SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool
How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss: Why pools exist How to structure mining pools Trade off...
18 Aug 20211h 24min
SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat: Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs bui...
13 Aug 20211h 12min
SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas
Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about: The opportunity for Oil & Gas with Bitcoin Optionality The necessity ...
12 Aug 20211h 19min
SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?
Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat: Current invoices today vs Offers...
9 Aug 20211h 13min
SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself!
Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me ...
5 Aug 20211h 17min
SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment
Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas: What bitcoin really repla...
3 Aug 20211h 26min
SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America
Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his...
27 Juli 202155min
SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets
Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat: CPI rises to 5.4% and inflation Govt debt and the likely govt responses Why and...
22 Juli 20211h 10min
