The Coin Pod

The Coin Pod episodes:

• 01.22.2019

  Intro to Bitcoin Data Science with Willy Woo - Episode 42

  Join Zack as he discusses the challenges and nuances of on-chain data analytics and also Bitcoin's market cycles and maturation with Willy Woo, a technical analyst, engineer, and hardcore Bitcoiner.

  
• 01.08.2019

  Building Bull Bitcoin with Francis Pouliot and Ben Perrin – Episode 41

  Join Zack as he discusses the idiosyncrasies of Canada’s bitcoin market with Ben Perrin and Francis Pouliot of Bull Bitcoin, Canada’s premier bitcoin exchange, who share their thoughts on principled bitcoin businesses and why Canada is “the Afghanistan of Bitcoin...

  
• 01.02.2019

  How Bear Markets Rhyme with Dan McArdle and Dan Held – Episode 40

  Join Zack as he discusses previous Bitcoin bear markets, how to handle them, how each one is similar to the others, and why they’re beneficial and even exciting with two long-time Bitcoiners: Dan McArdle and Dan Held. 

  
• 10.13.2018

  BIP 158 and Neutrino Q&A with Alex Akselrod - Episode 39

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This bonus episode is with Alex Akselrod, a current consultant and former lead developer at Lightning Labs. Alex...

  
• 10.12.2018

  Toward a Simpler Lightning Interface via Lightning Peach with Yuriy Blokhin - Episode 38

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This episode is with Yuriy Blockhin of Bitfury’s Lightning Peach team dedicated to Lightning Network R&D.; Use these...

  
• 10.11.2018

  Introduction to Lightning DEXs and ZigZag with Andrey Samokhvalov and Oleg Mikhalsky - Episode 37

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This episode is with Andrey Samokhvalov and Oleg Mikhalsky, two Lightning Network fanatics working to build one of...

  
• 10.10.2018

  Lightning Accepted Here with the Moonstuff Team - Episode 36

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This episode is with two avid Bitcoiners who build and grow a variety of projects. But for today,...

  
• 10.09.2018

  The Future of Gaming with Satoshi's Games - Episode 35

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This episode is with two lead developers of Satoshi’s Games, Carlos and Rocc, who are working to build...

  
• 10.08.2018

  Democratizing Data Access via SuredBits with Chris Stewart - Episode 34

  Join The Coin Pod for a week-long series of interviews with Lightning Network developers building some of the coolest Bitcoin-focused projects around. This episode is with Chris Stewart of SuredBits working to monetize APIs via Lightning.  > Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_Stewart_5 > SuredBits...

  
• 10.02.2018

  Casa's Sovereign Wealth Security with Jeremy Welch - Episode 33

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp33 Casa is building the best persona key system on the planet, and Casa's co-founder, Jeremy Welch, joins the show to explain how and why. Jeremy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyrwelch Casa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasaHODL

  
• 09.27.2018

  Dissecting Bitcoin Generalism with Udi Wertheimer - Episode 32

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp32 > Udi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer > Lopp’s hard fork tweet: https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1019675622581391361 > Conversation with Udi and Stop and Decrypt: https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1040862787088670720

  
• 09.18.2018

  Understanding BIP 322 (Generic Signed Message Format) with Kalle Alm - Episode 31

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp31    Listen as Kalle Alm, a Bitcoin Core contributor, explains his latest BIP, controversial feedback on it, and why generic signed message format matters.    > BIP 322: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/725  > Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallealm

  
• 09.12.2018

  Shopping for Free Bitcoin via Lolli with Alex Adelman and Matt Senter - Episode 30

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp30

  
• 09.04.2018

  Bitcoin Trading and Technical Analysis with Josh Olszewicz - Episode 29

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp29

  
• 09.02.2018

  Introduction to Dandelion (BIP 156) with Giulia Fanti - Episode 28

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp28 Giulia Fanti, a computer scientist who introduced the Dandelion protocol in early 2017 as an effort to improve the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions joins me to discuss the details her proposal, the importance of anonymous peer-to-peer...

  
• 08.28.2018

  A Venture Capitalist's Vision for Bitcoin with Nic Carter - Episode 27

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp27

  
• 08.21.2018

  The Bitcoin Standard with Saifedean Ammous - Episode 26

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp26 Four months ago, Dr. Saifedean Ammous published the most succinct apology for Bitcoin as a viable alternative to state-issued fiat currency in his book “The Bitcoin Standard,” (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861/) which also serves as a de fact apology...

  
• 08.14.2018

  Lightning and Zap with Jack Mallers - Episode 25

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp25 Bitcoin Magazine’s Aaron van Wirdum called the Lightning Network “probably the most highly anticipated technological innovation to be deployed on top of Bitcoin.” As the number of mainnet nodes and active channels continues to grow, his...

  
• 08.01.2018

  Bitcoin in Bel Paese with Mir Liponi - Episode 24

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp24

  
• 07.24.2018

  Perspectives on Bitcoin from Switzerland with Lucas Betschart - Episode 23

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp23

  
• 07.10.2018

  Security, Scammers, and Self-Education with JW Weatherman - Episode 22

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp22 Comprehensively summarizing all the material discussed in this coin pod is no small task. For Episode 22, JW Weatherman joins The Coin Pod to discuss a threat model for Bitcoin which he wrote shortly after discovering...

  
• 07.03.2018

  Evangelizing Bitcoin to Ghana with Papa-Wassa Chiefy Nduom - Episode 21

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp21

  
• 06.26.2018

  Bitcoin, eh? with Francis Pouliot - Episode 20

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp20

  
• 06.19.2018

  Bullish on Bitcoin in Venezuela with Alejandro Machado - Episode 19

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp19

  
• 06.12.2018

  Bitcoin Storage Q&A with Rodolfo Novak - Episode 18

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp18

  
• 05.29.2018

  Defining and Forking Bitcoin with Daniel Krawisz - Episode 17

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp17 Controversy is a hallmark of almost every discussion about Bitcoin, and podcasts like this one are an excellent platform for discussing contentious opinions. This seventeenth coin pod features Daniel Krawisz' flatly controversial, provocative opinions on Bitcoin...

  
• 05.22.2018

  The Virus is Spreading with Mark Yusko - Episode 16

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp16 Institutional investors increasingly flock toward bolstering Bitcoin adoption and grow its developing community. Even though these efforts aren’t universally seen as a net positive development, a strong case can be made for the benefits of “big...

  
• 05.15.2018

  Noded with Pierre Rochard and Michael Goldstein - Episode 15

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp15

  
• 05.09.2018

  Threats to Bitcoin: the Real and the Reachy with Giacomo Zucco - Episode 14

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp14 For nearly ten years, Bitcoin has been widely known as an experiment, something new, yet-to-be proven resoundingly successful, and very much in its early stages of development. Whether Bitcoin is still an experiment or not, the...

  
• 05.01.2018

  Bitcoin Journalism with Kyle Torpey – Episode 13

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp13 Journalists who cover Bitcoin are perennially controversial figures (as are all journalists, really) who face extraordinary criticism for the news and opinions they share about Bitcoin and other alt-coins. Journalists who hate Bitcoin and those who...

  
• 04.25.2018

  Bitcoin Cults and Virtue Signals with Chris DeRose – Episode 12

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp12 Five minutes on twitter dot com is sufficient to discover the cultish, tribalistic, and occasionally vitriolic chemistry between people in “crypto.” Similarly, “crypto” people try to signal their moral uprightness and ethical fortitude my exploiting a...

  
• 04.17.2018

  Reflections on Diversity in Bitcoin and “Crypto” with Desiree Dickerson – Episode 11

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp11 Many of the most important contributions to Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency, in general) come from female developers, attorneys, journalists, etc. even though statistically women comprise a relatively small percentage of "crypto" users and contributors, according to the...

  
• 04.10.2018

  Reliable Cryptoasset Data and Nomics with Clay Collins - Episode 10

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp10 The problems of questionable and sometimes out-and-out false data appearing on popular coin ranking sites like CoinMarketCap, which subsequently causes severe price fluctuations, in only one facet of many deficiencies in the sphere of coin ranking...

  
• 04.03.2018

  Bitcoin and the Zombie Marmot Apocalypse with Preston Byrne - Episode 9

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp9 One of the sharpest legal minds thinking about Bitcoin and other blockchains is Preston Byrne, a fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, a Blockchain technologist, and, according to Fortune Magazine, a loud-mouth libertarian as insightful as...

  
• 03.27.2018

  Understanding Maximalism and Minimalism with Ansel Lindner - Episode 8

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp8 “Being a Bitcoin Maximalist gives you a rational foundation to evaluate the entire bitcoin space. ...[It's] based on science and economics; it's the opposite of faith. … It's an understanding of network effects, history, game theory,...

  
• 03.20.2018

  Decentralized Exchanges and HodlHodl with Roman Snitko - Episode 7

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp7 Tim, Daniel and I have a special place in our hearts for decentralized Bitcoin exchanges, and we had such a fun time with last week’s coin pod about decentralized exchanges that I asked Roman Snitko, CTO...

  
• 03.13.2018

  Decentralized Exchanges and Bisq with Chris Beams - Episode 6

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp6 The security vulnerabilities of centralized cryptocurrency exchanges are attributes very much inherent to centralized exchange. Andreas Antonopoulos frequently comments that there are only two types of centralized exchanges: the ones that have been hacked and the...

  
• 03.06.2018

  Central Bank of Barbados Should Buy Bitcoin with Jeremy Stephen - Episode 5

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp5 That central banks should buy Bitcoin is an increasingly common aspect of the narrative surrounding cryptocurrencies. In late 2015, two economists from the University of the West Indies in Barbados published research on Bitcoin as an...

  
• 02.27.2018

  Crash Course on Crypto-Carnivory with Bitstein - Episode 4

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp4 Bitcoin and meat share a strong and increasingly popular association in the world Satoshi Nakamoto created. Vegetables and carbohydrates are passé; filet mignon and prime rib are in vogue. Michael “Bitstein” Goldstein joins me for episode...

  
• 02.20.2018

  More Bullish Than Ever with Exiled Surfer – Episode 3

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp3 This extra-long coin pod features Exiled Surfer, a Bitcoin veteran who has been involved in privacy and cypherpunk projects long before Bitcoin came to be, chats with me about why he is more bullish about Bitcoin...

  
• 02.13.2018

  Recap of WEF Cryptocurrency Panel with Jen Zhu Scott - Episode 2

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp2 This coin pod features Jen Zhu Scott who sat on the cryptocurrency panel at the recent World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland! You can watch a recording of the panel here: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2018/sessions/the-crypto-asset-bubble As a follow-up...

  
• 02.06.2018

  The Hodler Manifesto with Brenden Matthews – Episode 1

  MP3, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/tcp1 Hardcore cryptocurrency wonks love autonomy, individuality and even anarchy. But hodling comes with some rules. Eight rules, to be exact. In this coin pod, Brenden Matthews discusses his latest project: The Hodler Manifesto. Brenden’s manifesto explains the...

  
• 02.05.2018

  Introduction to The Coin Pod - Episode 0

  Welcome to The Coin Pod, a new YMB project hosted by Zack Voell! This podcast is designed as a platform to learn about Bitcoin from Bitcoin—from economists, developers, entrepreneurs, attorneys, investors, journalists, critics and others who work with Bitcoin. In...