Ansel Lindner: Bitcoin 2020 - E113

Today we sit down with Bheki Mahlobo, an economics student and active bitcoiner from South Africa. Bheki appears in the new bitcoin documentary Banking on Africa - which is great and you should definitely check it out. Bheki discovered Austrian economics in high school and has gone on to study economics, albeit of the Keynsian variety, at university but describes how he studies Austrian economics on his own. We discuss the state of the economy and of bitcoin in South Africa and running a full node! Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekBheki on Twitter

11 Jun 202059min

Today we sit down with Stephen Cole, bitcoiner and investor.  Stephen is well known on Bitcoin Twitter for his insightful, often funny and expert distilled tweets. He’s an investor in several great Bitcoin companies, including Swan. We talk about Stephen’s Bitcoin background, how he came to learn Austrian economics, the evolution of his political beliefs, and investing in bitcoin companies.  Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekStephen on Twitter

4 Jun 20201h 10min

Today we sit down with Jeff Booth author of the new book The Price of Tomorrow. Jeff is a long time tech entrepreneur - He led BuildDirect, a technology company that aimed to simplify the building industry, for nearly two decades and he invests in and sits on the boards of many tech companies. Needless to say Jeff has his finger on the pulse of the global tech industry. In this disucssion we dive into the ideas he’s fleshed out in The Price of Tomorrow - deflationary technology in the time of inflationary monetary policy - the deep societal problems caused by inflationary money - how deflationary technology could combine with the deflationary money that is Bitcoin. We soberly examine the current state of affairs but also consider a bright future ahead and the path to get there.    Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekJeff on Twitter

28 Mai 20201h 23min

Today we sit down with Justine, aka @MsHodl - Justine is a bitcoiner who drops smart takes on Twitter and I wanted to sit down and chat some bitcoin with her - we get into her background and rabbit hole story, we talk about how bitcoin could help rebuild society from the bottom up, about coming to bitcoin from different political perspectives, about “toxicity” in the space and much more. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekJustine on Twitter

21 Mai 20201h 6min

Erik is a crypto-anarchist, iconoclast, and thinker that has been working in the bitcoin ecosystem since 2012. His primary concerns are the intersections of political, economic, and social theory as they relate to bitcoin specifically - and in this episode we get into all these topics and we start with talk about his time at Coinbase - it’s a wide ranging discussion that was very interesting from start to finish. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekErik on TwitterErik's writing

14 Mai 20201h 41min

Aleks Svetski is founder and CEO of Swan’s Aussie autostacking ally - Amber. In this episode we talk about principles of liberty, freedom, short term thinking vs long term thinking, how an economy is complex like natural systems and natural money arises organically from a free market. It’s always great to hang out with Aleks.Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Aleks on TwitterAleks on MediumAmber

7 Mai 20201h 24min

Brandon Quittem published last week the fourth and final installment of his wonderful mycelium/mushroom/medicine/symbiosis series. John Vallis, host of the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast, and I both slid right into Brandon’s DMs to schedule him for a pod. I love these two guys and it occurred to me that it’d be a ton of fun to do this thing all together. So we did. This is the first half of our 2 hour 40 minute conversation - you will find the second half on the Bitcoin Rapid Fire podcast feed. This was a blast, we had a wide ranging conversation that was not at all limited to Bitcoin. In the second half we get crazy cosmic so be sure not to miss it. Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism (Mycelium) — Part 1 / 4Brandon on TwitterJohn on TwitterBitcoin Rapid Fire podcast

30 Apr 20201h 20min

Robert and I dive into the ideas of Nassim Taleb, laid out in his Incerto series, as they relate to bitcoin. A lot of Bitcoiners will know of and have read Taleb’s work, surely there are some of you listening who haven’t - this episode is great for both - enjoy!Citizen Bitcoin on TwitterCitizen Bitcoin PodcastCitizen Bitcoin Layer One merch collectionBitcoiner's BestMusic: Moon in the Sky by HobotekLinks from the episode:Robert on TwitterRobert on MediumParallax Digital

24 Apr 20201h 21min