The Real Origins of Money with Natalie Smolenski SLP538
In this conversation, Natalie Smolenski discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, anthropology, and political economy. She explores the debate on the origin of money and the clash between anthropologists...
8 Jan 20241h 4min
Are Covenants Necessary for Bitcoin? with Brandon Black (SLP537)
Not everybody understands that blockchains themselves don’t scale. And this may create some tricky implications if we want to onboard large numbers of people to Bitcoin. This is why some of the discus...
31 Des 20231h 20min
Elizabeth’s War on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard (SLP535)
Elizabeth Warren has come out with a new anti Bitcoin bill. Joining me is VP of Research at Riot Platforms, Pierre Rochard. We talk about: What’s in the bill Policy objectives “Unhosted wallets” ...
25 Des 20231h 16min
Michael Saylor on Bitcoin Principles (SLP536)
What are the key principles underlying Bitcoin? How should we think about changes to Bitcoin? Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman and Founder of MicroStrategy rejoins me on the show to discuss: Bitco...
22 Des 20232h 50min
Small Business for Bitcoiners with Bobby Shell (SLP534)
Should Bitcoiners consider Small Business? What are some of the important considerations here? Bobby Shell of Voltage and Imprint Digital joins me on the show to talk about his experiences in SMB and ...
18 Des 202352min
The Great Drivechain Debate with Paul Sztorc and Peter Todd (SLP533)
Drivechain is a proposal from 2015 which has had a lot of community debate recently. Joining us today to debate this are Paul Sztorc (CEO of Layer Two Labs) and Peter Todd. We discuss a range of point...
15 Des 20231h 39min
Bitcoin Seed Backups for Multi Sig with SeedHammer (SLP 532)
Now many of us are familiar with the idea of using steel backups for our bitcoin private keys, but what about in the case of multi signature? And what about using machine engraving? Dax and E from the...
12 Des 202352min
How Many People Can Use Lightning? LSP Specs with Severin Buhler (SLP531)
How many people can use Bitcoin and Lightning today? Severin Buhler from Synonym joins me to talk about the LSP spec as well as lightning development. We talk about how the new LSP spec will enable mo...
5 Des 20231h 2min
