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May 03, 2024We are UNDER ATTACK with Jameson Lopp | Value Stack 48 Jameson Lopp is a cypherpunk and co-founder of Casa.
In this episode we discuss how privacy in the US and bitcoin are UNDER ATTACK. And Testnest v3 is also UNDER ATTACK.... by Jameson Lopp?Chapters- 00:00 Intro
- 01:30 Why Jameson Lopp is attacking Bitcoin Testnet
- 12:10 The State of Bitcoin Mining Post-Halving
- 20:30 Lopp's view on current bitcoin mainnet development like OP_CAT
- 24:15 Privacy is under attack
- 29:00 Our gainz are under attack
- 35:00 Outro - resist the narrative wars!
Links- Jameson's website has many great bitcoin resources: https://lopp.net
- Follow Jameson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp
- Support the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support
...more January 31, 2024Starting a Self-Hosting Server Revolution with Matt Hill (Start9) | Value Stack 47 What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with?
Matt Hill of @Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before.StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.Check out the chapters below!- 00:00 Intro
- 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm?
- 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained
- 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom?
- 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently?
- 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics
- 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?
- 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward?
- 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked
- 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society
- 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS - Run a Sovereign Personal Server
- 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear
- 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS
- 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search
- 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware
- 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing
- 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden
- 01:31:09 What’s on the StartOS roadmap?
- 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category - the personal server
- 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez
- 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc?
- 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution
- 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm
- 02:13:55 Outro
...more December 29, 2023How to get a Bitcoin Job with Eric Podwojski | Value Stack 46 How do you get a job in the bitcoin industry? Is bitcoin even an industry? What kind of skills are companies in the bitcoin industry looking for? Are crypto and bitcoin companies looking for different things? How will an ETF change the industry? What sort of mindsets help bitcoiners get hired?
In Episode 46, I'm joined by Eric Podwojski of Bitcoin Talent Co to talk all about bitcoin jobs and wrap up with a little bit of reflection, mindfulness and motivation on working in an industry and on building things we enjoy.If you're looking for a job in bitcoin or your company has roles to fill, this is an episode for you about bitcoin culture and hiring in the bitcoin industry. Check out the chapters below!Check out bitcoin talent coFollow Eric on XSupport the showChapters- 0:00 Intro - Let’s do less podcasts in 2024
- 2:45 What would you do if you were rich AF?
- 4:40 Starting Bitcoin Talent Co
- 5:50 Bitcoin vs Crypto Companies
- 7:15 How do you find bitcoin jobs?
- 8:15 What personality traits help bitcoiners get hired?
- 11:30 What kind of skills do you need to work in bitcoin?
- 16:00 Can you get a bitcoin job in a bear market?
- 18:30 How to get a job in the bitcoin industry?
- 21:00 How do bitcoin adoption incentives work?
- 26:00 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?
- 28:45 On reading books and building skillsets
- 31:00 How do you define the bitcoin industry?
- 37:00 Flex hiring and TalentOS through Bitcoin Talent Co
- 41:00 Does prior industry experience matter in bitcoin?
- 42:00 Skills to help you get hired in the bitcoin industry
- 50:00 The importance of consistency in content creation
- 52:00 Becoming indifferent to price action and monetary gains
- 1:01:00 On paradigm shifts
- 1:04:00 On making an impact with content creation
- 1:08:00 Self-awareness and behavior patterns
- 1:10:30 On meditation, motivation, and facing mortality
- 1:17:00 The Story of the Stonecutter
- 1:21:30 Libraries are cool again in 2023
- 1:24:00 Making commitments
- 1:25:15 The Bitcoin Tao draft excerpt
- 1:31:00 On the ever-changing nature of life
- 1:35:30 How writing and journalling helps process emotions
- 1:38:30 The importance of atomic habits
- 1:39:45 Outro
...more December 14, 20232023 Bitcoin Market Recap with Sam Callahan and Beau Simon | Value Stack 45 Sam Callahan and Beau Simon join me for a 2023 year-in-review of the bitcoin markets episode to wrap up the year for Value Stack Episode 45.
We talk market cycles and how SBF, CZ, and other people are now going to jail. We talk about interest rates and how the economy has done this year, make predictions on monetary policy, talk the halving and 2024 bitcoin price predictions and more.Chapters0:00 Intro
5:57 What happened with interest rates in 2023?15:00 Regional banking crisis of 202317:00 Bitcoin mempool fees all time high20:00 Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock26:10 RIP Charlie Munger28:40 SBF, CZ, Etc all going to jail33:00 Is a Bitcoin ETF approval good for Bitcoin?48:12 FedNow launches in 202355:00 Too big to fail US banks59:00 Federal reserve 2024 policy predictions1:03:00 Lyn Alden post-ww2 bond thesis correlation1:07:00 Millennials and the 2023 housing market1:17:30 Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS Act1:19:30 Bitcoin hashrate doubles in 20231:23:40 2024 Bitcoin halving predictions1:25:30 Reflecting on lessons from the last cycle1:28:30 Personal highlights of 20231:39:40 Revisiting our 2023 predictions1:40:30 2024 Bitcoin predictionsFollow Sam and Beau on X: https://x.com/samcallah // https://x.com/shaperfundsSupport the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support...more November 24, 2023Live from the CryptoCloaks Shop with Rick & Rob | Value Stack 44 Here's a 2 hour conversation on life and surviving bear markets as a bitcoiner. Rob and Rick have both been on the show before and for this one we were LIVE in the CryptoCloaks print shop. We talk about mining, the insane math behind hashing SHA256 , cycles of equipment upgrading and how to deal with heat from mining and equipment, and a whole lot of messing around.
Check out the chapters below!____________________________________Follow Rick on X: https://x.com/RickFromCloaksFollow Rob on X: https://x.com/BikesandBitcoinSupport the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support____________________________________Chapters00:00 Intro - without an introduction5:30 Computers are hot9:00 On starting a small business with bitcoin11:15 How to repurpose heat from bitcoin mining15:45 Mining downtime and ASIC repair18:00 Why's there so much performance variation across ASICs?23:25 Bitcoin mining is a brutal business26:55 Rob's poetic ode to the beauty of hashing30:35 How does the bitcoin difficulty adjustment work?32:30 On exponential growth and really big numbers35:45 Rob's alan watts interpretation36:35 Why is Rick still operating in his basement?40:00 Rick explains the CryptoCloaks printing operation43:20 Rob teaches about how mega bitcoin miners make money with electricity53:30 On achieving and goal-setting56:30 On risk-taking and running a business1:02:15 On becoming more family-oriented because of bitcoin1:10:05 Is bitcoin a faith-based community?1:12:55 On grokking bitcoin and it going mainstream1:20:00 Talking about cycles of life and the fourth turning1:26:45 On loving "the process", cycles of life, kids, and hashing1:30:00 How mining pools changed bitcoin mining forever1:34:45 When will the general population adopt bitcoin?1:37:00 Why we stopped talking about bitcoin during the holidays1:45:35 On mentally HODLing through bitcoin bear markets1:54:00 Generations of bitcoiners1:58:08 How will a bitcoin ETF change the market environment?2:00:30 Are we screwed when baby boomers leave the workforce?2:03:45 Bitcoin adoption in developing countries2:05:30 Outro - words of wisdom from Rick & Rob...more October 26, 2023Lessons from Ranching and Bitcoin with Jason Wrich | Value Stack 43 Jason Wrich is a first-generation rancher in Colorado and founder of Wrich Ranches, a farm-to-table brand that serves local Colorado customers grass-fed and finished natural beef.In this episode, we dive into modern day-ranching and we draw insights from ranching history and lessons of the past, emphasize the connection between people and their food, and explore the unexpected link between Bitcoin and the farming and ranching world. With a special focus on the Beef Initiative and grassroots efforts, Jason does a great job of bringing these two seemingly disparate concepts closer than ever before. Join us for a candid exploration of the essence of ranching in the digital age.Check out the chapters below!____________________________________Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonWrichSupport the show: https://valuestack.xyz/support____________________________________Chapters00:00 Introduction01:13 Ranching Challenges and Land Leasing03:30 Legacy and Soil Improvement05:12 Cattle Health and Sustainability08:11 Financial Considerations09:41 Grass-Fed Beef and Quality14:27 Ranching and Price Control18:11 Challenges in Ranching and Adaptation21:40 Weather Challenges and Ranch Preparedness24:24 Naysayer Reactions and Ranching Challenges28:57 Values, Money, and Circular Economy33:28 Introduction to Bitcoin36:03 Transparency in Ranching and Bitcoin38:01 Expanding Network and Community40:03 Impact of Bitcoin on Ranching Business41:00 Bitcoin in Transactions42:10 Bitcoin Adoption in the Community45:05 Concerns about Wolf Reintroduction47:26 Challenges in Different Environments50:09 Connection with Nature and Presence54:09 Lessons in Strength and Resilience58:29 Overcoming Self-Limitations01:00:30 Dealing with the Uncontrollable01:01:31 Nature's Wisdom01:02:03 Adaptation to Environment01:03:36 The Beef Initiative's Purpose01:11:05 Challenges in Beef Certification01:14:01 Eating as Part of a Microbiome01:19:00 Quality of Life Goals01:25:05 Closing Thoughts...more October 06, 2023Why Anarchy Could Work with David Croisant | Value Stack 42 David Croisant is a passionate free-thinker and advocate of sovereign and open source technologies.
He and I sat down to discuss common and alternative forms of government, how money affects organization of groups, if bitcoin can lead to better ways of organization, and ask the question - do people really want to be free?
Check out the chapters below and if you enjoy it, consider supporting the show.Chapters
- 00:00 What is anarchy?
- 1:55 Why did governments come about and stay in power?
- 5:10 Why are citizens ignorant about government laws?
- 8:20 Whose responsibility is it to keep governments in check?
- 12:00 How does the public education system affect government power?
- 13:35 Money, power, the church, and government control
- 16:00 Societal structure today is designed government overreach
- 20:00 How can we take back power into the citizens hands?
- 24:20 Why do bitcoiners “unplug” sooner than the general population?
- 28:00 Will governments ever embrace bitcoin?
- 34:30 Why do we even need money?
- 39:00 Government ideals vs reality
- 43:30 Does technology increase or decrease freedom?
- 47:15 Why do people trade freedom for convenience?
- 51:45 Cycles of creation and destruction
- 1:02:30 Paths to “waking up”
- 1:06:45 How can society work in a world without stated rules?
- 1:10:10 How education and media keep citizens in the dark
- 1:14:15 How do collective and individual incentives align?
- 1:17:15 Imagining very large perspectives to re-examine society
- 1:22:00 Taking sovereignty of the mind
- 1:33:00 What ways can we spread sovereign ideas?
- 1:37:00 Learning from self-reflection and observing others
- 1:41:00 Outro: You Matter
...more July 13, 2023Financial Planning for Bitcoiners with Zechariah Schaefer | Value Stack 41 Zechariah Schaefer, CFP®, is the founder of Ascent, a next-generation wealth management & tax firm helping Founders, Tech Professionals, & Crypto Investors to reduce taxes, build wealth intentionally, & invest wisely. Due to his firm's unique Gen Z & Millennial niche, flat-fee model, & his 10,000+ social media following, Zechariah's been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Investopedia, & more.
In this episode, we discuss a financial advisor's perspective on bitcoin, and how this asset is a growing part of younger investors' planning.
We talk about practical ways that people can improve their own financial position, debt and leverage, philosophies of value and diversification, and more.If you're interested in how bitcoin can serve as a part of a sound financial plan, this episode is definitely for you! Check out the chapters below!
The best place to get in touch with Zechariah is his LinkedIn, but we’ve also included his other links below.
LinkedIn
Twitter
Ascent Personal Finance
Instagram
Support the showChapters- 00:00 Intro
- 1:40 Why should someone still consider a financial advisor in 2023?
- 4:40 How do financial advisors compete in an automated investing world?
- 7:45 Why did you start your own RIA instead of joining a big firm?
- 11:55 What areas of advice do millenials in tech need help with?
- 26:10 Most common Gen-Z financial planning mistakes
- 31:00 How do you create a beginning financial plan?
- 33:45 How do you think about debt in 2023?
- 37:00 Discussing personal residence real estate as an investment
- 39:00 How do you define "value"?
- 44:20 Asset allocation for crypto investors in 2023
- 51:00 Considering children and family in a financial plan
- 53:06 Bitcoiner's take on retirement accounts and social security
- 56:00 Money printing, bitcoin, CBDCs and predicting our future monetary system
- 1:05:00 Custodial bitcoin
- 1:08:40 Outro - General tips to improve your own financial position
...more June 06, 2023How the Email Protocol was Captured by 5 Gatekeepers with Jameson Lopp | Value Stack 40 Jameson Lopp has been building multisig Bitcoin wallets since 2015. He is the founder and CTO of Casa and also founded Mensa's Bitcoin Special Interest Group, the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup, and several open source Bitcoin projects.He enjoys researching various aspects of the ecosystem and giving presentations about what he has learned the hard way while trying to write robust software that can withstand both adversaries and unsophisticated users.In Value Stack Episode 40, we discuss the history of email and spam prevention, and the actions / missteps that led to centralizing forces of the Mail Protocol, SMTP, into the control of a few gatekeepers over time.We expand on whether these same forces and gatekeepers are developing and might be present in the Bitcoin protocol today, if the similar missteps are being made, or if we've already fought those battles and learned from previous mistakes.Support the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app!Special thanks to Dez and Cory who filmed the episode - check out their channel and other work at DezCor Media!Chapters00:00 Intro00:25 What is email and SMTP?1:20 ARPANET - the early days of email2:45 The beginning of email spam4:17 Why most people don't run their own mail servers today5:22 AOL and the meteroic rise of commercialized internet8:50 How uptime needs and free open relays led to centralization10:24 How spam prevention measures led to centralization over time14:53 How do email providers define what is spam today?16:40 Spam solutions as a business and beginnings of email gatekeeping20:03 Flipping the game theory - imposing economic costs on spam senders (Hashcash)22:30 Why didn't Hashcash get adopted into the Mail Protocol?25:00 Blacklisting, port blocking, and challenges of self-hosting mail servers28:30 Third parties all the way down - "meta-rules" that crippled SMTP29:40 How misaligned incentives led to centralization of email31:00 Bitcoin's incentives - are the better thought out?32:20 Points of failure and redundancy34:20 KYC, the Scaling Wards, censorship, and the custodial problem37:00 Is bitcoin still vulnerable to incentives that create centralizing forces?38:55 Should we ossify the bitcoin protocol now?40:00 Are there scaling issues for self-custody bitcoin long term?42:00 Importance of the bitcoin culture of Sovereignty43:30 Why monetary and messaging protocols are different45:07 Tracking custodial-held bitcoin on-chain46:20 Is bitcoin headed in the right direction?49:00 Are out-of-protocol abstractions a bad thing?51:10 How can people get involved in helping bitcoin succeed?53:55 Outro...more May 12, 2023Bitcoin Lightning Network Merchant Adoption with Anthony Feliciano | Value Stack 39 Anthony Feliciano is a bitcoiner pushing forward merchant services adoption and the bitcoin circular economy. He hosts CryptoBeerKings popup meetups and is an early advocate of the Bitcoin Lightning Network.This episode is a deep dive in the world of using bitcoin as a medium of exchange and unit of account, particularly in the context of businesses and merchants. We discuss the benefits of LN vs onchain, and roadblocks that lightning network must overcome.____________________________________Check out CryptoBeerKingsSupport the show here, or by listening to the podcast directly on Fountain app!____________________________________Chapters00:00 Intro4:00 Reminiscing on early days of the Lightning Network9:00 Challenges & importance of Lightning Network adoption15:30 When to use Lightning versus on-chain bitcoin?17:30 Can lightning network scale and be decentralized enough?21:20 Teaching small businesses about bitcoin and lightning network25:30 How to learn about bitcoin lightning network and other BTC Layer 2s28:30 Are custodial lightning solutions a growing concern?31:00 Importance of grassroots Bitcoin circular economy36:00 Educating businesses on why bitcoin is better than credit cards44:30 Lightning network inbound liquidity & other challenges to growth56:00 The paradigm shift of seeing bitcoin as a unit of account58:50 Teaching middle-schoolers about #bitcoin1:12:00 What helped you see bitcoin's potential earlier than most?1:15:00 The process of going down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole1:17:00 Building computers in the 1990s1:20:35 The trilemma of privacy, sovereignty, and convenience1:25:00 Learning Linux1:31:30 Outro...more
FAQs about Value Stack: A Bitcoin Podcast:
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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.