

The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
The Peter McCormack Show is a podcast covering politics, economics, free speech, and Bitcoin.
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May 15, 2024 • 1h 6min
Bitcoin vs The Fiat Decline with Macro Alf - WBD813
Macro Alf is the founder of The Macro Compass, an investment strategy firm. In this interview, we discuss QE & debt in Japan, instability from artificial stability, if a recession is imminent, and the globally managed fiat decline. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-vs-the-fiat-decline This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth

May 13, 2024 • 1h 9min
How Bitcoin Changes the World with NVK - WBD812
NVK is the founder of Coinkite and a board member at OpenSats. In this interview, we discuss new incentives with increasing attacks on privacy, oppressive vs small government, market stoicism, and how entrepreneurs change the world. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/how-bitcoin-changes-the-world-with-nvk This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth

May 10, 2024 • 1h 17min
The Fiat Apocalypse with Lawrence Lepard & Quoth the Raven - WBD811
Lawrence Lepard is an Investment Manager and Austrian Economist and Quoth The Raven is an independent financial researcher. In this interview, we discuss how the dollar could fall, signals in the bond market, what central banks can do, and the debt spiral unwinding. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-fiat-apocalypse This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth

May 8, 2024 • 1h 42min
The Power of Bitcoin with Gloria Zhao - WBD810
Gloria Zhao is a Bitcoin Core maintainer. In this interview, we discuss upgrading Bitcoin vs ossifying the protocol, ordinals and mempool “spam”, and the theory & ‘power’ of core developers. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-power-of-bitcoin This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth

May 6, 2024 • 1h 2min
Nobody Understands Bitcoin with Jack Mallers, American HODL, Alex Thorn & Calle - WBD809
Jack Mallers is the Founder & CEO of Strike, American HODL is a Bitcoin Educator, Alex Thorn is the Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy and Calle is a Bitcoin developer working on Cashu. In this interview, we discuss why no one understands Bitcoin, ETFs & centralisation threats and the importance of funding development. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/nobody-understands-bitcoin-mallers-hodl-thorn-calle This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth

May 3, 2024 • 45min
Bitcoin Mining: A Paradigm Shift in Energy with Harry Sudock, Will Roberts, Erik Hersman, Thomas Pacchia, & Dennis Porter - WBD808
Harry Sudock is the Chief Strategy Officer at Griid, Will Roberts is the Co-CEO at IREN, Erik Hersman is the CEO of Gridless, Thomas Pacchia is a Board Member of Stronghold, & Dennis Porter is the CEO of Satoshi Action Fund. In this interview, they discuss bitcoin mining sustainability, accessing stranded energy and the halving. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-mining-a-paradigm-shift-in-energy This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth Consensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass

May 1, 2024 • 1h 13min
First They Came for Samourai with Seth for Privacy & Bitcoin Q+A - WBD807
Seth for Privacy is a privacy advocate and Head of Strategy and Marketing at Foundation and Bitcoin Q+A is a Bitcoin educator and Head of Customer Experience at Foundation. In this interview, we discuss the recent indictment against the founders of Samourai Wallet. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/first-they-came-for-samourai This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth Consensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass

Apr 29, 2024 • 46min
Bitcoin is Resistance Money with Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler, Craig Warmke, & Allen Farrington - WBD806
Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler and Craig Warmke are all professors of Philosophy, Allen Farrington is an investor and author of Bitcoin is Venice. In this interview, they discuss Bitcoin in academia, the Resistance Money thesis and the philosophy of money and Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-is-resistance-money This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth Consensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass

Apr 26, 2024 • 1h 16min
How Bitcoin Wins with Lyn Alden, Natalie Brunell, Alex Thorn, Thomas Pacchia, & Christopher Gordon - WBD805
Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist, Natalie Brunell is the host of the Coin Stories Podcast, Alex Thorn is the Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy, Thomas Pacchia is co-owner of Pubkey, and Christopher Gordon from Bridge2Bitcoin. In this interview, they discuss how Bitcoin wins, and the CheatCode for business. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/how-bitcoin-wins This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth Consensus - Use code WBD20 to get 20% off your pass

Apr 24, 2024 • 1h 6min
Bitcoin & Human Rights with Alex Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski - WBD804
Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, they discuss how Bitcoin is a cheat code for human rights, privacy, sovereignty and the reciprocal loss of trust. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-human-rights This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth