

Bitcoin Rapid-Fire
John Vallis
Bitcoin is the future of money, that is my firm belief. I use this show to learn more about this phenomenon, and its various implications, from some of the brightest minds in the space, and beyond. I'm not trying to educate or inform anyone, I'm sharing my own journey of attempting to understand bitcoin, and delving in to some of the less obvious, but incredibly profound, aspects of its emergence in the global culture.
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Mar 30, 2020 • 13min
Rapid-Fire: Jeff Booth
Jeff Booth is the author of the book ‘The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future’. His book was published in January 2020, and is incredibly prescient, with many of his predictions being revealed or confirmed during the current crisis over Covid-19. He is also a successful technology entrepreneur, having founded or sitting on the board of several tech companies such as BuildDirect, OtioLabs, addyinvest,com, NocNoc, Terramera, Cubic Farms, LlamaZOO and Synthiam.
He is also incredibly bullish on bitcoin, and believes it represents a lifeboat in a time when the legacy financial system appears to be under extreme stress and possibly collapse. I couldn’t agree more:)
Enjoy!
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More from Jeff:
WEBSITE: https://www.jeffreybooth.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
BOOK: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1999257405?pf_rd_r=AS2KW49Q3HB7EYZ79RHC&pf_rd_p=05326fd5-c43e-4948-99b1-a65b129fdd73
LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdbooth/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Mar 27, 2020 • 56min
Jeff Booth: Why Deflation Is The Key To An Abundant Future
Jeff Booth is the author of the book ‘The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future’. His book was published in January 2020, and is incredibly prescient, with many of his predictions being revealed or confirmed during the current crisis over Covid-19. He is also a successful technology entrepreneur, having founded or sitting on the board of several tech companies such as BuildDirect, OtioLabs, addyinvest,com, NocNoc, Terramera, Cubic Farms, LlamaZOO and Synthiam.
He is also incredibly bullish on bitcoin, and believes it represents a lifeboat in a time when the legacy financial system appears to be under extreme stress and possibly collapse. I couldn’t agree more:)
Enjoy!
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More from Jeff:
WEBSITE: https://www.jeffreybooth.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth
BOOK: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1999257405?pf_rd_r=AS2KW49Q3HB7EYZ79RHC&pf_rd_p=05326fd5-c43e-4948-99b1-a65b129fdd73
LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdbooth/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Mar 20, 2020 • 13min
Rapid-Fire: Preston Pysh
Well it’s been a hell of a couple weeks. Definitely one for the history books in both the bitcoin and traditional markets. Coronavirus is causing major disruptions all over the world, and the knock-on economic effects are causing large sell-offs everywhere. The virus may very well be the catalyst that exposes the fragility of the existing economic paradigm. If that is the case, there is a lot of very difficult change on the horizon. Only time will tell. Preston Pysh is the host of the ‘We Study Billionaires’ podcast, and is a frequent guest on several investing and bitcoin podcasts, discussing macro events and circumstances, and providing his opinions on how best to navigate uncertain times. These are interesting times to say the least, and I was delighted to have Preston come on and share his perspective.
Enjoy!
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Show notes:
https://www.lopp.net/
https://bitcoin-resources.com/
More from Preston:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh
WEBSITE: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Mar 13, 2020 • 1h 32min
Preston Pysh: Market Crash, Macro Drivers, and Why Bitcoin May Soon Explode
Well it’s been a hell of a week. Definitely one for the history books in both the bitcoin and traditional markets. Coronavirus is causing major disruptions all over the world, and the knock-on economic effects are causing large sell-offs everywhere. The virus may very well be the catalyst that exposes the fragility of the existing economic paradigm. If that is the case, there is a lot of very difficult change on the horizon. Only time will tell. Preston Pysh is the host of the ‘We Study Billionaires’ podcast, and is a frequent guest on several investing and bitcoin podcasts, discussing macro events and circumstances, and providing his opinions on how best to navigate uncertain times. This conversation took place on Monday, March 9th, after an historic global financial market route, and is being released on Friday the 13th of March, a day after a massive ~50% draw-down in bitcoin. These are interesting times to say the least, and I was delighted to have Preston come on and share his perspective.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
https://www.lopp.net/
https://bitcoin-resources.com/
More from Preston:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh
WEBSITE: https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Mar 7, 2020 • 1h 49min
Andy Edstrom: Why Buy Bitcoin (The Book)
Andy Edstrom CF!, CFP, is a financial advisor at the registered investment advisory firm, WESCAP group. Prior to this, Andy has held positions at Ewing Management Group, Tennenbaum Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs.
Some time ago he came across bitcoin and believed the upside it represented necessitated brining it to his clients to consider as a valuable addition to their portfolios.
However, making the investment case for bitcoin to people who have yet to ‘go down the rabbit hole’ was a difficult task. Feeling that bitcoin was an investment that many of his clients absolutely must at least consider, but finding it difficult to explain in one sitting, Andy decided to write a book.
That book is ‘Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow’.
I invited Andy to come on the show and discuss.
Enjoy!
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More from Andy:
WEBSITE: http://www.andyedstrom.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew
AMAZON LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Buy-Bitcoin-Investing-Tomorrow/dp/1733219609/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1580413817&sr=8-2
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Mar 2, 2020 • 1h 5min
Guest on Keyvan Davani's 'Total Bitcoin' Podcast
I was recently invited on to Keyvan Danvani's 'Total bitcoin' Podcast for a chat. Keyvan has been putting out some awesome content with great guests and an interesting format, and it was super fun to get the chance to speak with him.
Note: We had some bandwidth issues it seems, so the audio is a bit spotty in places. It's the worst during the first half of the show.
More from Keyvan:
WEBSITE: http://thetotalconnector.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/keyvandavani
APPLE: https://apple.co/2IA2dhV
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2wOfq1k
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Feb 23, 2020 • 2h 22min
Jeff Vandroux: Economic Populism, Distributism, and Why Bitcoin Won't Save Capitalism
Jeff Vandroux is an attorney, CPA, bodybuilder, BTCPayServer Contributor, and the founder of Keykeeper IRA. I came to know Jeff via his discussion with Marty Bent on the Tales from the Crypt Podcast. It was clear that Jeff was well-read and thoughtful, but I found myself disagreeing with much of what he was saying, and a bit surprised by his opinions, which seem to differ greatly from your ‘average bitcoiner’. However, it was for this reason that I wanted to have a chat, so we did!
Enjoy!
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More from Jeff:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa
WEBSITE: https://keykeeperira.com/bitcoin/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Feb 23, 2020 • 20min
Rapid-Fire: Jeff Vandroux
Jeff Vandroux is an attorney, CPA, bodybuilder, BTCPayServer Contributor, and the founder of Keykeeper IRA. I came to know Jeff via his discussion with Marty Bent on the Tales from the Crypt Podcast. It was clear that Jeff was well-read and thoughtful, but I found myself disagreeing with much of what he was saying, and a bit surprised by his opinions, which seem to differ greatly from your ‘average bitcoiner’. However, it was for this reason that I wanted to have a chat, so we did!
Enjoy!
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More from Jeff:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa
WEBSITE: https://keykeeperira.com/bitcoin/
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Feb 17, 2020 • 1h 12min
Gustavo Flores: Head of Product and Research at Veriphi.io
Veriphi.io is a Montreal-based bitcoin consultancy, which assists clients in all aspects of understanding, acquiring, using and securing their bitcoin. This type of business may indeed be important for onboarding HNW individuals, family offices, and institutions who require more hand-holding than the average maximalist hodler. As a result, I thought I'd have Gustavo on to learn more about their services, business model, and how things have been going.
Enjoy!
More from Gustavo:
TWIITER: https://twitter.com/GustavoJ_Flores
WEBSITE: https://veriphi.io/en
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY

Feb 17, 2020 • 17min
Rapid-Fire: Gustavo Flores
Veriphi.io is a Montreal-based bitcoin consultancy, which assists clients in all aspects of understanding, acquiring, using and securing their bitcoin. This type of business may indeed be important for onboarding HNW individuals, family offices, and institutions who require more hand-holding than the average maximalist hodler. As a result, I thought I'd have Gustavo on to learn more about their services, business model, and how things have been going.
Enjoy!
More from Gustavo:
TWIITER: https://twitter.com/GustavoJ_Flores
WEBSITE: https://veriphi.io/en
More from me:
TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA
YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2TDeMy9
MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex
INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY