Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Joshua Scigala has been searching for Bitcoin long before it was actually launched. And as a gold enthusiast, he has always seen the two scarce commodities as complimentary assets. In this episode, the Vaultoro CEO talks about his Bitcoin journey. Time stamps: 00:01:00 - Joshua's interest in alternative currencies and Bitcoin 00:03:00 - Previous alternative currency projects 00:05:00 - The nature of money and gold 00:06:00 - Joshua's 2011videos about Bitcoin 00:09:00 - Joshua's discovery of Bitcoin and its potential 00:10:00 - Silk Road and early Bitcoin adoption 00:13:00 - A missed panel opportunity and the search for Satoshi 00:15:00 - Bitcoin's resilience and the risks of financialization 00:18:00 - Bitcoin ETF and market manipulation 00:21:00 - Naked short selling and market manipulation 00:24:00 - Vaultoro and pricing Bitcoin in gold 00:29:00 - Counterparty risks and the Mt. Gox collapse 00:31:00 - Proof of reserves and the Glass Books Protocol 00:37:00 - Transparency and regulation in the crypto space 00:41:00 - Voluntary regulations and best practices 00:46:00 - Regulation, scams, and the need for consumer education 00:50:00 - Bitcoin's association with illegal activities 00:53:00 - SegWit adoption and scaling Bitcoin 00:57:00 - Lightning Network and RGB tokens 01:00:00 - Grayscale's "Drop Gold" campaign 01:04:00 - The complementary nature of Bitcoin and gold 01:12:00 - Peter Schiff's criticism of Bitcoin 01:15:00 - How to buy and secure gold 01:20:00 - Securing Bitcoin and hardware wallets 01:27:00 - Trust and verification in the Bitcoin space 01:32:00 - Software updates and security risks 01:35:00 - Securing Bitcoin seeds and hardware wallets 01:39:00 - Shamir backup and Trezor's innovation 01:42:00 - The improbability of cracking Bitcoin's cryptography 01:46:00 - Satoshi's anonymity and Craig Wright's claims 01:50:00 - Proof of Stake and mining decentralization 01:55:00 - Vaultoro promotion and closing remarks

In his second appearance in the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast, John Carvalho explains why the Lightning Network is ready and what we can do to help it reach its full potential. We don't just talk about technology, we try to change the culture and explain why.

In this Paralelni Polis 2020 interview, Jonas Nick from Blockstream, Peter Todd and Alekos Filini talk about Schnorr Signatures, Taproot, NixOS, the Lightning Network, Multisigs, CoinJoins, and everything great happening in Bitcoin development.

Pavol Luptak is an ethical hacker and cryptoanarchist who has been involved in the Bitcoin space since 2010. In this episode, he talks about the upcoming Paralelni Polis conference and tells stories about his experience with organizing HCPP. Time stamps: 00:00:00 - Introducing of Pavol Luptak and the Paralelni Polis Hackers Congress 00:01:24 - Discussion about the Parallel Polis Hackers Congress 00:02:21 - History and organization of Parallel Polis 00:06:52 - Vlad's experience with the previous Paralelni Polis conference 00:07:56 - Paralelni Polis' use of Lightning Network 00:08:40 - Activities at Paralelni Polis 00:09:34 - Prague as a crypto city 00:11:41 - Scale and organization of the current conference 00:14:29 - Workshops offered at the conference 00:16:20 - Cost and accessibility of the conference 00:17:00 - Focus and target audience of the conference 00:18:00 - Benefits of attending the conference vs. watching the live stream 00:22:00 - Notable guests at the conference 00:23:20 - Pavol's most anticipated guests 00:29:00 - Discussion about Alexander Bard 00:30:40 - Other notable guests: Eric S. Raymond 00:31:50 - Bordel hackerspace 00:32:28 - The conference's diverse topics and focus on freedom 00:34:00 - Paralelni Polis' legal challenges with the Czech National Bank 00:36:00 - Paralelni Polis' boycott of the EET system 00:37:30 - Paralelni Polis' legal status 00:38:18 - Pavol's motivation for highlighting legal conflicts 00:39:38 - Paralelni Polis' connection to the artistic group Ztohoven 00:41:35 - Differences in freedom of expression between Czech Republic and Slovakia 00:43:38 - Czech Republic's tolerant atmosphere 00:46:26 - Vlad's experience with academia and funding biases 00:47:12 - Pavol's background and introduction to Bitcoin 00:50:20 - Paul Rosenberg's involvement in the conference 00:52:20 - The concept of a parallel state and Paralelni Polis' role 00:54:46 - Concerns about decreasing liberties and Paralelni Polis' vision 00:56:24 - Presence of secret police at conferences 00:57:50 - The Intelexit project 00:59:27 - Vision and message of the conference 01:01:14 - Paralelni Polis as an educational organization 01:02:03 - Early Bitcoin conferences and the atmosphere at the time 01:04:51 - Famous people involved in Bitcoin 01:07:14 - Closing words and invitation to the conference 01:09:12 - Payment options for the conference and Lightning Network wallets

Jarret Dyrbye (known on Twitter as JD2983) first rose to Bitcoin prominence as the developer of forkdrop.io. But after the Lightning Network launched, he started working on interesting Lapps such as Sparkshot & Socket Money.

Max Hillebrand has really left his mark in the Bitcoin space by actively financing initiatives to increase the currency's privacy and by his direct contributions to Wasabi Wallet. In this interview, he talks about his work & aspirations.