Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

Description In the third episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors break down and explain the different opinions and options available for activating Taproot and potentially future softfork upgrades.    Helpful Links:   Explainer article by Aaron discussing the different upgrade options:  https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bip-8-bip-9-or-modern-soft-fork-activation-how-bitcoin-could-upgrade-next   Support the Show!    Follow Bitcoin Magazine on Twitter @BitcoinMagazine    Follow Aaron van Wirdum @AaronvanW   Follow Sjors Provoost @provoost   Music:  Song Title: Segwit Sounds By: The NakamoTones Album: Citadel Music Produced by: Bitcoin Audio  

This week,  @ck_SNARKs and @AnselLindner take a deep dive into the Feds balance sheet, discuss the latest out of Europe and hash out what could happen in the short term for Bitcoin.  Topics:  Review the FEDs Balance Sheet Read Lorie Logan FED speech EU passes Recovery Fund Hash out Future Bitcoin scenarios Useful Links:  Balance sheet YTD: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm Fed Currency swaps 1 yr: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SWPT Lorie Logan FED speech July 15th: https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2020/log200715 EU Recovery Fund: https://www.dw.com/en/unmasking-the-eus-massive-pandemic-recovery-fund-the-fine-print/a-54255523 Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

In the second episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors break down and explain Taproot, the building blocks that make Taproot possible, and what it enables Bitcoin to do.    Helpful Links:    Taproot Explainer: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin    Support the Show!    Follow Bitcoin Magazine on Twitter @BitcoinMagazine    Follow Aaron van Wirdum @AaronvanW   Follow Sjors Provoost @provoost   Music:  Song Title: Segwit Sounds By: The NakamoTones Album: Citadel Music Produced by: Bitcoin Audio

This week,  @ck_SNARKs and @AnselLindner take a deep dive on Japan and China, talk recent Altcoin pumps, and discuss mining fundamentals.  Topics:  Digital Yen CBDC (https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/could-digital-yen-deflate-japans-deflation/) PBoC history Lack of volatility in Bitcoin Hashrate at all time highs Will Altcoins eventually die?  Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Our guest this week is Mustafa Yilham, Global Business Development at China based group Bixin. Mustafa was previously director of business development at Huobi and a partner at the Hong Kong based quant fund and finance firm Amber Group. Bixin is a major player in the mining space with over 300 MW and in the wallet space with one of the most popular consumer wallets in China and operates a bitcoin denominated crypto fund of funds of about 6k BTC. At Bixin Mustafa manages international allocation for that 6k Bitcoin fund of funds as well as its mining operation development outside of China and global partnerships. We discuss the differences between Asia and Western based hedge funds, risk management in allocating capital for Bixin’s varied business lines, the trends he is seeing in the mining space, particularly the decentralization of hash power outside of China, and more.

This week ck and Ansel sit down for a big update on recent news from the FED, all things macro, and tie in where Bitcoin fits into all of it.  Topics:  Economists are asking for UBI type recurring payments NY Fed Says If Markets Continue Improving, "Fed's Purchases May Stop Entirely" “Soaring saving rates Stocks and Gold keep going higher together Bitcoin Updates Useful Links:  Savings rates explode across the globe: http://archive.vn/casaJ Fed could slow down activity: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/head-ny-feds-trading-floor-says-if-markets-continue-improving-feds-purchases-may-stop Letter from economists asking for UBI: https://www.economicsecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/emp_economists_letter.pdf Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Bitcoin Magazine's Technical editor Aaron van Wirdum teams up with Bitcoin core contributor Sjors Provoost to explain Bitcoin one episode at a time. In the debut episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, Aaron and Sjors break down and explain Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) and Replace By Fee (RBF) and some really tricky attacks that where recently discovered in Bitcoin.  Helpful Links:  PSBT Attack Vector: https://blog.trezor.io/latest-firmware-updates-correct-possible-segwit-transaction-vulnerability-266df0d2860 RBF Attack Vector: https://zengo.com/bigspender-double-spend-vulnerability-in-bitcoin-wallets/ Support the Show!  Follow Bitcoin Magazine on Twitter @BitcoinMagazine  Follow Aaron van Wirdum @AaronvanW Follow Sjors Provoost @provoost Music:  Song Title: Segwit Sounds By: The NakamoTones Album: Citadel Music Produced by: Bitcoin Audio

Our guest this week is Koji Higashi, a long time bitcoiner and a much sought after and followed industry expert in Japan. He has helped several large companies with market entrance and localization strategies in Japan and is a founder of Koinup. Most recently he has been focused on the Lightning Network and is building products with the team at Nayuta (https://nayuta.co). We talk about how bitcoin has trended in Japan over the past few years and really dive into product development and developer trends for Bitcoin in Asia especially what is going on with Lightning development there, current status and where he sees it going over the next two years. Koji also details the exchange marketplace in Japan and the regulations that have effected its growth. 

This week we cover the escalation in FED buying activity, fake Chinese gold, sovereign companies, flat Bitcoin and more!  Useful links:  The Fed announced straight Corporate Debt purchases 06/29 https://twitter.com/NewYorkFed/status/1277658597195907073?s=20 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/feds-primary-corporate-credit-facility-now-operational https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/the-fed-is-buying-some-of-the-biggest-companies-bonds-raising-questions-over-why.html Counterfeit gold https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @BitcoinMagazine on Twitter.  Ansel Lindner on Twitter @AnselLindner Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Our gust this week is Feng Liu, founder and editor in chief of Chinese crypto media group ChainNews (chainnews.com). Feng was the former EIC at Bloomberg Business week in China before founding ChainNews at the end of 2017. He shares his firsthand insights into the media industry in China, how coverage of Bitcoin in China happens and has evolved in both the mainstream and industry specific media there. We also get into china’s mining industry as ChainNews recently brought back the annual Spring mining conference in Chengdu, and other sector trends that he is seeing on the ground as an editor.  Feng Liu on Twitter @fishkiller