Bitcoin Audible

“In order to be useful for this kind of process, a good must possess a good “hardness”: Any unit of said good should not significantly lose its ability to provide utility if stored over some period of time.” - Giacomo Zucco Beginning an excellent introductory series into the ideas behind Bitcoin from the broadest spectrum available, taking us through the history of value from Cavemen all the way to the Lightning Network. Today we cover the introduction and part 1 of Discovering Bitcoin by Giacomo Zucco Check out the original articles at Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/discovering-bitcoin-a-brief-overview-from-cavemen-to-the-lightning-network https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/discovering-bitcoin-part-1-time Don’t forget to start your long term Bitcoin savings at SwanBitcoin.com/Guy For more great shows from the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, check it out below: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

A long and intense discussion on the vast chasms between the normal view of the world, and that which Bitcoin instills and requires of people. In the age of contradict and finger pointing, there is nothing so disruptive as radical personal responsibility. Don't miss an awesome chat with Keyvan Davani, host of The Total Bitcoin and The Total Connecter podcasts! So much to unpack, so get ready for a great one. Check out & follow Keyvan at the links below: https://twitter.com/keyvandavani https://www.keyvandavani.com/ Get the best nights sleep in the world with an auto-purchase Bitcoin savings plan at SwanBitcoin.com/guy. It will revolutionize the way you sleep! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Privacy is at the root of Lightning which is a requirement for a retail payment network to succeed. It builds on Bitcoin which does not optimize for privacy⁵ but transparency and robustness." - Nicolas Burtey & Chris Hunter As excellent piece today from the Galoy Money team that compares the current world of retail payment infrastructure with the incredible potential of a similarly architected, but fundamentally more open, permissionless, private, and censorship resistant payments system built with the Bitcoin & Lightning protocol stack.  An excellent piece with a sobering, but hugely bullish vision of a Bitcoin future. Check out the original and drop some massive applause for this piece at the link below: https://medium.com/galoymoney/lightning-as-a-retail-payment-system-part-1-7463c46342ef Start your stacking if you haven't! The train is leaving the station! swanbitcoin.com/guy will get you $10 free to start, and set your auto-purchase Bitcoin savings plan in motion. Set it and forget it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

Today's Guy's Take is a response to the Bill Bert podcast with Anthony Pompliano! What did Pomp miss? What did he get wrong? Lets do something a little different with this episode, and feel free to check out the video by finding it on YouTube with links and other things provided in the shownotes. Let me know what you think, and don't forget to subscribe! Watch Episode 20 of the Bill Bert Podcast on youtube below: https://youtu.be/UbMaPYX52go Start your long term, auto purchase, super simple Bitcoin savings plan below and get $10 to start off for free! SwanBitcoin.com/Guy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"This risk is probably best countered by offering enough time to upgrade. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees on how much time is enough; some think forced signaling could start within a year, others believe it should take several years." - Aaron Van Wirdum Taproot is here! Now just how the hell do we decide to do the upgrade? Aaron Van Wirdum brings us another great piece at Bitcoin Magazine on the varied discussions on how to implement a Bitcoin soft fork in the post-SegWit days. Do we have PTSD, or are we ready for another leap in the Bitcoin protocol? Check out the original at Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin For further reading/listening on Segwit, Taproot, Schnorr, & more, check out these other awesome articles below: Taproot is Coming • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_318---Taproot-is-Coming-Aaron-van-Wirdum-e8um0c The Long Road to Segwit • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_054---The-Long-Road-To-Segwit-e2ndsv Schnorr Signatures & The Inevitability of Privacy • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_226---Schnorr-Signatures--The-Inevitability-of-Privacy-in-Bitcoin-Lucas-Nuzzi-e3jfhi Paying Yourself for Privacy on Lightning • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_352---Paying-Yourself-for-Privacy-on-Lightning---Aaron-Van-Wirdum-eaq2go Simplifying Lightning with the "No Input" Class • https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_297---Simplifying-Lightning--The-Noinput-Class-Aaron-Van-Wirdum-e5fhoa ----------------------------- Start your Bitcoin savings plan at SwanBitcoin.com/guy! Don't hate yourself for having delayed weeks and missed a prime, sat stacking opportunity before the next bull market. Today is it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

“Trusted third parties are security holes” isn’t just a slogan; it’s a concept that millions of people will have intuitively grasped for the first time yesterday." - Nic Carter I'm sure you've heard about the insane social media takeover by a hacker looking to make a little Bitcoin by now. Nic Carter writes an op-ed on Coindesk breaking down his take on the event and how it calls attention to the huge problems of centralization on the web and social media, and what the possible solutions might look like. Will this finally push massive change in online security, or will it be quickly forgotten like the many hacks before it? Original article as well as links to some other fascinating reads by Nic below: https://www.coindesk.com/after-twitter-hack-we-need-user-owned-internet-more-than-ever Support the show by starting your Bitcoin savings plan at SwanBitcoin.com/Guy and get $10 free to start off! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Bitcoin’s capped supply is one of its most well-known features, and it is regularly cited as a hedge against inflation caused by government money printing. Most people don’t know that Bitcoin has another attribute that acts as a hedge against a far larger risk."  - Nick Neuman Today we read a short article on BitcoinMagazine that shines light an incredible benefit of the Bitcoin system that isn't so widely understood. It isn't simply an independent monetary policy, its an independent monetary *system,* and by that fact a hedge against the instability of much more than merely inflation. Listen to today's episode to find out more! Link to the original with tons more to explore from the author and recent articles at Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-more-than-an-inflation-hedge Mentioned, The Yield from Money Held by Hans Hoppe: Read: https://mises.org/library/yield-money-held-reconsidered#:~:text=According%20to%20Keynes%2C%20the%20government,stimulate%20both%20consumption%20and%20investment. Listen: https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_122---The-Yield-From-Money-Held-Reconsidered-e2ndqn A huge thanks to LTBN, Bitcoin Magazine, and of course Swan Bitcoin! Start your auto stacking of sats and get $10 free at SwanBitcoin.com/Guy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

• DeFi • Prices & Markets • Bitcoin & the global power struggle • Political insanity • Apolitical? Super-Political? Omni-Political? • Hard Money Film • Lightning Attacks • Minimum wage & tons more! Another awesome episode with the Raleigh crew digging into so many topics on Bitcoin & and the state of the world.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"This rationale also completely demolishes the “blockchain not Bitcoin” mantra as the Schelling point is purely based on bitcoin the money, not blockchain the technology." - Willem Van Den Bergh Why do communication protocols tend towards monopoly? What is it in the nature of networks that lends dominance in a single medium, in the way VHS killed the very existence of BetaMax, how Blu-ray pushed HD-DVD into obscurity? What can Schelling Points, the Lindy Effects, and what we know about networks inform us about these unique systems, and do they demonstrate the limits of free markets?  Don't miss this incredible piece from Willem "On Schelling Points, Network Effects, & Lindy." https://medium.com/@willemvandenbergh_85885/on-schelling-points-network-effects-and-lindy-inherent-properties-of-communication-c4eb69b55c60 A great listen to accompany this one is Nick Szabo's "Shelling Out": https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Reboot---Shelling-Out-The-Origins-of-Money-Nick-Szabo-e9omme Sleep comfortably tonight, stack sats automatically with the lowest hassle, lowest cost Bitcoin savings plan. SwanBitcoin.com/guy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

"Rearden heard Bertram Scudder, outside the group, say to a girl who made some sound of indignation, “Don’t let him disturb you. You know, money is the root of all evil – and he’s the typical product of money.” Rearden did not think that Francisco could have heard it, but he saw Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile..." - Ayn Rand Reading the famous speech by character Francisco D'Anconia in the novel "Atlas Shrugged" on the root of all money. This one had a profound effect on my understanding of economics and money in the beginning of my journey down the rabbit hole, that ultimately led me to Bitcoin.  Enjoy. Use swanbitcoin.com/guy for sound money. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message