Chat #66 – Will the Real Web3 Please Stand Up, with John Carvalho

“Our goal is basically to realize this concept we have created called the atomic economy. This is just my way to create a narrative and mental model to represent hyperbitcoinization, or a future world where we actually broke free from having government regulations control the economy, having big tech control our data, and having big banks control our assets. If we actually ended up in that world, what would it actually look like?” – John Carvalho
Today we dive into an amazing conversation with John Carvalho that I’ve been eager to get at for a while now. Through Bitcoin and Lightning we have inadvertently been given the Holy Grail of a decentralized web, millions of individuals with a public and private key pair. Do we really need this bloated & scammy system with 10s of 1000s of shitcoins and blockchains for everything? Or is there something far simpler, and more fundamental that could be the beginnings of something massive? Find out in today’s interview with the Bitcoin OG, cypherpunk, CEO of Synonym… John Carvalho.
Don’t forget to check out the incredible stuff being built by Synonym:
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Chat #65 – To Airgap, Or Not to Airgap? …& Other Hardware Challenges with Lixin Liu & Douglas Bakkum

If you missed the awesome Twitter spaces we had with Lixin Liu from Keystone and Douglas Bakkum from Shift Crypto, you can’t stop crying because we have it here on Bitcoin Audible for your listening pleasure. What are the security benefits or trade offs with airgapped hardware wallets, what are the general challenges of Bitcoin hardware security, and why and how do most people lose their Bitcoin and what can we do to fix it? All this and more in today’s chat with some amazing minds building Bitcoin hardware, in Chat 65 – To Airgap or not to Airgap?
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Chat #64 – Greg Foss & Preston Pysh on Bitcoin & the Bond Blowup

Today we have an incredible conversation with Preston Pysh and Greg Foss on the Bond markets, the shifting sands of the global financial world, and the incredible impact that Bitcoin will have on our future direction and the outcome of these crazy times. You don’t want to miss this one guys, so dive right in.
Don’t forget to check out Preston and Greg on twitter if you haven’t. They are must follows in this space, all signal:
https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss
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Chat #63 – Hashing it Out with Harry Sudock

“Nodes are the law, and miners are the muscle.”
– Harry Sudock
Harry Sudock, Vice President of Strategy at Griid, and I have a chat about the challenges of energy production, grid capacity, and the energy infrastructure and how so many can be addressed by the incredible opportunity of Bitcoin mining. How and why are energy production and the Bitcoin network merging together, and what does this mean for the future?
Don’t forget to check out Harry on twitter, and explore the other shows he has been on discussing more on this topic:
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/harry-sudock
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Shitcoin Insider Chat_006 – Proof of What?

Proof of stake, versus proof of work. Isn’t POW super wasteful, while POS is the cost free alternative that obviously is as equally secure? Are we throwing hashes into the wind for no reason, or is there something fundamentally wrong with this comparison? Find out in Episode #6 of Shitcoin Insider.
Subscribe to the show, don’t forget to check out Bitcoin Audible for tons of other deep dives into the nature of Bitcoin and Proof of work vs Proof of Stake, and check us out on Twitter here. (Link: https://x.com/shitcoininsider)
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Chat #62 – Dave Smith & Part of the Solution

Dave Smith has finally done a Bitcoin episode! For those of you who missed this, I am making it available on my own feed and for those of you who do not know Dave Smith, he has the best podcast on libertarianism out there. It is absolutely one to check out if you haven’t yet. Check out the links below to watch this episode on youtube, or explore the other great content on Part of the Problem.
Part of the Problem with Dave Smith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqs3DOXqCc
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-of-the-problem/id833706616
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Chat #61 – Libertarians & Bitcoiners Sitting in a Tree…

We had an awesome discussion on Twitter spaces, getting some major Bitcoiners and Libertarians together to talk about the tools available to us in the endless fight for liberty, & why Bitcoin should be at the center of it all. Hope you guys enjoy this discussion as much as I did, and sorry for the minor audio hiccups and lack of censoring. As an open discussion there is some language so don’t have your kids around if you don’t want them to hear.
Thanks to @BranchFloridian for putting this together and hope to be able to do this again soon!
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Chat #60 – Strong Foundations in an Unstable Era, with Cory Tucek

A walk through Bitcoin history, the chaos of the early days, the blocksize war, working in film, financial catastrophes, the great reset, the breakdown of collective trust, hyperinflation, & the principles that Bitcoin embodies – all covered in today’s chat with the Bitcoin Made Simple podcast host, Cory Tucek. I had a great time with this one and I think you guys will love it. Don’t miss Chat #60 – Strong Foundations in an Unstable Era
Check out the Bitcoin Made Simple Podcast for more from Cory at the link below:
https://anchor.fm/bitcoinmadesimple/episodes/BMS-011-Dan-Held-danheld-Interview-eur2h9
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Chat #59 – Skin in the Lightning Game with ZeBeDee Founder

The Gaming Universe is about to be Struck by Lightning. We have Simon Cowell on the podcast, CEO and Founder of ZeBeDee and their tools for easily integrating Lightning payments directly into the gaming and esports industry. Where the virtual economy meets the virtual world, with Lightning at its center. Don’t miss Bitcoin Audible Chat #59!
Don’t forget to follow them and check out the tools they are building by going to their twitter page and website below:
https://twitter.com/zebedeeio
https://zebedee.io/
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Shitcoin Insider Chat_005 – Why Your Altcoin is Worthless – The Clubhouse Debate

Back from the dead! Shitcoin Insider returns with a lengthy discussion of money, networks, altcoins, their merits, the lack of, & everything else in a marathon discussion on Clubhouse. Don’t forget to subscribe, drop your criticisms, questions, & insults to the @ShitcoinInsider Twitter handle. And in the meantime, enjoy Episode #005.
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Ready for best-in-class self custody?
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Trying to BUY BITCOIN?
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Bitcoin Games!
Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from the Free Market Kids! Use code GUY10 at checkout for 10% off your cart! (Link: https://www.freemarketkids.com/collections/games-1)
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Chat #58 – Preston Pysh on Monetary Revolutions

“The World is in Denial” – Preston Pysh
Preston Pysh joins Bitcoin Audible to talk the horrible macro environment, the unraveling of the financial markets, the enormous risk of inflation, & how the maturation of Bitcoin could turn everything upside down. The establishment of real market interest rates & liquid futures markets within the Bitcoin ecosystem isn’t merely a sign of growth, it’s a fundamentally important step toward a robust, global financial system built atop Bitcoin as the new monetary base.
Don’t miss today’s excellent interview with the host of the most downloaded investor’s podcast, “We Study Billionaires” and founder of the “Investors Podcast Network,” Preston Pysh.
Check out Preston Pysh on Twitter and his amazing podcasts at the links below:
https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/
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Chat #57 – Bitcoin History with Peter Todd, Brady Swenson, & Guy Swann on Swan Signal Live

“Peter Todd, a Bitcoin developer who has been around from the very beginning and even well before Bitcoin was released and Guy Swann who bought his first Bitcoin on Mt. Gox in early 2011, join us to dive into Bitcoin’s fascinating history.”
Today we get into a recent fun episode on Swan Signal where we take a little walk through Bitcoin’s history. For those new to Bitcoin this is a great discussion to get an idea of how we got to where we are, and the reason behind it.
Connect with Peter Todd:
https://twitter.com/peterktodd
https://petertodd.org
Connect with Brady Swenson:
https://twitter.com/CitizenBitcoin
https://citizenbitcoin.world/
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