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Bitcoin Economist Saifedean Ammous on monetary history.

June 25, 2019 cryptocurrency, bitcoin, lightning network, saifedean ammous, lightning, the bitcoin standard, stories, technology, trace mayer, money, blockchain, adam back, hashing, difficulty adjustment, bitcoin mining 00:39:58

Bitcoin Economist Saifedean Ammous talks monetary history, hard money, polymaths, geopolitics, and how money is a very human issue.

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Founder of BTCPay Nicolas Dorier on merchant adoption.

April 2, 2019 cryptocurrency, bitcoin, lightning network, nicolas dorier, lightning, privacy, stories, technology, trace mayer, money, blockchain, bitcoin core, metaco, improvement, proposal, github, ledger, btcpay, twitter, bitpay, coinjoin, full node, coinjoin, consensus, liquid, smart contracts 00:18:52

Founder of BTCPay Nicolas Dorier on merchant adoption and why it is an important network effect.

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Bitcoin Core Developer and Crypto Entrepreneur Jonas Schnelli explains full nodes and hardware wallets.

March 26, 2019 cryptocurrency, bitcoin, lightning network, jonas schnelli, lightning, privacy, stories, technology, trace mayer, money, blockchain, bitbox, pruning, improvement, proposal, github, spv, hardware, twitter, wallet, full node 00:17:47

Bitcoin Core Developer and Crypto Entrepreneur Jonas Schnelli explains why full nodes are essential, explains what a BitBox is, and gives his advice for listeners.

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Bitcoin Core Developer Jorge Timón explains Confidential Transactions

March 19, 2019 cryptocurrency, bitcoin, lightning network, jorge timón, lightning, privacy, stories, technology, trace mayer, money, blockchain, bitcoin core, blockstream, improvement, proposal, github, friecoin, mark friedenbach, twitter, demurrage, greg maxwell, full node, coinjoin, MAST, liquid, smart contracts 00:14:21

Bitcoin Core Developer Jorge Timón explains Confidential Transactions and how Blockstream is making a difference.

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Cypherpunk CTO of Casa Jameson Lopp tells the story of being swatted and how he has disappeared.

March 12, 2019 cryptocurrency, bitcoin, lightning network, jameson lopp, lightning, privacy, stories, technology, trace mayer, money, blockchain, bitgo, swat, improvement, proposal, swatted, ethereum, medium, twitter, hal finney, casa, vanish 00:24:34

Cypherpunk CTO of Casa Jameson Lopp tells the story of being swatted and how he has disappeared.

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Behind The Mic

Trace Mayer

Show Host

Bitcoin thought leader.

Bitcoin advocate at $0.25.

One of his a core purposes is to bring monetary sovereignty to individuals.

An investor in core blockchain infrastructure including Armory, Bitpay and Kraken.

Dr. Adam Back

Guest

Blockstream CEO.

The Gandalf of Bitcoin.

Ph.D. in Distributed Systems from the University of Exeter.

Cited in the TOR and Bitcoin whitepapers. Inventor of proof of work which is a critical component of Bitcoin.

Be sure to listen to The Week With Adam Back.

Caitlin Long

Guest

Pension settlement expert.

The Galadriel of Bitcoin.

Harvard trained lawyer. Wyoming Blockchain Task Force.

22-year Wall Street veteran. Blockchain and Bitcoin enthusiast.

Be sure to listen to this interview about the financilization of Bitcoin.

Saife Ammous

Guest

Bitcoin Standard author.

The Gimli of Bitcoin.

Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University.

Associate professor of economics. Bitcoin economist.

Be sure to listen to The Week With Saifedean Ammous.

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