Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Friday 21st September 2018

Following the 2008 market crash, analysts are highlighting new risks for the global economy with rising government debt presenting a risk of a bond crash. The last 12 months have also seen a fall in the value of the local currency in countries such as Iran, Turkey and Venezuela. Data from Local Bitcoin’s highlights that in failing economies, Bitcoin is often seen as a safe haven.

Bitcoin is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy with regulators and Wall Street coming to the table.

In this episode, I talk with the author of The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean Ammous and Wall Street veteran, Caitlin Long. We discuss:

- The state of the global economy
- Keynesian economics
- Negative interest rates
- Deregulation of the banking industry KYC/AML
- The Bank Secrecy Act
- Privacy and is it dangerous for Bitcoin
- Rehypothecation
- Fractional reserve Bitcoin
- Implications of Wall Street adoption of Bitcoin
- How the Bitcoin revolution will happen
- Cross-border payments with Bitcoin
- Liverpool winning the Premier League

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Thu 13th September 2018
Company: Tari (and Monero core team member)
Role: Co-founder

David Chaum said that “Privacy is tied to human potential, an important aspect of democracy”, yet increasingly we are finding our lives are being tracked, both commercially and via the government. We blindly provide Internet giants such as Facebook and Google with massive amounts of data about who we are, what we do and the things we buy.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted how are data is abused and used to manipulate us. There is now an uprising, a growth in awareness of the value of privacy. People are hiding their browsing activity, and Internet giants are under pressure to be more responsible with data.

In this episode, I talk to Riccardo “FluffPony” Spagni, core team member of Monero, a privacy-based cryptocurrency. Monero is often accused of being a tool for the criminals and drug dealers, but Monero is a tool for financial privacy, a way for us to keep our economic activities and transactions private.

In this episode we discuss:
- The importance of privacy
- Why there is apathy towards privacy
- Riccardo’s new project Tari
- Privacy tools
- The potential for a privacy web stack
- What is coming up for Monero

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Wed 5th September 2018
Company: Multicoin Capital
Role: Founding Partner

Kyle first appeared on the What Bitcoin Did podcast in March, where we discussed his views on regulation in Crypto, institutional inflows and his doubts about Bitcoin. Since then, Kyle Tweeted about his changing stance with Bitcoin, specifically stating "TLDR: I'm bought in. Kind of."

Kyle does split opinion; there are maximalists who think he talks nonsense, some who hold him to account for his over bullish thoughts on EOS and others who appreciate his hard work and the thought pieces he puts into the market.

Following Kyle, I have come to understand his approach. As a hedge fund manager, his goal is to create a return on his capital, and he sees blockchain as a disruptive technology which can change the world, thus creating a return for the fund. Kyle, therefore, puts out statements, questions and ideas into the market to spark a debate. He doesn't mind being wrong, insulted or challenged; everything is done with the goal of finding value and investment ideas.

Whether you agree with Kyle or not, if there is value to be created outside of Bitcoin then Kyle will likely find it, which is why significant other investors are backing him. In this interview we discuss:

Why his view has changed on Bitcoin

Miner rewards after the 2024 halving

Proof of stake v proof of work

What will be the global digital reserve asset

Kyle’s article: Aggregation Theory, Thin Protocols, And Recentralization: Augur Edition

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Interview location: San Francisco
Interview date: Wed 22nd August 2018
Company: Adamant Capital
Role: Founder/CEO

If you are a long-term Bitcoiner, you will know the name Tuur Demeester. In researching the interview, I read every Medium post he had written from his bullish position on Bitcoin to his bearish stance on Ethereum. As an economist and investor Tuur's knowledge and experience make for a great interview and we discuss:
- The looming debt crisis
- Bitcoin cycles
- Government-issued cryptocurrencies
- Ethereum’s scaling issues
- Central banks for Bitcoin

As well as talking about Crypto we discuss his Medium Post "The day I decided to break from my parents", a personal story about his decision to separate himself from his parents.

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