What Bitcoin Did

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01.26.2021

“There is no such thing as a balance; Bitcoin is not a bank account… its actually a collection of UTXOs.” — ShinobiLocation: Remotely Date: Tuesday 15th December Company: Block Digest Role: HostChecking your balance or sending Bitcoin can be as ...

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01.26.2021 Bitcoin Tech #1 - UTXOs with Shinobi “There is no such thing as a balance; Bitcoin is not a bank account… its actually a collection of UTXOs.” — ShinobiLocation: Remotely Date: Tuesday 15th December Company: Block Digest Role: HostChecking your balance or sending Bitcoin can be as ...
01.20.2021 Why Buy Bitcoin? With Andy Edstrom “The longer we spend doing this, the more we learn about it, the deeper down the rabbit hole we fall, the more likely, or the clearer it seems that this is a major, major civilisational inflection point.” — Andy EdstromLocation: ...
01.19.2021 Why Bitcoin Wins with Gary Vee & Robert Breedlove “We had two certainties in life; we had death and taxes. We’ve introduced the third certainty; 21 million Bitcoin.” — Robert BreedloveLocation: Remotely Date: Saturday 16th January Company: VaynerX & Parallax Digital Role: CEO & FounderHyperbitcoinisation is the state at ...
01.17.2021 The Ultimate Bitcoin 101 with Vijay Boyapati “Go and buy some bitcoin, even if it’s a small amount. You don’t have to have a huge amount in your portfolio but you shouldn’t have zero, zero doesn’t make any sense. This is one of the most exciting innovations ...
01.15.2021 Critiquing Bitcoin with Frances Coppola & Nic Carter Location: Remotely Date: Wednesday 13th January Company: Independent & Castle Island Ventures Role: Author & PartnerBitcoin adoption is maturing, and veteran traders such as Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones, companies like Microstrategy and institutions like Grayscale and Skybridge have ...
01.12.2021 Living on Bitcoin with Didi Taihuttu “The moment you jump, you will never change back again. We had our doubts at the beginning as well, but we will never change back again.” — Didi TaihuttuLocation: Remotely Date: Tuesday 22nd DecemberIn early 2017, with the Bitcoin price ...
01.10.2021 Questions for Tether with Paolo Ardoino & Stuart Hoegner “We don’t believe in suing our critics into silence… we think it’s better to counter fiction with facts.” — Stuart HoegnerLocation: Remotely Date: Wednesday 6th January Company: Bitfinex Role: CTO & General CounselThere have been claims that Tether has manipulated ...
01.08.2021 Jack Mallers vs The World “We have banked the unbanked. We have given them free and instant international money transfers, we have provided them financial services that have had gatekeepers for hundreds of years.” — Jack MallersLocation: Remotely Date: Tuesday 5th January Company: Zap Role: ...
01.04.2021 SkyBridge Capital’s Bitcoin Fund with Anthony Scaramucci “You can be volatile and still march upwards, and I predict Bitcoin may do both of those things, but maybe it won’t, it could glide to $280k a coin...I think it’s got a long way to go here.” — Anthony ...
01.01.2021 2020 Bitcoin Review with Matt Odell “It’s a grassroots movement, and we are making real fucking progress, people are starting to wake the fuck up. That’s major, that’s a big fucking deal.” — Matt OdellLocation: Remotely Date: Wednesday, 30th December Company: Tales from the Crypt Role: ...
12.29.2020 2020 Bitcoin & Macro Review with Lyn Alden “I don’t think there are that many more hurdles anymore. I think once you have enough legendary investors come out, once you have a corporation add it to the balance sheet, once you have an insurance company add it, most ...
12.27.2020 FinCEN’s Discriminatory Rulemaking with Jerry Brito & Peter Van Valkenburgh “It’s warrantless surveillance, it’s mass data collection, just like Snowden revealed for emails and things, just for our financial records. So, we don’t like it, but at the very least we should have equal treatment suffering under this regime.” — ...
12.23.2020 2020 Bitcoin Tech Review with Shinobi “This year, is the first year where I feel like the question of ‘is all this going to work out in the long term?’ is settling itself, everything is just rocketing forward.” — ShinobiLocation: Remotely Date: Monday 21st December Company: ...
12.22.2020 Ledger Hack - What Happened with Pascal Gauthier “I can never repeat enough that we are sorry, but sadly we cannot go back in time and undo it… now we focus on the present and the future.” — Pascal GauthierLocation: Remotely Date: Monday 21st December Company: Ledger Role: ...
12.18.2020 2020 Trading & On-Chain Review with Willy Woo “$100,000, I would rate as very conservative, probably overly conservative. I would rate $200,000 upwards as a sweet spot. $300,000 not out of the question, and I do not ridicule $1,000,000.” — Willy WooLocation: Remotely Date: Tuesday 15th December Company: ...
12.15.2020 Bitcoin Strengths & Weaknesses with George Gammon “What some people in the Bitcoin community have in common is they don’t know what they don’t know, but they think they know everything.” — George GammonLocation: Remotely Date: Friday 11th December Company: The Rebel Capitalist Show Role: HostBitcoin is ...
12.14.2020 Bitcoin in the Senate with Cynthia Lummis “If we reach the point where we have overspent so much, that things start crashing down, the black swan event occurs… there is a backstop available to every government in the world, and that backstop is Bitcoin.” — Cynthia LummisLocation: ...
12.11.2020 MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Moonshot with Andy Edstrom “This is the one asset in modern history, where average people have had a shot at it before companies and before hedge funds and before billionaires… that window may be ending.” — Andy EdstromLocation: Remotely Date: Thursday 10th December Company: ...
12.08.2020 Gary Vee on Bitcoin “When paper [money] is printable in perpetuity, and not grounded to the gold standard, or some other aspect, the thesis is not difficult to understand.” — Gary VaynerchukLocation: Remotely Date: Monday 23rd November Company: VaynerX Role: CEOGary Vaynerchuk is an ...
12.04.2020 Funding Bitcoin Development with John Newbery “Having an organisation that exists to bring on new protocol developers and fund existing protocol developers brings much more benefit to Bitcoin than I could by writing code.” — John NewberyLocation: Remotely Date: Monday 16th November Company: Brink Role: FounderBitcoin ...
12.01.2020 Bitcoin Vs Altcoins with Dan Held & Erik Voorhees “Bitcoin has been forged in an environment of hostility, from the very beginning. It is an explicitly counter-cultural, transformative technology, which if successful, will change much of how the earth works and is going to have a gazillion enemies, 100%. ...
11.27.2020 Bitcoin is Fourth Turning Money with Brandon Quittem “Everyone is short Bitcoin, and only 1% of us realise it.” — Brandon QuittemLocation: Remotely Date: Thursday 19th November Company: Swan Bitcoin Role: Director of Marketing2020 has been a year like no other. With the outbreak of the coronavirus, large ...
11.24.2020 No Escape from Bitcoin's Gravity with Nik Bhatia “It’s just becoming clear to the smartest investors in the room, that denying Bitcoin is like denying the internet 20 years ago and it’s a mistake and you’re going to get left in the dust.” — Nik BhatiaLocation: Remotely Date: ...
11.20.2020 The Case for Bitcoin with Dan McArdle “Bitcoin was born in the great financial crisis but was just a toy. Now, we have another crisis with similar monetary outcomes, and it’s not a toy anymore, it is the escape valve now.” — Dan McArdleLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday ...
11.17.2020 The Institutional Case for Bitcoin with Dan Morehead and Mike Novogratz “We’re just still in the really, really early innings in this thing. 100 million people have it, and we think that’s awesome, but there will be 6 billion people with it in 20 years” — Dan MoreheadLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday ...
11.13.2020 Adam Curry on Podcasting with Bitcoin “Paypal de-platform people, MasterCard, which is the processing behind a lot of these systems de-platform people… and the only thing left is Bitcoin.” — Adam CurryLocation: Squadcast Date: Tuesday 3rd November Project: No Agenda Podcast Role: Co-HostAdam Curry, along with ...
11.10.2020 Resistance is NOT Futile with Aleks Svetski “I want to see a world that is optimised for freedom, not for safety.” — Aleks SvetskiLocation: Squadcast Date: Tuesday 3rd November Project: Amber Role: CEOThe sound money properties of Bitcoin attract those interested in Austrian Economics and Libertarianism; in ...
11.06.2020 The 1 Bitcoin Trump Bet Update with American HODL “I think this election was Trump vs the media, Biden was just a placeholder.” — American HODLLocation: Squadcast Date: Tuesday 3rd NovemberIn July, I tweeted that I would bet anyone $5,000 that Trump would lose the 2020 election. American Hodl ...
11.03.2020 The Money Revolution with Raoul Pal “If what they’re telling you is they want to do a Bretton Woods, where we can all agree to stabilise our currencies and do massive printing… christ, if you’re after a better case for Bitcoin, I’ve never heard of one.” ...
10.30.2020 Fintech and Bitcoin with Kevin Lehtiniitty “It’s not even about the financial gain; sure maybe it’ll 10x, maybe it’ll 100x, maybe it’ll 2x. I don’t really care. It’s about the freedom.” — Kevin LehtiniittyLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 14th October Company: Prime Trust Role: Chief Product OfficerOver ...
10.27.2020 Shit Bitcoiners Say with Rusty Russell “This irrational exuberance is where I’m like you know what… calm the fuck down, this stuff is not promised to you, number will not always go up, it is not guaranteed to hit $100k, $288k or whatever fucking number you ...
10.23.2020 The Case for $500K Bitcoin with Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss “The question in our mind is not so much does it get to $500K, but how quickly.” — Cameron WinklevossLocation: Squadcast Date: Tuesday 20th October Company: Gemini Role: Co-FoundersIn August, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss released The Case for $500K Bitcoin. ...
10.20.2020 Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer with Amiti Uttarwar “I think that having a global currency is inevitable at some point, whether in our lifetime or another, and I think Bitcoin is the kind of global currency I’d like to see.” — Amiti UttarwarLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday 17th September ...
10.16.2020 Bitfinex - The Hacks, Tether and Bitcoin with Paolo Ardoino “It’s important to us to support Bitcoin and to show respect to the coin that made all of this possible.” — Paolo ArdoinoLocation: Squadcast Date: Monday 7th September Company: Bitfinex Role: CTOBitfinex is one of the oldest and largest Bitcoin ...
10.14.2020 The Bitcoin Bull Bull Bull with Michael Saylor ““I think that Bitcoin is the best hope that people have to make the world a better place, by providing this sovereign empowerment.” — Michael SaylorLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday 8th October Company: MicroStrategy Role: CEOIn August, MicroStrategy made the bold ...
10.13.2020 Bitcoin in the Boardroom with Michael Saylor “I realised I’m on a melting ice cube of $500 million worth of money, the purchasing power is dwindling at 10% to 20% a year, I have to do something.” — Michael SaylorLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday 8th October Company: MicroStrategy ...
10.09.2020 Bitcoin Toxicity with Giacomo Zucco & Neil Woodfine “It may be one shot, it’s important, the consequences on civilisation are huge, so we want to be over-cautious about not compromising the culture or the technical features of Bitcoin.” — Giacomo ZuccoLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday 24th September Company: BHB ...
10.06.2020 How Bitcoin is Helping Protesters in Belarus with Alex Gladstein & Jaraslau Likhachevski “I’ve never been a crypto enthusiast, I never believed in it… until this summer.” — Jaraslau LikhachevskiLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 30th September Company: Human Rights Foundation & BYSOL Role: Chief Strategy OfficerBelarus is in the midst of massive protests, sparked ...
10.02.2020 What is Bitcoin? With Parker Lewis, Robert Breedlove & Vijay Boyapati “Of anything I have ever looked at in my life, I would put Bitcoin as nearest to inevitable as I could.” — Robert BreedloveLocation: Squadcast Date: Tuesday 22nd September Company: Unchained Capital, Parallax Digital & Senior Software Engineer Role: Head ...
09.29.2020 Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution with Yassine Elmandjra “Bitcoin is not going away… whether or not you like it, whether or not you have qualms with it, whether or not your government has banned it or you know of a government has banned it. It lives and breaths ...
09.25.2020 The World's First Crypto Bank with David Kinitsky & Marco Santori “The bottom line is that a bank is a big deal… banking is the granddaddy of it all, it’s the bottom of the financial services stack.” — David KinitskyLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 23rd September Company: Kraken Financial & Kraken Role: ...
09.22.2020 Why a Currency Devaluation is Likely with Lyn Alden “There is a pretty asymmetric reward for holding Bitcoin.” — Lyn AldenLocation: Squadcast Date: Monday 21st September Company: lynalden.com Role: MacroeconomistWhen COVID-19 struck, governments across the world implemented unprecedented stimulus packages to help what were already fragile economies, which had ...
09.18.2020 Bitcoin: The Great Disruption with Luke Gromen “The system of the last 50 years is over, it hasn’t worked, it has broken down.” — Luke GromenLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 9th September Company: FFTT, LLC Role: FounderIn 1971 Nixon announced that the US would sever all ties between ...
09.15.2020 How to Protect Your Bitcoin with Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp “The definition of easy for an early Bitcoiner, cypherpunk is much different than the definition of easy for somebody who is just getting started with Bitcoin.” — Nick NeumanLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 19th August Company: Casa Role: CEO & CTOOne ...
09.13.2020 2020 Oslo Freedom Forum: 24th & 25th September On 24th & 25th September The Human Rights Foundation hold their annual Oslo Freedom Forum. With COVID this event will be virtual for the first time ever. To register for the event and find out more go to https://oslofreedomforum.com/.This episode’s ...
09.11.2020 Does Bitcoin Have Gatekeepers? With Andreas M. Antonopoulos “If this system only works if everybody adopts it at the highest level of financial sovereignty and highest level of technical skill and highest level of ideological purity… it’s not going to work.” — Andreas M. AntonopoulosLocation: Squadcast Date: Thursday ...
09.08.2020 BTC vs ETH Technicals with Andrew Poelstra, Tadge Dryja, Vitalik Buterin & Patrick McCorry Location: Squadcast Date: Thursday 3rd September Company: Blockstream, MIT Digital Currency Initiative, Ethereum, PISA Research Role: Director of Research, Research Scientist, Founder, Co-founder & CEOIn my recent Bitcoin Vs Ethereum show, I was joined by Samson Mow and Vitalik Buterin ...
09.04.2020 Bitcoin Has Entered Phase 5 with PlanB, Jeff Booth & Preston Pysh “Once you have seen, you cannot unsee. Once you get it, there is no way back.” — PlanBLocation: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 2nd September Company: Independent Trader, Entrepreneur & Author, The Investors Podcast Role: Bitcoin Quant Analyst, Independent & HostWhen Plan ...
09.01.2020 INX: Legitimate Token or S***coin? With Alan Silbert, Jameson Lopp & Samson Mow “ICO’s and those kind of scams have poisoned the well to the point where people can’t really tell what is a real business and what is not a real business anymore.” — Samson MowLocation: Squadcast Date: Monday 31st August Company: ...
08.28.2020 BTC Vs ETH Episode Review with Udi Wertheimer “I think that Ethereum is a convoluted mess and I don’t know what it’s good for but fine; other people like it. Good for them.” — Udi WertheimerLocation: Squadcast Date: Monday 24th Aug Company: Independent Role: Developer and Consultant, Bitcoin ...

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What Bitcoin Did episodes:

Bitcoin Tech #1 - UTXOs with Shinobi

Why Buy Bitcoin? With Andy Edstrom

Why Bitcoin Wins with Gary Vee & Robert Breedlove

The Ultimate Bitcoin 101 with Vijay Boyapati

Critiquing Bitcoin with Frances Coppola & Nic Carter

Living on Bitcoin with Didi Taihuttu

Questions for Tether with Paolo Ardoino & Stuart Hoegner

Jack Mallers vs The World

SkyBridge Capital’s Bitcoin Fund with Anthony Scaramucci

2020 Bitcoin Review with Matt Odell

2020 Bitcoin & Macro Review with Lyn Alden

FinCEN’s Discriminatory Rulemaking with Jerry Brito & Peter Van Valkenburgh

2020 Bitcoin Tech Review with Shinobi

Ledger Hack - What Happened with Pascal Gauthier

2020 Trading & On-Chain Review with Willy Woo

Bitcoin Strengths & Weaknesses with George Gammon

Bitcoin in the Senate with Cynthia Lummis

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Moonshot with Andy Edstrom

Gary Vee on Bitcoin

Funding Bitcoin Development with John Newbery

Bitcoin Vs Altcoins with Dan Held & Erik Voorhees

Bitcoin is Fourth Turning Money with Brandon Quittem

No Escape from Bitcoin's Gravity with Nik Bhatia

The Case for Bitcoin with Dan McArdle

The Institutional Case for Bitcoin with Dan Morehead and Mike Novogratz

Adam Curry on Podcasting with Bitcoin

Resistance is NOT Futile with Aleks Svetski

The 1 Bitcoin Trump Bet Update with American HODL

The Money Revolution with Raoul Pal

Fintech and Bitcoin with Kevin Lehtiniitty

Shit Bitcoiners Say with Rusty Russell

The Case for $500K Bitcoin with Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss

Becoming a Bitcoin Core Developer with Amiti Uttarwar

Bitfinex - The Hacks, Tether and Bitcoin with Paolo Ardoino

The Bitcoin Bull Bull Bull with Michael Saylor

Bitcoin in the Boardroom with Michael Saylor

Bitcoin Toxicity with Giacomo Zucco & Neil Woodfine

How Bitcoin is Helping Protesters in Belarus with Alex Gladstein & Jaraslau Likhachevski

What is Bitcoin? With Parker Lewis, Robert Breedlove & Vijay Boyapati

Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution with Yassine Elmandjra

The World's First Crypto Bank with David Kinitsky & Marco Santori

Why a Currency Devaluation is Likely with Lyn Alden

Bitcoin: The Great Disruption with Luke Gromen

How to Protect Your Bitcoin with Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp

2020 Oslo Freedom Forum: 24th & 25th September

Does Bitcoin Have Gatekeepers? With Andreas M. Antonopoulos

BTC vs ETH Technicals with Andrew Poelstra, Tadge Dryja, Vitalik Buterin & Patrick McCorry

Bitcoin Has Entered Phase 5 with PlanB, Jeff Booth & Preston Pysh

INX: Legitimate Token or S***coin? With Alan Silbert, Jameson Lopp & Samson Mow

BTC Vs ETH Episode Review with Udi Wertheimer

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