
Blockware Podcast
Breaking down all things Bitcoin with Head Analyst of Blockware Intelligence, Mitchell Askew.
Keep up to date with his invaluable insight via the Blockware Intelligence Podcast and Blockware Intelligence Newsletter.
Twitter: @MitchellHODL
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Latest episodes

Jan 19, 2023 • 59min
DeFi, Hyperbitcoinization, and Financial Theory w/ Allen Farrington
Joe and Allen discuss DeFi, HyperBitcoinizatoin, and Financial Theory in this episode of the Blockware Intelligence Podcast
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Timestamps:
00:00 Green Eggs and Ham, and DeFi
07:59 Defi and Gambling?
20:51 Stablecoins, Liquid, and Zero
37:32 Can the Dollar Coexist with Bitcoin?
43:52 HyperBitconization, Bitcoin as a Unit of Account, and Debt

Jan 12, 2023 • 50min
Surviving the Bear Market as a Bitcoin Miner w/ the Co-CEO of Iris Energy
Joe and Dan discuss Iris Energy, Bitcoin Mining and it's energy usage, the 2024 halving, transaction fees, and catalysts for the next bull run.
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Timestamps:
00:00 What makes Iris different from other Bitcoin Miners?
06:35 Bitcoin Mining's Effect on Retail Energy Prices
13:25 Lagging Hashrate Growth
17:39 Running a Publicly Traded Mining Company
22:15 Approaching the 2024 Halving
28:22 Bitcoin Transaction Fees as Miner Revenue
33:29 Macro
39:45 Catalyst for the Next Bull Run

Jan 9, 2023 • 1h 8min
Money, Credit, and Banking Post-Hyperbitcoinization w/ Eric Yakes
Joe and Eric discuss how the fiat system has integrated money and credit, and how Bitcoin can separate the two.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Eric's Book
12:04 Full Reserve vs Fractional Reserve Banking
36:02 Bitcoin & Credit
50:00 Bitcoin as a Productivity Index Fund
58:42 Credit & Equity

Jan 5, 2023 • 56min
Bitcoin vs Gold vs Fiat, with Alex from Swan
Joe and Alex Stanczyk compare Bitcoin with Gold and Fiat, and discuss what the future of money will look like.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Alex's Background in Gold
08:34 Prepper Mentality
11:21 Bitcoin's Immaculate Conception
20:09 Bitcoiners Influence on Culture and Politics
25:11 What Makes Money Valuable?
38:38 Swan Acquiring Spectre Solutions
41:29 Holding your own Bitcoin Keys
49:48 Next Bull Run Catalyst

Jan 3, 2023 • 1h 4min
Blockware Intelligence Podcast: 2022 Highlights
Thank you everyone for making Blockware a part of your content diet this year! Despite the bear market, this year was filled with many wonderful moments, a few of which we were able to encapsulate in this video.
Thank you to Will Clemente and Joe Burnett for being excellent hosts. And thank you to all of the guests that were featured on the podcast this year!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Preston Pysh - The World is Birthing a New Monetary System
01:42 Dr. Jeff Ross - The Final Years of Fiat Currency
07:51 Dylan LeClair - Predicting the Bearish Price Action of 2022
12:01 Jeff Booth - Bitcoin Incentivizes Global Cooperation
14:37 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin and Lightning Changing the World
20:22 Lyn Alden - Explaining the Collapse of Terra/Luna
24:51 Stacy Herbert - Hyper-Bitcoinization is Happening Now
27:01 James Lavish - Institutional Adoption Lowering BTC's Volatility
31:15 Greg Foss - Explaining the US Debt "Death" Spiral
33:42 Adam O - Destroying Bitcoin Mining Energy FUD
41:42 Cory Klippsten - Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism
49:03 Lyn Alden - Misconceptions About Energy Sources
52:36 Joe Consorti - Bitcoin is a Check on Central Bank Policy Error
56:24 Natalie Brunell - SBF is a Criminal
1:00:18 Michael Saylor - Altcoins are Unethical, Unregistered Securities

Dec 22, 2022 • 57min
Joe Consorti on The Federal Reserve, Bitcoin, Binance, and Japan.
Joe Burnett and Joe Consorti discuss why The Federal Reserve will not continue to increase the Fed Funds Rate
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Timestamps:
00:00 2s/Fed Funds Inversion - Why the Fed will Pause Rate Hikes
14:34 Regulation in Bitcoin/Crypto
24:19 Binance
34:52 Economies Converge on 1 Money
38:49 Bank of Japan
44:41 Paper Gold
50:55 The Next Bitcoin Bull Market

Dec 15, 2022 • 59min
What happens when 1 BTC = $1,000,000?
Joe Burnett and Jimbo discuss Bitcoin, Psychology, Consentualism, Debt, and more in this episode of the Blockware Intelligence Podcast!
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Timestamps: 00:00 Bitcoin Super-cycle and Price Psychology
13:01 Bitcoin Ownership is Knowledge
21:39 Self-custody: Easy but Unfamiliar
29:28 Consentualism vs Anarcho-Capitalism
38:29 De-leveraging the World with Bitcoin
43:44 Bitcoin and Inheritance Planning
53:58 Bitcoin is Charity

Dec 8, 2022 • 1h 7min
Michael Saylor on Crypto Casinos, Regulation, and Bitcoin's Volatility
Michael Saylor and Joe Burnett discuss why FTX was committing securities fraud, what regulators need to do about it, and how this affects Bitcoin.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Why Michael is comfortable with Bitcoin's volatility
09:12 Why haven't more publicly traded companies bought bitcoin?
14:11 Will institutions hold their own private keys?
27:25 Bitcoin yield products
41:53 FTX, VC Money, and Securities Fraud
57:30 Catalyst for the next bull run

Dec 6, 2022 • 39min
Bitcoin Fixes Financial Inequality with Natalie Burnell
Natalie and Joe discuss how Bitcoin teaches finance and fixes the gap between the elites, middle class, and lower class.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / Natalie's Bitcoin Story
02:23 Bitcoin and Financial Illiteracy
09:23 Communicating Bitcoin
20:35 Bitcoin Adoption
23:59 SBF is a Criminal
27:53 Stablecoins
30:37 Why Bitcoin and not Altcoins
36:16 Bitcoin in 20 Years

Dec 5, 2022 • 54min
Is Paper Bitcoin Suppressing the Price?
Joe Burnett and Jesse Meyers discuss the importance of putting your Bitcoin in self-custody.
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