Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

France still uses monetary colonialism to exploit 15 African nations. Could Bitcoin be a way out? Join Guy Swann as he reads Alex Gladstein's research into the CFA franc currency system in 15 African Nations.  Find the full article on Bitcoin Magazine:  https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-a-currency-of-decolonization

Following the historic news of El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender, host Christian Keroles sits down with three CEO’s of prominent Bitcoin projects in South America to react to the news as well as discuss Bitcoin adoption across Latin America. Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar CEO of IOV Labs and RSK , Mauricio Tovar CEO Tropykus Finance, and Max Cajurzaa CEO of Money on Chain protocol all lend their experience both building Bitcoin projects and educating users about Bitcoin.  We cover the challenges they face and tremendous progress that has been made! The Panel spends time discussing how broken the legacy finance infrastructure is in South American countries and how RSK is serving as a permissionless financial stack for users in Latin America and across the globe. We are starting to see major ecommerce sites leveraging both Bitcoin and stable assets built on RSK and Money on Chain.  Next the group takes time to break down the El Salvador situation and give their opinions on Article 7 and other aspects of how this bill was implemented. The group tends to favor the bill and think it is rather far, whereas many critics have shared mixed opinions over specific implementation details. Finally the Panel speculates on which countries are likely to be next, we discuss the nuances around Panama’s “crypto bill”, and much more.  Please enjoy this informative deep dive on Bitcoin adoption in Latin America!  Panelists:  Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar CEO of IOV Labs and RSK @dieguito Mauricio Tovar CEO Tropykus.finance @maurotov Maximiliano Carjuzaa CEO of Money on Chain @maxcarjuzaa Moderator:  Christian Keroles: Host of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast @ck_SNARKs

In recent months, conversations about the environmental impact of bitcoin have risen to national prominence. In this Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, hosts David Zell and Matt Odell sat down with famed Shark Tank investor, Kevin O’Leary. O’Leary had previously called bitcoins mined using fossil fuels “blood coins” and suggested that these coins and bitcoins mined with renewable energy may trade at different prices. In this interview, Mr. Wonderful walked back some of these positions, arguing that green mining will simply rise to meet growing demand. Nonetheless, Kevin’s conversations with institutional investors have lead him to a stark conclusion—firms are increasingly bound by ESG standards, and major money is waiting on the sidelines to invest in bitcoin once these standards are met. Zell and Odell talk with Kevin about what this may look like as well as the broader landscape of institutional investment. O’Leary announced for the first time that he is looking to increase his bitcoin allocation from 3% to 5% and discussed his investments in the bitcoin ecosystem. This was a great conversation, and you won’t want to miss it.

One of the most important yet double edge narratives out there is “Bitcoin is Digital Gold” On this very special Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, CK sits down with Aaron Segal, investor, Bitcoin thinker, and writer. Aaron’s first contribution to Bitcoin Magazine was one for the ages. CK read the article and immediately got back to Aaron asking for an interview. CK believes that Bitcoin is much better than gold ever was and to simply describe is as gold on the internet does not do the revolution that is Bitcoin justice.  Enter Bitcoin Information Theory (BIT) by Aaron Segal. Aaron’s article frames Bitcoin in a completely different way. Rather than focusing on Digital Gold, Segal hones in on the fact that a Bitcoin standard would end monetary uncertainty for 100% of the planet. What does ending monetary uncertainty mean? Aaron puts it into the contact of the laws of thermodynamics and entropy. Aaron sees that the law of thermodynamics doesn’t take into account advancements in technology, so Aaron created a new formula that does. The basic Idea is that work or energy expenditure to the power of technology minus monetary uncertainty equals information.  TE^(X-ME) = -IE Please enjoy this eye opening conversation with Aaron Segal.  Follow Aaron @LudiMagistR

On this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine podcast, Christian Keroles sits down with Bitcoin entrepreneur Ruben Waterman. Ruben innovated in the Bitcoin exchange space with his company Bittr by being one of the first minimalist DCA Bitcoin apps around. Bitter unfortunately had to shut down in 2020 due to heavy handed regulation and uncertain enforcement from AMLD5 in europe. AMLD5 would have forced Bittr, run by a tiny team, to take on an enormous amount of compliance regulation and overhead. Due to this Bittr had to shut down, however Ruben did not lose hope all together. After a brief break, Ruben returned to find a path and partnerships to resurrect his Bitcoiner friendly DCA business.  After a year of struggle, Ruben has found a way to bring Bittr back to Europe. The app allows users to DCA straight from their bank account to their self custody Bitcoin wallet. There is never any custody from Ruben and very minimal KYC requirements for Bitcoiners trying to accumulate slowly over time.  Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Ruben Waterman Ruben Waterman Twitter: @watermaniak

Prior to the Bitcoin 2021 Conference, Bitcoin Magazine Podcast host Christian Keroles sat down with keynote speaker and incredible Bitcoin thinker for one of his very first podcasts appearances. This interview covers two of Allen's seminal works and why Farrington prefers to investigate Bitcoin’s cultural and literature alignments over the typical framing of economics, trading and technology.  First Keroles and Farrington dive into his article The Capital Stripmine. The article is a ~30 minute read and it dives into why the current fiat system is effectively strip mining the US and current financial system of its resources. He compares what is going on in capital markets to the strip mining techniques that have become popular in modern day. Allen laments that because of fiat money’s poor incentives, civilization has taken on a growth at all cost mentality and have thrown away all regard for long term thinking and preservation.  Second he get into Allen’s blockbuster article Bitcoin is Venice, Bitcoin Is. In this article Farrington, educates the reader about the anomaly that is Venice Italy at is peak. Venice was a magical mixture of a sound money, capitalistic, and free society when many of its neighbors where still operating in futility. Venice in contrast to other large cities was a bastion for the arts, wealth, and thought. Farrington details how Bitcoin’s sounds and fair monetary properties provide a framework for humanity to return back to Venice esc conditions and hopefully prosperity.  Lastly Keroles and Farrington discuss Allen’s plan’s for his now live Bitcoin 2021 key note presentation titled, The Milk Of Paradise: Bitcoin And The Western Canon. The speech discusses how Western literature, culture, and historical lessons can all be fit into the values and properties that Bitcoin codifies into a physical network on nodes that maintain consensus in a decentralized way. Please enjoy this fascinating conversation with Allen Farrington.  Follow Allen Farrington @allenf32

On this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, host Christian Keroles sits down with Ben Price of Open Sats. Ben is a Bitcoin pleb who left Visa to work on funding open source software development. He created Open Sats, a 100% pass through non profit for allowing Bitcoiners to donate to opensource development in a taxed advantaged way. The Open Sats platform has a page that allows users to regularly donate to independent devs or projects listed on Open Sats, or they can donate to a general fund which is allocated by the board of directors. The board consists of Ben Price, Matt Odell, Udi, Janine, James O'Beirne and several other well known Bitcoiners.  Christian and Ben Discuss the process of creating the nonprofit and the challenges they encountered. Price emphasises why 100% pass-through is a major differentiator and thanks several partners that enable the project to operate with no expenses including the entire board of directors. Price discusses their 100% BTC denominated policy and how Open Sats will hold all funds in Bitcoin and distribute all donations in bitcoin exclusively.  The project is optimized to help Bitcoiners dollar cost donate to the best projects in the bitcoin space.  Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Ben Price.

This podcast episode was recorded as a primer for Greg Foss’ appearance on the Bitcoin 2021 “The Bitcoin Macro Landscape Panel.” If you couldn’t make the conference, be sure to catch the Bitcoin 2021 YouTube live stream for day one and for day two.  In this podcast recorded on May 25, Bitcoin Magazine Head of Research Dylan LeClair had a discussion with credit market expert Greg Foss to discuss the macroeconomic landscape surrounding bitcoin. Foss has over 30 years of experience in credit markets, and his breadth of knowledge was put on full display during the podcast as the two discussed leverage in the financial system; investment strategies and hedging optionality using a small, long VOL allocation with a majority bitcoin position; and bitcoin as the ultimate solution to the fiat ponzi. The two also discussed the recent event of legendary macro investor Ray Dalio saying that he would rather own bitcoin than a bond, and what that means for the investment community.   This discussion is not one you want to miss. For more of Foss’ work, check out his report tilted, “Why Every Fixed Income Investor Needs To Consider Bitcoin As Portfolio Insurance,” and tune into his panel discussion with Preston Pysh, Jeff Booth, Mark Yusko and Trey Lockerbie from the main stage at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami.

For this special edition of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast Matt Odell sits down with Bethany Hamilton and her husband Adam Dirks. Bethany is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which she lost her left arm and who ultimately returned to professional surfing. Bethany and Adam both take faith very seriously and as they discuss their Bitcoin journey, they mention Thank God for Bitcoin by Jimmy Song and several other Bitcoiners, which makes the case for why corrupt money is bad for humanity and how Bitcoin redeems sound money for the world. Both Bethany and Adam started taking Bitcoin much more seriously after the book and have recently come out publicly in support for the Bitcoin movement. To Bethany and Adam, Bitcoin is finally something that makes sense in a financial world that has lost the cause.  Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Bethany, Adam, and Matt. 

Freelance model, makeup artist and photographer Jessica Vaugn, best known for her work with Playboy, started tumbling down the bitcoin rabbit hole in 2020. She says it completely changed her life and the way she views the world. As a freelancer, she’s always been keen on making independent choices. But it wasn’t until the pandemic lockdowns, she says, that she realized government-run economic systems limit her personal freedoms. Now, thanks to a penchant for books like “The Bitcoin Standard” and networking with bitcoiners on Twitter, Vaugn says she’s using bitcoin to hedge against the risks of government overreach and inflation. She’s not worried about price volatility, since she’s not hoping to get rich quickly by trading cryptocurrencies. She’s only interested in bitcoin, not anything else in the sea of digital assets, because that’s what she feels is most aligned with her ideological perspective. She says the bitcoin ethos is all about freedom, privacy, and security. And considering the strict pandemic protocols forced on the residents of Los Angeles over the past year, those values have become more important to her now than ever before.   For Vaugn, 2021 is a year of investing in herself by growing her newfound bitcoin knowledge to reshape her career. As Hollywood unions tighten their grip on work opportunities in Los Angeles, Vaugn is flying to Miami to meet experts from the bitcoin community. She’s not sure what the future holds, but she does know having custody of her own bitcoin can offer peace of mind in uncertain times. If you can’t join the conference in Miami, tune in via Youtube then follow #Bitcoin2021 on Twitter and Instagram. Plus, you can join our conversation on Telegram and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with all the happenings at Bitcoin 2021. Next stop, Bitcoin 2021 in Miami!