BTC Sessions

What is Bitcoin’s monetary policy? How many Bitcoins will ever be issued? How often are new ones created? Who gets them? More importantly, is this the same for altcoins? If not, how do they hold up against Bitcoin? In today’s show I explore these topics and give you a number of questions you should ask yourself any time you look at an altcoin and think it’s a “good deal”. SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS Bitcoin Up 32% This Month https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-is-up-32-this-month/ 75% of all Bitcoin are in profit https://bitcoinist.com/over-75-of-bitcoin-in-circulation-are-in-profit/ Trezor Wallets Can Be Hacked https://cointelegraph.com/news/trezor-wallets-can-be-hacked-kraken-reveals Attacking Bitcoin for one day costs $21 Million https://decrypt.co/18012/you-would-need-21-million-to-attack-bitcoin-for-a-day Jack Mallers announces incredible Strike app – true lightning innovation https://medium.com/@JimmyMow/announcing-strike-by-zap-4f578c7c8984 Vlad Costea examines Bitcoin’s leaderless advantage https://www.academy.btse.com/post/bitcoin-s-leaderless-advantage-and-how-it-came-to-be SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

Today I sat down with Ledn’s Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss the idea of proof of reserves, building financial products on Bitcoin, and the implications of some companies carrying over bad practices of traditional finance to a world with no lender of last resort. Ledn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hodlwithledn Mauricio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptonomista Mauricio’s proof of reserves article from Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/why-proof-of-reserves-is-important-to-bitcoin Visit LEDN and learn about their services: https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Check out my website for private bookings: http://btcsessions.ca/ Looking for an audio-only version of the show? https://anchor.fm/btcsessions Join my Telegram channel! https://t.me/btc_sessions If you value my work and would like to send me a tip, they are always appreciated! LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

Today’s guest is Samson Mow, CSO at Blockstream. We dive into Blockstream's Liquid Network, what it is, and who it's for. Samson on Twitter https://twitter.com/Excellion  Read more about Liquid Network https://blockstream.com/liquid/  Read more about Blockstream https://blockstream.com/ Check out my YouTube tutorial for Blockstream Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO3Zi9D5b0Y SUPPORT THE SHOW! Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Microsoft says on-chain scaling degrades decentralization, prefers layered scaling approach https://bitcoinist.com/farewell-bitcoin-cash-microsoft-chain-scaling-degrades-decentralization/ Lightning Network Trust Chain part 2 is on the move! https://twitter.com/hashtag/LNTrustChain2?src=hashtag_click Opendime – physical bitcoin https://opendime.com/ Bitcoin privacy war – will it be worse than the scaling war? https://eng.ambcrypto.com/bitcoins-privacy-war-could-be-worse-than-the-scaling-war/ Wasabi wallet https://wasabiwallet.io/ Samourai Whirlpool https://samouraiwallet.com/whirlpool Joinmarket https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org Liquid Network https://blockstream.com/liquid/ Lightning wallets list https://lightningnetworkstores.com/wallets BTCpay Server introduces “BTCpay Vault” https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-vault/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

SHOW TOPICS: What the hell is going on? Peter Schiff irresponsibly loses his private keys, blames Bitcoin https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1218911797626847234 Binance CEO suggests keeping funds on exchanges https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-ceo-suggests-crypto-exchanges-are-safer-than-keeping-ones-keys Trace Mayer endorses Bobby Lee’s Ballet Crypto wallet https://twitter.com/TraceMayer/status/1219003646685278208 A look at Bitcoin Block Size https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-is-the-bitcoin-block-size-limit John Carvalho on What Bitcoin Did discussing Defending Bitcoin https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/defending-bitcoin-with-john-carvalho Post-mortem of Segwit2X https://www.coindesk.com/2x-called-off-bitcoin-hard-fork-suspended-lack-consensus Bitcoin Core contributors list https://bitcoin.org/en/development#dev-communities Breez Lightning Wallet tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_4b-y4T8bY SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

SHOW TOPICS: Canadian Securities regulators hit exchanges hard https://cointelegraph.com/news/canadian-regulator-issues-new-guidance-for-cryptocurrency-exchanges Summary by Matt Burgoyne https://twitter.com/BurgoyneMatt/status/1217866056519143430 Plan B Stock To Flow Model vs Efficient Market Hypothesis https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/efficient-market-hypothesis-and-bitcoin-stock-to-flow-model-db17f40e6107 Live Stock to Flow model https://digitalik.net/btc/ Bitcoin up 25% this year already https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-already-up-25-in-2020-after-hitting-9-000 Bitcoin hashrate https://coin.dance/blocks/hashrate/linear SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

SHOW TOPICS: BTCPay Server integrates Liquid network https://blockstream.com/2020/01/15/en-announcing-liquid-support-for-btcpay-server/ Overview of Liquid support for Green Wallet https://blockstream.com/2019/07/05/en-liquid-arrives-on-green/ Hodlonaut Defamation case vs Craig Wright dismissed in the UK https://bitcoinist.com/hodlonaut-v-craig-wright-case-moves-to-norway/ Bitfinex moves $1Billion in Bitcoin for 48 cents https://cointelegraph.com/news/no-it-wasnt-craig-wright-bitfinex-moves-1b-in-bitcoin-for-48-cents New Breez Lightning Wallet tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_4b-y4T8bY&feature=youtu.be SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions

***Apologies for audio quality - had microphone issues today SHOW TOPICS: Bitcoin hits 2 month high https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hits-2-month-high-at-87k-as-3-bullish-factors-converge Key resistance levels between here and $10,000 https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hits-2-month-high-at-87k-as-3-bullish-factors-converge BitcoinSV is pumping and Craig Wright’s trial is a circus https://decrypt.co/16507/craig-wrights-9-billion-court-case-just-took-an-unexpected-turn Coinmarket Cap historical snapshots from previous bull markets 2013 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20131201/ 2017 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171217/ My article on the Crypto Diversification Trap https://medium.com/bull-bitcoin/the-crypto-diversification-trap-6744b0a954a6 LEDN Bitcoin loans get $50 free: https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Check out NordVPN for 81% off: https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions Rise Wallet – easy onboarding for Canadians https://www.risewallet.com/ Wasabi Wallet – use coinjoin to maintain privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ LIGHTNING tips: https://tippin.me/@BTCsessions

SHOW TOPICS: 11 years ago today Hal Finney tweeted “Running Bitcoin” https://twitter.com/halfin/status/1110302988?s=20 https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/ Russia has nearly double the interest in cloud mining as China https://decrypt.co/16364/russia-dominates-the-cloud-based-bitcoin-mining-industry Scammers gonna scam – Craig Wright drops 400+ dossiers in Kleinman case to buy himself more time https://twitter.com/ModernConsensus/status/1215445144134209537 The average 2019 crypto scam victim in China experienced a lost of $20,000 https://decrypt.co/16324/chinese-crypto-users-lost-a-massive-20k-per-capita-in-scams-last-year Elon Musk tweeting about Bitcoin again https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1215526980449255424 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit LEDN to check out getting a bitcoin-backed loan https://platform.ledn.io/join/0a00cca3dd61dea5909c95cd41f41685 Get Wasabi wallet and enjoy your privacy https://wasabiwallet.io/ Wasabi Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQHAzSckK0 Check out Rise Wallet – the easiest way to onboard your pre-coiner friends to Bitcoin! https://www.risewallet.com/ Rise tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VUjj6wPM0 Get NORDVPN to protect your online privacy. 75% off a 3 year https://nordvpn.org/btcsessions