheme
Seems designed to reduce fears of defaul
El Salvador's bitcoin buys in 2021 were less than 0.5% of the national budget
Tokenomics
The SpiceDAO saga ends with a surprise privatization and they might literally also be child predators
Bitcoin Education
Offline seed generation for lazies
Learn more about seeds and key generation from lunaticoin
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
None today!
Value for Value
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Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
The Adopting Bitcoin Conference November 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% discount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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47min
July 27, 2022Episode 31: Interview: Kemal from Galoy
Guest Kemal
Learn more about Galoy and their Bitcoin Banking stack
The Raspibolt guide that Kemal used to understand lightning and bitcoin's value proposition
The Raspibolt is a 'one click option' that achieves similar funcitonality
The Galoy 'Liquidity Paper'
The Arthur Hayes piece on Bitmex synthetic dollars
Say hi to Kemal on twitter @_pretyflaco
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
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Sponsors and Acknowledgements
The Adopting Bitcoin Conference November 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% discount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 2min
July 25, 2022Episode 30: Wildly Speculative
Intro
Wild speculation that @elonmusk killed #terraluna with their #Bitcoin sale at 30k, killed all the degens, What a legend 🤣
Crypto skeptic David Gerard has a current list of exchanges with red flags
News
Chinese citizens are emigrating but concerned about taking their wealth with them while a collapsing real estate bubble that might take down the financial sector is slowing economic growth
Economics
Russia using dollars as unit of account but UAE dirhams as payment
The real story might be China's compounding economic decline masked by the Zero-Covid policy
ECB hikes rates to 0%, first raise in 10 years, but clearly not enough to tame inflation
While simultaneously printing money with the Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI) plan, intended to cap the rise in borrowing costs across the currency bloc as policy tightens.
Tokenomics
Scaramuchi's Skybridge Capital gates fund
Amy Castor on the Solend Whale story, she's a hater but gets this story right
Chainlink God's L1 Rotation Thesis is a good retrospective on the 2021 mania written by a degenerate altcoiner
Energy
Debunking Digiconomist Bitcoin Energy FUD by Ben Gagnon Chief Mining Officer of Bitfarms
Privacy
Chainalysis' article on mixers, cited in last week's Ars article, conflates coinjoin with mixing and is a load of nonsense
Brother Rabbit, anon of the Samourai Dev Team, describes coinjoin privacy
Bitcoin Education
Bitcoin Optech #208 focuses on discussions of the inflationary (or not) effects of tail emissions and dealing with fee sniping
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
Jamal Kashogi, the murdered Saudi journalist, wrote for the Washington Post, not the New York Times
The S in 'PIGS' stands for Spain
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
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Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
The Adopting Bitcoin Conference November 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% discount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 41min
July 18, 2022Episode 29: Peak Griftonomics
News
French wholesale CBDC iminnent
Bank of Int'l Settlement's Project Jura shows development of multinational CBDC settlement systems
Conversations about the language of bitcoin in the context of European regulation
Ars Technica doesn't understand why financial privacy is important
Increased KYC/AML, 10k Euro cash limits, unhosted wallet reguations
What bitcoin is actually doing is signing messages
Should U.S. Government Employees who work on crypto policy be allowed to own crypto?
Economics
Exploding Ruble-Yuan direct exchange volumes are another nail in the coffin of the Petrodollar
The Federal Reserve, the US Central Bank, is researching the effects of the bitcoin lightning network on blockspace demand and liquidity
Tokenomics
Celcius finally files for bankruptcy, and it's a chapter 11 meaning all depositors are getting wiped out
Voyager, a bankrupt cypto lender, lent 3ac, a bankrupt degen crypto hedgefund, ~$700M and they bought a dickbutt NFT with some of the money
Also 3ac has abandoned their offices, looks like they're pulling a runner!
Loans were used to buy stupid NFTs
Energy
Lyn Alden, a Financial Analyst, outlines a case for structurally higher energy prices for the 2020s
Expensive Gasoline Keeps More Summer Drivers Off Road Than at Height of Pandemic
Latest EU report on bitcoin compares bitcoin to ICE cars, it's pretty bad research
Bitcoin Education
The OP_RETURN war of 2014 pushed DAP development off bitcoin
No concept of a neutral bitcoin network
Idea of 'miss-using' transactions
Bitcoin Optech #208 is either really interesting or we're nerds
Tunnel your home node through a VPS courtesy of bitcoinlizard
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
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Fountain podcast app (Android)
Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 48min
July 12, 2022Episode 28: Interview - Jameson Lopp
Jameson Lopp
Bitcoin as a trust anchor
Jameson's views on IPOs, ICOs, and STOs
Jameson's bitcoin educational resources
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
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Fountain podcast app (Android)
Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
56min
July 10, 2022Episode 27: Stock to Seagulls
News
Debunking the bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model
Embarassed to say that I didn't question it more
Confirmation bias/group think is real
Let's wade into Nic Carter's critique of bitcoin maximalism and Pete Rizzo's rebuttal
Revisiting Rizzo's early piece on bitcoin maximalism provides context
Nic has serious bitcoin chops as evidenced by his website
Economics
Arthur's breadown of the crypto lending crash
Doesn't dwell on the alleged fraud at 3ac
Economic research paper linking ETFs to lower wages
Tokenomics
CAR is creating their own altcoin based on 'tokenized natural resources', just like Venezuela
Report on CAR paints a bleak picture of the country
Privacy
Hacked exchange accounts are cheaper than expected on the dark web
Chinese total surveillance police state apparently doesn't protect citizen data particularily well
Similar leak detailed how China uses surveillance to commit genocide on the Uighers
The libertarian CATO Institute report on how inflation reduces financial privacy
CATO's 1998 newsletter supporting Adam Back and the cypherpunks drive for encryption and privacy
Rember the clipper chip?
Energy
IAE report on nuclear energy suggests that momentum for new nuclear power options is building, but sufficient nuclear to meaningfully impact climate change is still far away
Bitcoin Education
Lopp's excellent page of lightning resources
Elizabeth's Stark's lightning network primer is a good start
Blockstream has a schnorr half aggregation proposal
You can view it in their cross input signature aggregation (CISA) repo
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:
Fountain podcast app (Android & Apple)
Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
59min
July 04, 2022Episode 26: Sidechains for Sandwiches v2
Pre-show Tease
A fancy blog post affinity scamming with Open Source Software and bitcoin to promote a valueless project that has crashed to nothing
News
Compass Mining CEO and CFO resign - hosted mining has always been a sh*tshow
Previously lost control of customer ASICs in Russia
Ruben Smonsen receives a grant to work on spacechains
Gillebrand-Loomis Github Bill Feedback is both perceptive and ridiculous
Solana labs is making a web3 mobile phone: is this a bottom or top signal?
Economics
A doom filled twitter thread sums up generally negative macro conditions
Where 80% of Global Energy Comes From
### Tokenomics
3ac ordered to liquidate by a BVI judge
FTX rumored to be aquiring BlockFI for $25m but Zac Prince, BlockFI CEO denies this
Ledger adds rehypothication via Alchemy Earn
Privacy
European custodial crypto transfers will be completely surveilled, but self-custody carveout remains for now
Coinbase is a surveillance company helping ICE and other 3 letter agencies perform warrentless surveillance on all their customers
nokyc: A script that lists all current Bisq offers in the terminal
Bitcoin Education
The oracle problem as shown by the Chainlink 2.0 white paper
Bitcoin Optech #206 is mostly education links
The largest multisig quorums per address type
Bitcoin Core node block relay options
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
Mischaracterizaiton of the FTX credit line/aquisition of BlockFI
Panic of 1907 callback
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:
Fountain podcast app (Android & Apple)
Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 26min
July 03, 2022Episode 26: Sidechains for Sandwiches
Pre-show Tease
A fancy blog post affinity scamming with Open Source Software and bitcoin to promote a valueless project that has crashed to nothing
News
Compass Mining CEO and CFO resign - hosted mining has always been a mess
Previously lost control of customer ASICs in Russia
Ruben Smonsen receives a grant to work on spacechains
Gillebrand-Loomis Github Bill Feedback is both perceptive and ridiculous
Solana labs is making a web3 mobile phone: is this a bottom or top signal?
Economics
A doom filled twitter thread sums up generally negative macro conditions
Where 80% of Global Energy Comes From
Tokenomics
3ac ordered to liquidate by a BVI judge
FTX rumored to be aquiring BlockFI for $25m but Zac Prince, BlockFI CEO denies this
Ledger adds rehypothication via Alchemy Earn
Privacy
European custodial crypto transfers will be completely surveilled, but self-custody carveout remains for now
Coinbase is a surveillance company helping ICE and other 3 letter agencies perform warrentless surveillance on all their customers
nokyc: A script that lists all current Bisq offers in the terminal
Bitcoin Education
The oracle problem as shown by the Chainlink 2.0 white paper
Bitcoin Optech #206 is mostly education links
The largest multisig quorums per address type
Bitcoin Core node block relay options
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
Mischaracterizaiton of the FTX credit line/aquisition of BlockFI
Panic of 1907 callback
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:
Fountain podcast app (Android & Apple)
Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 26min
June 25, 2022Episode 25: Token Gestures
News
Economics
Lyn Alden's June newsletter is all about Demand Destruction
El Salvador’s government is gambling on bitcoin: The Economist magazine on the problems of the Bukele Regime
SBF the founder of FTX wants to be an altcoin central bank except not really
Aaaand he's providing $250m of revolving credit to Blockfi
Tokenomics
Solend, Solana based lending protocol, wanted to steal a whale's $120m deposit, got backlash, so now want to rugpull liquidate in a different way
Privacy
DuckDuckGo searches seem to be plateauing, might just be a blip but demand for privacy seems to be a persistent issue
Former lead dev of Wasabi 2.0 Wallet thinks the latest release is not safe to use
Wasabi says it's not being reckless, the release is just so great it doesn't need testing
We mention Bloom Filters, a fascinating bit of bitcoin engineering
China weaponizing health screening codes to crush protestors against bank account confiscations
A CBDC would cut out several steps in this problem
Bitcoin Education
Bolt Hackathon tutorials on youtube if you want to get started building on lightning
Certified Bitcoin Professional test
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Corrections
None today!
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
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Podverse (Cross platform and self hostable)
Castamatic (Apple)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
1h 9min
June 24, 2022Episode 24: Interview: Bryan Solstin, WA Candidate for US Senate
Interview: Bryan Solstin
Bryan's campaign website
Follow Bryan on twitter @BryanBSolstin
Bryan's podcast
Feedback
Remember to get in touch [email protected] or @bitcoindadpod on twitter
Consider joining the matrix channel using a matrix client like element
Value for Value
Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem
The Fountain podcast app
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting
...more
44min

FAQs about Bitcoin Dad Pod:

How many episodes does Bitcoin Dad Pod have?

The podcast currently has 124 episodes available.