On The Brink with Castle Island Parker Lewis (Unchained Capital) on unlocking Bitcoin's potential with multisig (EP.148)
Nov 16, 2020
01:12:40
Parker Lewis, head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, and author of the Gradually then Suddenly series, joins the show. In this episode:
- Parker's progress in our Bitcoin fantasy league
- Our views on how Bitcoin gives purpose
- Bitcoin's relationship to the prospects for fiscal spending
- How the virus may have been an excuse to extend the fragile credit system
- Why Covid-related spending is often framed in moral, rather than economic terms
- How Bitcoin eschews academic debates
- Unchained's mission and current product focus
- Why on-chain multisig is such a good blend of resilience and convenience
- What multisig enables in terms of bitcoin applications
- What credit in a Bitcoin economy looks like
- Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset and how Unchained is building for that future
- Why Bitcoin custody is fundamentally hard
- Parker's feelings on avowed Bitcoiner Cynthia Lummis being elected to the Senate
- How Bitcoin aligns with American values
- Parker's favorite piece in his Gradually then Suddenly series