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This is the one-hundred-fifty-ninth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.

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Matthew and Alec discuss current world topics, including the devaluation of the Argentinian peso and the Zero Trust Initiative. Also, Alec discusses his newest venture: havenX.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:16 Argentinian peso devaluation

00:12:05 Alec's havenX

00:17:08 Privacy in the government

00:19:50 Zero Trust Initiative within the Biden administration

00:21:37 havenX and its services

00:29:44 The next scam

00:35:49 Trial and Error within an ETF

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This is the eighty-third video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Contents

00:00 Intro

01:01 Devaluation of the peso

03:15 Not enough devaluation

04:16 How does Bitcoin fit in?

06:21 Black market price of pesos valued in dollar terms

Here, I review the Argentinian peso, the Black Market rate, and where Bitcoin fits in.

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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This is the one-hundred-fifty-eighth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.

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Matthew, Alec, and Michel are back together again for some commentary on the markets and issues in the Bitcoin world.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:30 Crime and Bitcoin

00:08:03 Nationalism in Today's World

00:17:30 Power Regression as of Dec 5th, 2023

00:28:02 Issues in Crypto Wallets

00:49:08 U.S. Federal Debt and China's Numbers

00:58:51 OpenAI News

01:02:00 The Funding Behind Signal

01:08:22 Implementation of iMessage on Android

01:13:35 Spamming the Blockchain Issues

01:17:30 Alec's Philosophical Question

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This is the eighty-second video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money (and sports), from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:59 Scenes from Torino

02:00 Mastering your craft

02:43 Jimmy Connors (5th)

03:15 Ivan Lendl (4th)

04:30 Pete Sampras (3rd)

05:25 Roger Federer (2nd)

06:14 Rafael Nadal (6th)

07:08 Novak Djokovic (1st)

Here I review Novak Djokovic's incredible record-extending 400th week atop the ATP rankings at #1 coming off his record-breaking 7th ATP Finals victory in Torino.

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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This is the eighty-first video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:23 Review of regression trendlines

02:22 Review of 2021 boom

03:58 Review of earlier booms

04:37 Review of prior year

05:09 2-sigma down move

07:13 1-sigma moves

08:04 2-sigma up moves

08:55 Trendline out to 2030

Here I review the latest power regression trendline for the Bitcoin price, based on all the pricing data, from 22-May 2010, until today, 10-Nov-2023.

Prior videos with further info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBMDh9ly95Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrqnAwucmk

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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This is the one hundred fifty-seventh podcast episode from Crypto Voices.

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Matthew interviews Aaron van Wirdum, journalist and editor at Bitcoin Magazine, and author of the upcoming Genesis Book.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:30 Explaining Bitcoin to others

00:07:12 Hyperbitcoinization

00:10:50 Bitcoin's utility

00:12:41 Physical cash growth

00:22:37 Cash, Bitcoin, CBDCs

00:31:15 European regulation

00:32:50 Bitcoin privacy

00:41:24 Bitcoin Amsterdam

00:43:23 New book!

00:49:02 Closing links

Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/AaronvanW

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j7PDr7uTNsJs3CmCmtB0vLjmkKz4GOnQ

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aaron-van-wirdum

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This is the one hundred fifty-sixth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.

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Matthew and Michel interview Henrik Skogstrøm, founder and CEO of Torq (formerly known as LN Capital). The Torq platform is enterprise software for managing capital, channels, and routing nodes in a secure, automated, and trigger-driven way.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:08 Background on LN Capital (and Torq)

00:02:35 Open or closed?

00:03:12 Target market

00:05:14 State of Lightning Network

00:07:08 Which implementations?

00:07:56 Async?

00:08:24 Active customers?

00:09:00 Main features

00:10:23 Dashboard demo

00:18:10 LSP definition

00:18:50 LN econ vs. On-chain

00:21:05 Scaling Bitcoin w/ LN

00:24:20 Escaping to LN?

00:30:44 Routing node profit motive

00:32:08 LN landscape vs. On-chain

00:35:18 LN capacity

00:39:46 Data collection?

00:40:17 Scaling Lightning

00:43:56 Torq mid-term goals

00:45:50 LN econ vs. On-chain (again)

00:47:37 LN fees vs. On-chain

00:52:48 Closing links

Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/ohskogstrom

https://twitter.com/TorqLN

https://ln.capital/

https://twitter.com/ScalingLN

https://scalinglightning.com/

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This is the eightieth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:20 Official dollar price (in ARS)

04:09 Bitcoin price (in ARS)

06:58 Black market dollar price (in ARS)

11:00 Mainstream doesn't call it "black"

Here I cover the devaluation of the Argentine peso which occurred recently on 14 August. You may be surprised to know that there is a long-standing black market price for the peso, and you can actually back into this using the Bitcoin price (in Argentine pesos), as Bitcoin is one of the most liquid, free, and globally traded assets around the world.

Prior videos with further info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVKzQYtX1PY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tJCGoU9yE

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This is the one hundred fifty-fifth podcast episode from Crypto Voices.

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Matthew, Alec, and Michel interview Matěj Žák, CEO of Trezor, the oldest Bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer and champion of open-source tech.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:08 Background on Trezor

00:02:55 Open-source nature

00:05:12 Trezor clones

00:07:45 Self-custody trends

00:13:30 Current chip

00:19:38 Open-source chip

00:20:50 New products

00:22:10 Coinjoin implementation

00:28:00 Products continued

00:32:15 New chip continued

00:38:00 Bitcoin vs. Other

00:45:47 Ledger Recover

00:51:52 Customer issues

01:00:59 Prague follow-up

Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/matej_zak

https://trezor.io

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This is the seventy-ninth video installment from Porkopolis Economics, covering macro and money, from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Contents

00:00 Intro

00:20 Monetary base value

04:50 Gov. pension fund

13:22 Central bank total assets

14:27 % of pension fund

Here I cover the Norwegian central bank's balance sheet. You may be surprised to learn that it's famous, massive "Government Pension Fund Global" sovereign wealth fund is included as part of its total assets (and liabilities). This is quite rare in the world. As well, the size is so massive, 94% of total assets are included in this fund, which absolutely dwarfs the size of Norway's monetary base (the "main thing" that central banks are supposed to be in charge of!).

Prior videos with further info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3WaE8o0rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPpTrgPNTz4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zghGPfY3J8I

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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