Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Theo Goodman is a man of many talents: he writes, records, and produces music videos about Bitcoin, he draws frog memes, and also gives talks at conferences. Theo was one of the earliest Rare Pepe scientists. In this episode, he shares his wisdom. Season 10 of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast is sponsored by Vaultoro (the gold and bitcoin exchange), Wasabi wallet (the best Bitcoin privacy wallet you can use), and Bitcoin Reserve (European BTC exchange by bitcoiners and for bitcoiners). Check them out if you want to support the show. 8:38 – Theo’s Bitcoin art-themed shows on World Crypto Network 9:50 – Bitcoin memes against Reddit censorship 25:44 – The Counterparty burn address and XCP genesis 31:30 – Does Counterparty help Bitcoin become more of a free speech computer network? 37:33 – NFTs getting traded just like shitcoins 41:38 – Why Ethereum sucks 46:33 – Bitcoin will outlive us, and therefore Counterparty is the vinyl of NFTs 54:30 – Counterparty NFT transactions pay for Bitcoin’s security budget 01:08:50 – How Counterparty can get censored 01:11:50 – Mercury wallet is really cool 01:14:32 – RGB on Lightning is a more scalable Counterparty 01:15:40 – The jpeg or gif from the NFT doesn’t get uploaded to the blockchain 01:17:31 – The token is the art 01:23:10 – Why didn’t Counterparty NFTs take off at first? 01:29:24 – Why is Pepe so important for the community? 01:31:14 – ICOs vs NFTs 01:34:09 – Where should Counterparty go from here? 01:36:20 – Theo’s “Economics” and “I am Satoshi” hit songs 01:36:58 – Music NFTs? 01:38:00 – Naming assets on Counterparty 01:39:50 – If the answer is 42, then what is the question? 01:40:14 – Theo’s dance moves and rareness 01:41:00 – Rare Pepes vs Fake Rares 01:49:25 – NFT NYC and Rare Pepes 01:50:30 – Are Rare Pepes alt-right? 01:52:00 – Dan Dark Pill feeling salty about not having access to the Pepes he created

Bitcoin and DeFi certainly don't sound like they belong in the same sentence. But cypherpunk Eric Martindale, accompanied by community builder and Silicon Valley BTC meetup organizer George Burke, are creating Portal: DeFi on Bitcoin layer 3. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro, Wasabi Wallet, and Bitcoin Reserve. They're some of the finest, most useful, and most principled companies in the space, so you better check them out. Time stamps: 01:39 – The Silicon Valley Bitcoin meet-up (which George Burke currently organizes) 02:58 – DeFi on Bitcoin’s layer 2 06:05 – What does Bitcoin maximalism actually mean? 10:22 – Why are layers necessary in Bitcoin development and why was Portal built on Lightning as opposed to Liquid? 14:20 – What is a layer 3 and why is Portal one? 21:32 – How Portal is using layer 3 and the ability to post orders 40:25 – Bitcoin privacy really matters 50:25 – Being lazy with privacy also makes governments lazy with their CBDCs 1:04:16 – Why it’s hard to find Bitcoin Core developers 01:07:30 – Eric Martindale’s “Privacy First” principle 01:11:30 – Why buying a pre-built node reintroduces trust in a trust-minimized system 1:15:45 – RISC V boards for Bitcoin nodes 1:20:53 – Eric Martindale is like a younger David Chaum 1:21:30 – What is the ELI5 explanation for Portal? 1:22:50 – What is Portal’s monetization model?

Satoshi Sound is a co-producer of the Bitcoin & Friends animated show. Having joined the Bitcoin space in 2013, he is also involved in mining and has a background in gold. In this episode, we talk about all of these topics and give away some spoilers. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro (gold and bitcoin exchange) and Wasabi (privacy-centered BTC wallet). Time stamps: 03:30 – Toxicity and principle 05:30 – The voluntary spirit, purity of intentions and consistency of advocacy among bitcoiners 08:14 – Satoshi Sound’s Bitcoin journey from 2014 and until today 11:30 – The Bitcoin-only story arc of the Bitcoin and Friends show 12:30 – The Bitcoin OG mentality and low-time preference 16:15 – Working for Peter Schiff and why Bitcoin is superior to gold 18:55 – Pricing bitcoin in gold? 25:00 – Can Bitcoin ETFs suppress the price? 31:57 – Gold custody vs BTC custody 33:00 – Turning Shamir shares into BIP39 backups for extra security 35:44 – Multisig in the era of travel restrictions and lockdowns 38:01 – The drawbacks of Shamir Secret Sharing and custodial multisigs 41:30 – Shamir on top of multisig keys? 45:10 – Bitcoin and Friends collaborating with Cobra? 48:04 – Lessons learned from producing the first season of Bitcoin and Friends 53:35 – Did Satoshi Sound do any voices in the Bitcoin and Friends show? 55:29 – Extra characters being written into the show 59:10 – Who is the villain in Bitcoin and Friends? 01:02:20 – Slight spoiler about the Mitalik character 01:05:20 – Mining BTC with a Butterfly Labs ASIC and GPUs back in 2013 01:07:15 – Mining Bitcoin with wasted natural gas (Permian Mining) 01:11:50 – How can you follow Satoshi Sound?

When he began researching Bitcoin, David St-Onge decided to purchase and read some of the most popular books on the topic. In this interview, he rates the one that he liked the most and makes recommendations about where you should begin your journey. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro (the exchange where you only trade with honest money) and Wasabi (the bitcoin wallet that's optimized to protect your network-level and transaction privacy). Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:41 Presentation 3:48 David’s book reading frenzy 7:49 Mastering Blockchain 11:58 Tokenomics 14:29 Stray Dog visits 15:08 Tokenomics (continued) 16:00 Mastering Bitcoin 19:16 David’s motivations to write his book 20:51 Programming Bitcoin 22:43 The Bitcoin Standard 23:40 What has government done to our money ? 25:15 Layered Money 26:20 The Bitcoin Standard (continued) 28:55 What has government done to our money ? (continued) 30:52 The Bitcoin Money Book 33:58 How David met his publisher 36:08 The little Bitcoin Book 42:41 21 Lessons 45:45 Inventing Bitcoin 50:05 The book of Satoshi 55:10 Why Buy Bitcoin 57:36 The Price of Tomorrow 1:04:02 Books about Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe 1:08:46 The Lessons Of History 1:11:11 Sovereignty through mathematics 1:16:22 The short list 1:16:52 Tout sur Bitcoin (The short list) 1:18:17 Inventing Bitcoin (The short list) 1:18:46 Layered Money (The short list) 1:20:32 The Price of Tomorrow (The short list) 1:20:55 Future reading 1:21:45 The zero interest trap 1:24:30 Thoughts on Bitcoin courses 1:28:45 When did David decide to write his book ? 1:32:55 Where you can buy David’s book? 1:34:35 Bitcoin Twitter 1:35:44 How would David rate Vlad's BTCTKVR magazine ? 1:39:23 Layered Money (rating) 1:39:59 Conclusion 1:47:17 The Hidden book (The Blocksize War)