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Putting Bitcoin knowledge within everyone's reach, join Josh Humphrey as he interviews developers, authors, makers and thinkers in the Bitcoin space.

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Bottomshelf Bitcoin episodes:

01.12.2022
Bitcoin and Cypherpunk Christianity with Hodlberry [Episode 68]
Hodlberry joins me again to discuss his recent article in Bitcoin Magazine and how Bitcoin is compatible with the Christian faith, and how mainstream Christianity has lost it's counter-culture, cypherpunk traditions. Follow Hodlberry on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hodlberry Discussed: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christian-invest-bitcoin/ - Original TGC article https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-christians-are-called-money-truth...
10.06.2020
Austin Jones of Atlas Arms - [Episode 67]
Austin Jones of Atlas Arms joins me to talk about their project, the Dagny Dagger and how Bitcoin has played a part in their funding. We also talk about the loss of wilderness and frontier, his prior work in the...
09.22.2020
Bitcoin ETF (End the Fed) w MrPseu - [Episode 66]
Phil Gibson aka Mr.Pseu joins me to discuss his road to Bitcoin via a series of podcast hops and a stint in the bcash camp, and his new single "ETF" out now on Citadel21. Follow: Twitter - https://twitter.com/mrpseu Article/Single - https://www.citadel21.com/etf-economic-earworms-of-the-sound-money-revolution Music - https://etf615.com Phil's...
08.29.2020
Hodlberry [Episode 65]
Hodlberry joins me to discuss how he got into Bitcoin, how it changes you, and we review the sad tale of the Liberty Dollar. Follow Hodlberry on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hodlberry Discussed: Bitcoin Banner - https://twitter.com/hodlberry/status/1279602552250777603?s=20 Locha Mesh - https://locha.io Liberty Dollar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_dollar_(private_currency) -------- Support the...
07.13.2020
Haseeb Awani on SIM swaps [Episode 64]
Haseeb Awan joins me to discuss his history with Bitcoin ATMs as well as SIM swaps and how his company Efani protects their customer from SIM swapping. Follow: Haseeb on Twitter - https://twitter.com/haseeb Efani on Twitter - https://twitter.com/efani Efani website - https://efani.com Referenced: Efani blog -...
06.24.2020
DiverterNoKYC on Mining for the Streets [Episode 63]
DiverterNoKYC joins me to talk about his report "Mining for the Streets" - using Bitcoin miners in your home for acquiring Bitcoin without bending the knee to KYC. We discussed: -Diverter's story -Why no KYC -Mining goals for home mining -What miners /...
06.18.2020
Jeff See on Facing the State [Episode 62]
Jeff See and I discuss using the Socratic method when dealing with the State. While this theoretically works in any non-violent offense, we discuss it in the frame of potential future laws about KYC'd Bitcoin. Twitter - https://twitter.com/defundthestate_ Referenced: Never Talk to the...
06.09.2020
Brian Harrington on Bitcoin Spending [Episode 61]
Brian Harrington joins me to talk about spending Bitcoin and involving Bitcoin in your family budget process. We also talk about pushing back on the theft of taxation by using Bitcoin, what the Jesus said about taxes and government, the...
06.02.2020
Matt Odell on Taking Back Your Privacy [Episode 60]
In this episode Matt Odell and I discuss how the state uses your phone and computer to take in massive amounts of data to use against you in the future, and what steps you can take to reduce the amount...
05.25.2020
Bitcoin Sign Guy discusses Urbit and Bitcoin [Episode 59]
Bitcoin Sign Guy joins me to talk about the work he is doing with the Urbit project, a simplified operating system designed to make running servers and decentralized applications easy for the common man. We discuss the architecture and current...
05.11.2020
Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin [Episode 58]
Cory Klippsten, CEO of SwanBitcoin joins me to talk about his journey to Bitcoin and how the SwanBitcoin interface seeks to simplify the process of KYC-buying Bitcoin through automation of both purchase and withdrawal. We discussed the peace of mind...
05.06.2020
Marty Bent on Great American Mining [Episode 57]
Marty Bent joins me to discuss Great American Mining, a company making use of waste gas from oil fields to power bitcoin mining here in the USA. We talk about mining costs and variables, the importance of decentralizing mining and...
04.30.2020
Scott Sibley, creator of SHAmory Bitcoin board game [Episode 56]
This week I'm joined by Scott Sibley to talk about his forthcoming board game SHAmory, that helps teach concepts of Bitcoin mining in a way that is fun and easy to understand. Scott also talks about how his background in...
04.22.2020
Guy Swann on the failures of government intervention [Episode 55]
Guy Swann of The Cryptoconomy and I discuss how government meddling causes the economic fragility we saw in 2008 and we're seeing again now, as well as how the money printing they use to try and fix it only makes...
03.21.2020
Covid Chats [Episode 54]
This week I have three quick interviews with Bitcoiners in various places. Brian Lockhart from the greater Seatle area, Beefsteak Josh from NYC, and Marshall Long who is working on 3d printed masks to hopefully help relieve the growing shortage....
10.31.2019
Lightnite with Carlos from Satoshi's Games [Episode 53]
This week I chat with Carlos from Satoshi's Games to talk about the upcoming release of Lightnite, a battle royale style video game that makes use of Bitcoin and will hopefully bring Bitcoin into the gaming culture. Follow Lightnite: Web - https://lightnite.io Twitter...
10.24.2019
All about nodes with Pierre and Ketan [Episode 52]
This week is a double header about nodes with Pierre Rochard and Ketan Gulabdas from Ministry of Nodes. We talk about various ways to run a Bitcoin node and why you should. Pierre: Twitter - https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard BitcoinACKs - https://bitcoinacks.com/ Node Launcher: Github - https://github.com/lightning-power-users/node-launcher Medium Tutorials...
09.05.2019
Guns N' Bitcoin with Ragnar Lifthrasir [Episode 51]
Ragnar Lifthrasir joins me to talk about his project Guns N' Bitcoin, helping bitcoiners and gun owners understand both. We talk about their pistol and hardware wallet case, the similar natures of gun and bitcoin communities and the new GnB...
08.26.2019
Bitcoin content and more with Marty Bent [Episode 50]
I hung out with Marty Bent at BitBlockBoom in Dallas for episode 50(!) and we talked about his Bitcoin origins, creating content and more. Marty on Twitter - https://twitter.com/martybent Marty's Bent - https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Tales from the Crypt - https://tftc.io/tales-from-the-crypt/ Hayek's "Use of Knowledge in...
08.01.2019
Conner Brown on Bitcoin's (lack of) Intrinsic Value [Episode 49]
Conner Brown joins me to talk about his recent article on Bitcoin's lack of intrinsic value, and how using non-moneys for stores of value degrade their primary uses. Conner on Twitter - https://twitter.com/_connerbrown_ Conner's article on Medium - https://medium.com/coinmonks/bitcoin-has-no-intrinsic-value-and-thats-great-e6994adbfe0f Conner's article read on...
07.06.2019
LN Cast with DJ Seeds [Episode 48]
DJ Seeds, creator of LNCast.com and TFTC.io, joins me to talk about better podcasting revenue models, specifically with LNcast, a pay-per-episode podcatcher running on lightning and BTCPay. We talk about the traditional methods of podcasting advertisements, various details of RSS...
06.26.2019
Non-KYC Bitcoin Gift Cards from Rise Wallet [Episode 47]
I'm joined in this episode by Miljan of Rise Wallet to discuss their mobile software wallet and gift card based bitcoin purchasing. We also dig in to what features make a wallet easy for onboarding new users. Give it a...
06.20.2019
Bitcoin Fiction (The Signal / A Libra Future) [Episode 46]
Just me this week reading some Bitcoin fiction. I read a story I wrote called 'The Signal' and a thread from @obiwankenobit about a dystopian Libra future. ObiwanKenobits - https://twitter.com/obiwankenobits Obiwan's Thread - https://twitter.com/ObiWanKenoBit/status/1141408826731593728 Reddit post of Bitcoin future - https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/ Support the Show:...
06.11.2019
A Trip to Bitville with The Bitcoin Rabbi [Episode 45]
The Bitcoin Rabbi joins me to talk about his great new children's book, "Bitcoin Money" Bitcoin rabbi on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thebitcoinrabbi Bitcoin Money - https://bitcoinmoneybook.com Bitcoin Money on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Money-Tale-Bitville-Discovering/dp/0578490676/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=bitcoin+money&qid=1560180719&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Tuttle Twins and the Creature from Jekyl Island - bottomshelfbitcoin.com/kidsbook Cryptoconomy on Debt and Usury...
06.06.2019
Final Message and an Adversarial Mindset with Matt Odell [Episode 44]
I sat down with Matt Odell to talk about his latest project Final Message, adversarial thinking, hopes and fears for the future, non-KYC Bitcoin, multi-sig and more. Don't forget to check out LN Cast to drop some sats on TFTC...
03.19.2019
Janine Roem on #DeleteCoinbase and Revision-controlled Journalism [Episode 43]
Janine Roem joins me to talk about the recent Coinbase-HackingTeam debacle and the community's response with #deleteCoinbase, as well as her ideas for revision-controlled journalism. Read Janine's thread here https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1100876184999596054 ----Janine https://twitter.com/j9roem - Twitter https://t.co/4Sggw8Drp7 - Janine's blog ----Block Digest https://twitter.com/blockdigest - Twitter https://t.co/3fjlDiCJdU - Audio...
03.08.2019
JW Weatherman's 10 hours of Bitcoin [Episode 42]
JW Weatherman joins me to talk about 10 Hours of Bitcoin and Mathbot.com. We also discuss state propoganda, education and crypto scams along the way. ---JW---- https://twitter.com/jwweatherman_ https://10hoursofbitcoin.com https://mathbot.com ------ Referenced: https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state - Murray Rothbard's "Anatomy of the State" https://mises.org/library/human-action-0 - Ludwig Von Mises' "Human Action" https://mises.org/library/ethics-money-production -...
02.26.2019
Lightning Torch with Hodlonaut [Episode 41]
Space cat Hodlonaut joins me to talk about the lightning torch aka the LNTrustChain. We also discussed custodial v non-custodial wallets, shades of maximalism and having a diverse community while maintaining consensus. ---- Referenced Hodlonaut - https://twitter.com/hodlonaut Take the torch - https://takethetorch.online...
02.26.2019
Lightning Torch with Hodlonaut [Episode 41]
Space cat Hodlonaut joins me to talk about the lightning torch aka the LNTrustChain. We also discussed custodial v non-custodial wallets, shades of maximalism and having a diverse community while maintaining consensus. ---- Referenced Hodlonaut - https://twitter.com/hodlonaut Take the torch - https://takethetorch.online...
02.21.2019
FUDbustin-21m Cap [Episode 40]
Clark Moody and I roll the FUD dice and discuss the 21million Bitcoin cap. Bitcoin Supply schedule - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply Miner underpay - see note under chart at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply#Projected_Bitcoins_Long_Term Bitcoin Private secret premine - https://coinmetrics.io/bitcoin-private/ Zcash inflation bug - http://fortune.com/2019/02/05/zcash-vulnerability-cryptocurrency/ FUD dice 2 - https://quinsolo.com/product/fud-dice/ new sponsor...
02.07.2019
Alex Hardy's Take on Bitcoin [Episode 39]
Alex Hardy joins me to talk about his Bitcoin origins, his Proof of Take newsletter, the importance of reputation in the space and more. Follow Alex Twitter Proof of Take Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin Tally Coin donation Donation page Bottomshelf Morale Patch Bitcoin Merit...
01.31.2019
Locha Mesh Networks with Randy Brito [Episode 38]
Randy Brito is back with updates from Venezuela, including a new project under development called Locha. Locha aims to create mesh networks from open source software and low-cost hardware that can be made wherever you live. Links Locha BitcoinVenezuela Randy Brito Locha Telegram Randy on Episode...
01.24.2019
Justin Moon’s BUIDL Bootcamp [Episode 37]
Justin Moon and I hung out in Austin to talk about Bitcoin, Bitcoin businesses, Buidl Bootcamp, and forming community with other Bitcoiners Follow Justin Twitter Youtube Buidl Bootcamp Bitcoin Book Club Learn Python Codecademy's Python Course SoloLearn Python Other References BlockSci Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin Tally Coin donation Donation page Bottomshelf Morale Patch Bitcoin Merit Badge Patreon Tuttle...
01.16.2019
FUDbustin' - Small Blocks [Episode 36]
Another Fudbustin' episode, this time on Small Blocks. I not only talk about the benefits of small blocks over large, but also why we have a block size limit at all. Satoshi and Small Blocks History of Consensus Forks from Bitmex Research Complete...
01.10.2019
Fudbustin' - Deflation [Episode 35]
FUD Bustin: Deflation We're busting the FUD that Bitcoin's deflationary policy is a bad thing in this week's episode Nic Carter's FUD dice BIS paper on deflation Bitcoin Wiki Deflationary Spiral Does Hoarding Really Hurt Bitcoin? I'm Hoarding Bitcoin Spending During Deflation HODL waves Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin Tally Coin donation Donation...
01.03.2019
Bitcoin is Ten with Clark Moody [Episode 34]
I chat with Clark Moody about Bitcoin's first ten years, and where we're going in the future. Follow Clark Clark's site Bitcoin and the Interplanetary Frontier Twitter Picks and Shovels Other References Bitcoin Podcasters Episode 7 with Clark Moody Nic Carter's FUD dice Jim BTC SmarterEveryDay...
12.27.2018
Jeff Vandrew on Bitcoin retirement acccounts and Quickbooks integration [Episode 33]
Jeff Vandrew, attorney and CPA, joins me to discusses his practice and setting up investment accounts to allow them to include Bitcoin as well as his recent work on creating a Quickbooks integration for BTCPay Server. Follow Jeff Twitter Jeff’s site Referenced Quickbooks integration BTCPayServer Bottomshelf Episode...
12.24.2018
A Christmas Message from Bottomshelf Bitcoin
This is an episode that’s not about Bitcoin. It’s about Christmas. References from the Bible ESV Bible The Fall of Man Exodus Luke 2 (birth of Jesus) Mark 14-16 (Crucifixion and Resurrection) Bible Project Summary Videos Creation and Fall of Man Exodus Part 1, Part 2 The Birth of Jesus...
12.18.2018
Vijay Boyapati is still bullish on Bitcoin [Episode 32]
I talk with Vijay Boyapati about his article “The Bullish Case for Bitcoin”, as well as his time at Google and the recent Bcash Hash War. Follow Vijay Twitter Medium Stories The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Bitmain’s BCH bags Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin
12.11.2018
David Levine on Market Cycles, Geopolitics and Long-term Optimism [Episode 31]
Follow David: ParanoidBull account David’s personal account Odin River on Medium Other References: Peter Thiel debate Thread on David’s views about Bitcoin Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin
10.09.2018
Dan Held on Interchange and PoW Efficiency [Episode 30]
Dan Held talks with me about Interchange, a project that Picks & Shovels is working on as well as his recent article on how Proof of Work is actually efficient. Follow Dan: Twitter Medium PoW is Efficient Picks and Shovels: Main site Twitter Harmony CSV standard Recommended Other Podcasts: Noded...
09.18.2018
Austin Storms talks Bitcoin mining [Episode 29]
Austin Storms talks to me about mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. We talked about the progression of mining hardware and the nature of mining in various regulatory environments. Follow Austin Twitter Stories Quebec changes stance on Bitcoin Mining Bitmain announces Rockdale facility UpstreamData – Bitcoin Mining...
09.05.2018
Vortex on Bitcoin education and CryptoCast Network [Episode 28]
Vortex joins me to talk about his new channel CryptoCast Network, as well as his project Programming with Bitcoin, a C# workshop focused on how to work with Bitcoin. Follow Vortex Twitter TheOneVortex.com CryptoCast Network CryptoCast main site Twitter Instagram Programming with Bitcoin Programming with Bitcoin site Nicolas on Twitter Other Jimmy...
08.28.2018
Jameson Lopp on OpSec in the physical world [Episode 27]
Jameson Lopp joins me to talk about OpSec and making yourself a hard target. We also discussed his work with CasaHodl. Follow Lopp Twitter Mastodon Github Medium Earn Lopp’s Projects Physical Bitcoin attacks Lopp.net statoshi.info CasaHODL Stories Reflections Upon a SWATting Wikipedia article on Swatting Swatting script kiddies Root cause of swatting? Forbes list of Crypto Rich...
08.23.2018
Dhruv Bansal [Episode 26]
Dhruv Bansal of Unchained Capital comes on the show to talk about how hodlers can turn long term investments into short term opportunities via cryptoasset-backed lending. Follow Dhruv
08.14.2018
Adam Gibson on UTXOs and Fungibility [Episode 25]
Follow Adam Gibson Twitter Mastodon Github Blog JoinMarket JoinMarket JoinMarket on Github Fungibility Tech Greg Maxwell on CoinJoin CoinJoin Samourai Wallet OXT.me Wasabi Wallet HD Wallets Coin Shuffle from Tim Ruffing Greg Maxwell on Confidential Transactions Pay to Endpoint explained by nopara73 Non-Bitcoin Privacy Monero Vuvuzela Chaumian Mix Networks Other Noded episode on UTXOs and coin control Support Bottomshelf Bitcoin Patreon Donation page Tuttle Twins —– Music Credits: Morning Ritual...
08.07.2018
Pierre Rochard on governance and social signaling [Episode 24]
Pierre Rochard comes on the show to talk Bitcoin governance, social signaling, Schelling points, and institutional money. Pierre Pierre on Twitter Debt jubilee tweet Pierre on Medium Bitcoin Governance Bitcoin Acks Bitcoin Advisory Noded Bitcoin Podcast Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Other The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopolis Noded Episode...
08.01.2018
Lightning Network Reference Rates with Nik Bhatia [Episode 23]
Nik Bhatia comes on to talk about his ideas on the Lightning Network Reference Rate and Bitcoin-native finance. We also touched on the blockchain credit ratings and the CFA Charterholder’s exam including cryptocurrencies. I also gave a little speech on...
07.10.2018
Ethereum Centralization with StopAndDecrypt [Episode 22]
StopAndDecrypt joins me to discuss the trend towards centralization in the Ethereum network, and the importance of full validation. We also reveal that his is not in fact WhalePanda. StopAndDecrypt @stopanddecrypt StopAndDecrypt on Medium on Reddit Ethereum Centralization Issues Ethereum Blockchain has exceed 1tb (listen) Sharding Centralizes...
07.03.2018
Andreas Raspitzu’s BTC-hotspot [Episode 21]
Andreas Raspitzu came on the show to discuss his project, BTC-Hotspot, enabling you to monetize your internet connection by sharing it over a Raspberry Pi. We discussed its potential as well as the challenges he’s faced and the value of...

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Bottomshelf Bitcoin episodes:

Bitcoin and Cypherpunk Christianity with Hodlberry [Episode 68]

Austin Jones of Atlas Arms - [Episode 67]

Bitcoin ETF (End the Fed) w MrPseu - [Episode 66]

Hodlberry [Episode 65]

Haseeb Awani on SIM swaps [Episode 64]

DiverterNoKYC on Mining for the Streets [Episode 63]

Jeff See on Facing the State [Episode 62]

Brian Harrington on Bitcoin Spending [Episode 61]

Matt Odell on Taking Back Your Privacy [Episode 60]

Bitcoin Sign Guy discusses Urbit and Bitcoin [Episode 59]

Cory Klippsten of Swan Bitcoin [Episode 58]

Marty Bent on Great American Mining [Episode 57]

Scott Sibley, creator of SHAmory Bitcoin board game [Episode 56]

Guy Swann on the failures of government intervention [Episode 55]

Covid Chats [Episode 54]

Lightnite with Carlos from Satoshi's Games [Episode 53]

All about nodes with Pierre and Ketan [Episode 52]

Guns N' Bitcoin with Ragnar Lifthrasir [Episode 51]

Bitcoin content and more with Marty Bent [Episode 50]

Conner Brown on Bitcoin's (lack of) Intrinsic Value [Episode 49]

LN Cast with DJ Seeds [Episode 48]

Non-KYC Bitcoin Gift Cards from Rise Wallet [Episode 47]

Bitcoin Fiction (The Signal / A Libra Future) [Episode 46]

A Trip to Bitville with The Bitcoin Rabbi [Episode 45]

Final Message and an Adversarial Mindset with Matt Odell [Episode 44]

Janine Roem on #DeleteCoinbase and Revision-controlled Journalism [Episode 43]

JW Weatherman's 10 hours of Bitcoin [Episode 42]

Lightning Torch with Hodlonaut [Episode 41]

Lightning Torch with Hodlonaut [Episode 41]

FUDbustin-21m Cap [Episode 40]

Alex Hardy's Take on Bitcoin [Episode 39]

Locha Mesh Networks with Randy Brito [Episode 38]

Justin Moon’s BUIDL Bootcamp [Episode 37]

FUDbustin' - Small Blocks [Episode 36]

Fudbustin' - Deflation [Episode 35]

Bitcoin is Ten with Clark Moody [Episode 34]

Jeff Vandrew on Bitcoin retirement acccounts and Quickbooks integration [Episode 33]

A Christmas Message from Bottomshelf Bitcoin

Vijay Boyapati is still bullish on Bitcoin [Episode 32]

David Levine on Market Cycles, Geopolitics and Long-term Optimism [Episode 31]

Dan Held on Interchange and PoW Efficiency [Episode 30]

Austin Storms talks Bitcoin mining [Episode 29]

Vortex on Bitcoin education and CryptoCast Network [Episode 28]

Jameson Lopp on OpSec in the physical world [Episode 27]

Dhruv Bansal [Episode 26]

Adam Gibson on UTXOs and Fungibility [Episode 25]

Pierre Rochard on governance and social signaling [Episode 24]

Lightning Network Reference Rates with Nik Bhatia [Episode 23]

Ethereum Centralization with StopAndDecrypt [Episode 22]

Andreas Raspitzu’s BTC-hotspot [Episode 21]