Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

KeyStone is the new Cobo Vault – except that lots of improvements have been brought and there are further software upgrades in the making. So in this episode, KeyStone CEO Lixin Liu tells us about his new hardware wallet & why it's better than Cobo. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi wallet. More details and time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s8-e12-lixin-liu-on-the-keystone-hardware-wallet/

Today, the once-outspoken Bitcoin Uncensored co-host Chris DeRose is unusually reclusive. But in spite of his apparent demoralization, he is as sharp and candid as ever – and any match with him is still a no holds barred. Hope you'll enjoy this long one! Sponsored by Vaultoro, Vake & Evan Rose. More info: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s9-e1-chris-derose-on-the-philosophy-of-demoralization/

Max Hillebrand is a Bitcoin and privacy advocate whose contributions to Wasabi Wallet have helped integrate hardware wallet functionality (among other cool features). In this episode, he talks about hardware wallets and how you can use them with a privacy-friendly wallet to boost your financial sovereignty. Furthermore, Max Hillebrand drops some hints about the future of Wasabi.

Stepan Snigirev is the creator of Specter Wallet, one of the best and most-user friendly solutions to set up multisigs on Bitcoin. He is also the mastermind behind Specter DIY, a hardware wallet that you can build yourself from general-purpose parts. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Wasabi Wallet. More details & time stamps: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s8-e11-stepan-snigirev-on-specter-diy-free-open-source-software/

Featuring Bitcoin-related songs by Czino, Richard La, DJ J Scrilla, Phil Gibson, Crypto Contagion, Renegade Investor, Vlad Costea, Zhou Tonged, Lord Snooty of Bitcoin, Cryptoraptor, Pleb Music, and Guywithafork. Sponsored by Vaultoro & BitBox02! Full playlist: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/bitcoin-takeover-radio-3-music-only-edition-for-the-weekend/

The Seedsigner is a unique DIY hardware wallet that anyone can build from a Raspberry Pi Zero. And in this episode, Mr. Seedsigner explains to us how the device works and why bitcoiners should build one to validate their own transactions.

Ben Arc describes himself as an open source hobbyist. Yet in spite of his humble introduction, he built the open-source Bowser hardware wallet and is also one of the lead developers of LNBits – a useful Lightning Network tool.

Slush talks about the next Trezor hardware wallet: a device that's going to benefit from the Tropic Square open source secure element chip, but also add a few extra features. Also, the Satoshi Labs CEO presents some important security tips. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. Here are the time stamps: 01:42 – Intro 03:24 – How did Slush come up with the idea of Tropic Square? 09:31 – What were Tropic Square’s biggest challenges? 12:54 – What’s the stage of development for the Tropic Square chips? 14:50 – Addressing chip audibility criticism from Lawrence Nahum and Zach Herbert: how can users verify the open sourceness of the chips? 18:10 – Coldcard changing licenses because of Foundation Devices: how does the situation compare to what Trezor did when KeepKey came around? 21:00 – Should users add complexity to their backup with a passphrase? 32:49 – Can the issue of physical security get solved? 34:00 – What does Slush think about the Cobo Vault? 39:55 – Can the Trezor do PSBT? 40:27 – USB vs PSBT via SD card 42:10 – What does Slush think about the Foundation Devices Passport? 43:58 – What does Slush think about the Blockstream Jade? 48:35 – Which features will the next Trezor hardware have? 49:58 – The Trezor Model T screen 52:30 – Trezor’s user interface improvements with Trezor Suite 57:51 – Trezor Suite wallet verification to prevent phishing attacks 1:00:55 – New features in Trezor Suite 1:03:20 – Are there any plans to add SLIP 0039 (Shamir Secret Sharing) to the Trezor One? 1:04:45 – The issue with typing your passphrase on your computer keyboard when using the Trezor One 1:07:41 – Connecting your Trezor to a full node 1:09:43 – Multisig vs Shamir Secret Sharing 1:19:18 – How does Trezor secure its marketing database and how can people order hardware wallets in a safer way? 1:23:17 – Why should people still buy hardware wallets instead of doing setups on wiped laptops? 1:21:19 – Removing fake applications and other phishing attempts 1:30:34 – What is next for Trezor and Satoshi Labs?

Since launching in February 2020, the second generation Cobo Vault has grown considerably on Western markets and has added lots of interesting features. In this episode, Lixin Liu talks about the pros and cons of this air-gapped approach to managing coins

Lazy Ninja is a security expert whose claim to fame in the Bitcoin space is hacking the Coldcard and the BitBox02 hardware wallets. In this episode, we talk about the latest trends in BTC security, including multisig, new devices (Foundation Devices Passport, Cobo Vault) & CoinJoins. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. Whenever you think that Bitcoin has reached the top, consider preserving your purchasing power through the world's oldest and most stable form of money: gold. And for this, you can join Vaultoro (not financial advice): https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover/?ref=6Tf1KvA And if you want to boost your Bitcoin privacy (network-level, transactional, sending, and receiving), then download Wasabi Wallet on your computer. It's the ultimate user-friendly tool which makes privacy an accessible tool for everyone. Available on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Zach Herbert is the CEO of Foundation Devices – a company that is about to ship the first batch of the Passport, a new user-friendly and Bitcoin-centric hardware wallet. In this interview, Zack talks about the elements that make the Passport unique. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – Intro 03:40 – What was the initial reception like for the Foundation Devices Passport? 05:25 – The global chip shortage and hardware wallets 07:22 – Why launch another hardware wallet? 11:20 – Does the Foundation Devices Passport work with third party wallets like Wasabi, Electrum, and Blue Wallet? 14:00 – Why does the Passport sign transactions with an SD card or QR codes that you scan with the embedded camera? 16:20 – What kind of secure element chip does the Foundation Devices Passport use? 18:29 – From 1 to 10, how open source and transparent is the Passport hardware wallet? 20:40 – Tropic Square’s TASSIC chip and bunnie’s Precursor project 25:25 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Trezor 28:24 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Ledger 32:00 – Foundation Devices Passport vs Coldcard 39:17 – Is Foundation Devices Passport giving away bounties to ethical hackers? 41:47 – Passport’s security audit being made by the wallet.fail hackers 47:15 – Foundation Devices Passport vs BitBox02 52:07 – Why use hardware wallets when you can do cheaper DIY projects? 56:03 – Should we load up on hardware wallets before supply chain attacks become a lot more common? 57:00 – Are multisig setups a silver bullet for security? What about Shamir Secret Sharing? 1:00:30 – The surprise gift that comes with the first batch of Passports 1:01:30 – How can you get more privacy when ordering the Passport from Foundation Devices? 1:07:16 – What should we expect next from Foundation Devices? (node, phone & more)

In January 2021, Blockstream took the Bitcoin world by surprise by announcing the Jade hardware wallet – a powerful and inexpensive device. In this episode, Blockstream Chief Architect Lawrence Nahum explains how Jade works and what it aims to accomplish. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Blockstream. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – Intro 03:38 – Why did Blockstream join the hardware market? 05:46 – Blockstream’s version of the anti-klepto, anti-Exfil 06:46 – How Jade can fix the multisig user experience 08:45 – Wait, isn’t Jade a green stone? 09:37 – Bitcoin wallets and colors 10:10 – How does Jade work with Wasabi and Electrum? 11:39 – Do Jade’s QR code scanning and bluetooth connectivity make it a mobile-specific hardware wallet? 12:40 – Making Jade work as a stand-alone device 13:46 – Air-gapping and false promises by other hardware wallet manufacturers 15:54 – Jade vs Trezor, Ledger, and BitBox02 22:55 – Does Blockstream have a bounty policy for responsible security disclosures for the Jade hardware wallet? 24:44 – Building your own Jade from the open sourced specifications 25:59 – What was the reception like for the Jade? Have any experts tried to hack into the Jade? 28:37 – Tropic Square and open source security chips for hardware wallets 31:10 – Buying a hardware wallet vs building your own from general-purpose parts 35:32 – Does PSBT make your coins more secure? Will Blockstream’s Jade add PSBT? 37:08 – How can you protect your privacy when ordering a hardware wallet? 43:38 – Multisig vs Shamir Secret Sharing 49:27 – When do you know that you need a multisig? 52:39 – What’s next for Blockstream? 53:45 – What’s the next Jade update going to include? 57:09 – Lawrence Nahum’s ideas to integrate Jade with Lightning and JoinMarket 1:00:30 – Shitcoins lying about their contributions to computer science and how newbies fall for it 1:03:00 – Promoting shitcoins is bad 1:04:21 – Bitcoin sidechains integrating interesting ideas from shitcoins (Drivechain, RSK) 1:06:58 – The tradeoffs involved when using sidechains 1:08:10 – When will Jade production meet its demand? 1:08:55 – What is the service life of the wallet? 1:11:46 – The Jade roadmap, revisited 1:15:06 – Can you use Jade for multisig in a quorum? 1:16:20 – Wen Reckless Review? 1:19:20 – Lawrence Nahum also created ABCore 1:20:59 – Why is Lawrence’s wallet called GreenAddress? 1:25:00 – Lawrence Nahum consulted HTC for the Exodus 1s full node phone 1:27:53 – How Lawrence Nahum came up with ABCore after receiving an Android TV accessory 1:30:13 – #BringBackRecklessReview #BuyUdiAMicrophone

In this episode, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees talks about the KeepKey hardware wallet, the power of open source software, and the importance of self-custody. As a Bitcoin veteran, Voorhees also reminiscences about the most popular wallets from the 2010s. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 00:00 – 03:05 – Introduction 03:06 – When did Erik Voorhees use the first hardware wallet? 06:49 – KeepKey’s design 07:38 – What were the most popular wallets that OGs were using in the early 2010s? 10:28 – Start9 Labs 13:53 – Mt. Gox, exchange hacks, and the importance of self-custody 17:05 – Do exchanges really insure your bitcoins? 23:18 – Michael Saylor, Elon Musk, Stock to Flow & Lending Services Like BlockFi & Celsius 28:07 – The financialization of Bitcoin (ETFs, derivatives, synthetic 32:29 – Why verification matters 35:20 – Mt. Gox YubiKeys influenced the creation of hardware wallets? 36:07 – Using your hardware wallet for U2F/2FA 36:30 – Resetting a KeepKey 37:30 – Dealing with fake KeepKey apps 41:55 – Why Shapeshift acquired the KeepKey 43:07 – What does Erik Voorhees think about the Trezor One and the Trezor Model T? 45:06 – What hardware wallets should do 46:20 – Ledger and why open source matters 47:20 – Is open source socialist? 49:12 – Did Erik Voorhees try the Coldcard, BitBox02 or Jade? 49:30 – Ballet Real vs Pro 50:40 – Mike Caldwell’s extra security steps with the Casascius coins 52:38 – Multisig setups 54:30 – Shamir Secret Sharing 56:40 – Why open source helps software outlive the company that created it 57:30 – What kind of Bitcoin custody advice would Erik Voorhees give his younger self? 1:00:25 – Why should anyone buy a KeepKey hardware wallet instead of something else? 1:01:30 – Does KeepKey work with Electrum and Wasabi?

Charles Guillemet is the CTO of Ledger, the market leader in the field of Bitcoin hardware wallets. In this episode we talk about Ledger's philosophy for security, innovation, and how the Ledger Nano X compares to Trezor, BitBox, Coldcard and others. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: 0:00 – 3:01 – Intro 03:02 – The journey of the Ledger Nano X 05:00 – Bluetooth and mobile connectivity for Ledger Live 05:55 – What makes Ledger devices unique and what’s the difference between Nano S and Nano X? 09:29 – Microcontroller differences between Nano S and Nano X 11:15 – How expensive is it to break the security of a Nano S or Nano X when the hacker gains physical access? 15:13 – Ledger Live’s support for connecting a full Bitcoin node 20:06 – How Coin Control (UTXO management) works 21:34 – Tor routing on Ledger Live? 22:35 – Ledger Live on desktop vs Ledger Live on mobile 24:03 – Full node on smartphones 25:40 – Ledger Nano X vs Trezor Model T 27:45 – Ledger Nano X vs BitBox02 29:02 – Ledger Nano X vs Coldcard 31:15 – Ledger Nano X vs Cobo, Passport, Jade, SafePal & others 34:09 – What is Ledger’s DonJon? 36:09 – Charles Guillemet’s contributions to finding vulnerabilities in Trezor 37:57 – PSBT, Airgap, QR codes & Shamir 41:54 – What are the security advancements that get Charles Guillemet most excited? (Schnorr, Zero-knowledge proofs, cryptography) 45:26 – Why should we still use hardware wallets, in spite of critics? 47:06 – How can Ledger users protect their devices? 48:55 – Never type the seed phrase on your keyboard 50:23 – Is multisig the silver bullet for security? What about Shamir Secret Sharing? 55:16 – Exclusive announcement about adding native multisigs to Ledger 56:38 – What’s next for Ledger? 57:58 – Should Ledger users set up passphrases? 59:00 – Closing statements

Benma is a software developer and researcher who works on the BitBox02 hardware wallet. In this episode, he talks about the qualities that make the BitBox02 unique, and how the device compares to other competing hardware wallets (Trezor, Ledger, Coldcard). Benma also mentions the current state of multisig standards, why users should use hardware wallets, and which security advancements get him most excited. In the end, he talks about ShiftCrypto's upcoming plans and projects. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro and Wasabi Wallet. --------------------------------- Time Stamps: 0:00 – 04:00: Intro 04:00 – Why Benma wouldn't call himself a hardware wallet hacker, despite disclosing a vulnerability in the Coldcard Mk3. 04:30 – The BitBox02's journey since getting launched in late 2019 07:30 – Typing on the BitBox02 09:30 – What makes the BitBox02 unique? 12:15 – Connecting your Bitcoin full node to the BitBoxApp and other power user features 14:10 – The anti-klepto feature on the BitBox02 and how it involved Schnorr signatures, and the review of Blockstream's Jonas Nick and Andrew Poelstra 22:36 – BitBox02's encrypted communication with the computer and mobile phone 24:00 – Connecting your BitBox02 to Android devices 27:53 – BitBoxApp on ChromeOS and Chromebooks? 29:00 – BitBox02 vs Trezor Model T 33:12 – BitBox02 vs Ledger Nano S/X 36:33 – BitBox02 vs Coldcard 40:40 – PSBT and security 41:55 – When does an airgapped cold storage help? 48:40 – BitBox02 vs Cobo Vault and other new hardware wallets 50:55 – Multisig 56:00 – Shamir Secret Sharing 1:00:00 – Replacing hardware wallets with improvized setups 1:05:30 – Why hardware wallet alternatives are not really feasible 1:06:30 – Hardware wallets and privacy 1:13:00 – What is next for BitBox02 and ShiftCrypto?

Atlas (@ancapchildren) first rose to Bitcoin prominence after American Hodl started a campaign to turn him into a wholecoiner. Almost a year later, Atlas is still holding onto that bitcoin he received and keeps his strong conviction.

Giacomo Zucco and Mir are the Bitcoin power couple in its purest and best-intentioned form. You'd think that they wouldn't have much to say outside of Bitcoin, but as soon as you ask them questions they will keep on talking for 2 hours straight! Topics include politics, music, and films. This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Hodlonaut & Katia are one of Bitcoin's most popular and beloved couples. But when they don't run the Citadel21 operations, they watch 1980s films and enjoy electronic music. In this episode, they talk about their preferences & express their cat-like views. --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Koleya Karringten is best known in the Bitcoin space for her executive director role in the Canadian Blockchain Consortium. But her main job involves designing combustion heating systems for aviation and construction. In this episode, we talk about Koleya's background, her volunteering work, and the role of freedom and science pandemic-induced lockdowns. --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Most people know Charlie Lee as the creator of Litecoin or one of the major investors in Bitcoin companies. But in this episode, Charlie talks about his love for video games and Star Wars. We go way back to the days of the NES & 1990s PC gaming! --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

When he doesn't do Bitcoin stuff, John Carvalho enjoys writing and listening to music, as well as playing video games. In this episode, the Lightning business developer that nobody asks for tells more about how he almost became a punk rock star. -------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Car Golzalez is best known for doing Bitcoin-related research during his Thriller Podcast. But in his spare time, he enjoys listening to Bob Dylan albums and has some very interesting opinions on some of the more obscure and underrated albums. We also talk about what it's like to be an ethical podcaster in a space where most people seem to shamelessly enjoy every financial benefit while maintaining a shady reputation. ----------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

SpaceBull is best known as the creative director of Bull Bitcoin. But in his spare time, he enjoys pushing his creative boundaries and taking inspiration from the voluptuous beauty of women. Also, SpaceBull is a big fan of the Motorola RAZR. --------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

When asked to described himself in a phrase, Unhashed Podcast co-host Mario Gibney said "Super Mario likes eating his mushroom". In this episode, we talk about psychedelics, video games, and the addiction factor involved in both.

In an adversarial environment in which bitcoin and gold compete for the best store of value, Joshua Scigala sees potential in both and supports them equally. In this episode, Joshua and I diverge a little bit from the usual monetary topics to get philosophical. We talk about ethics, cancel culture, and all the human problems that will not get fixed by hard money and require us to better ourselves first. ---------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Colin Aulds is best known as the CEO of Billfodl and Privacy Pros. But in his spare time, he enjoys playing video games and studying the history of the USSR. In this episode, we get to learn a little bit about these obscure yet intricate sides of Colin. ---------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

Stephen Chow stands out in the Bitcoin space as the individual who enjoys supporting living artists. And he does it by financing them so they can do the masterpieces they envision. In this episode, we talk about the state of arts, patronage & video games. ---------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by Vaultoro & Trezor. If you would like to help the show, there are two ways you can do it: Sign up for Vaultoro and start trading with hard money (Bitcoin, gold & silver)*: https://vaultoro.com/bitcointakeover Buy a Trezor hardware wallet to improve your security with the power of open source: https://shop.trezor.io/?offer_id=10&aff_id=4735&tiny_url=1 *Attention: the information presented is not financial advice. Only start trading if you've made prior plans about it, you've done market research and/or you have consulted a financial advisor. All trading involves risks and you are responsible for your own decisions.

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.

Stadicus is a hero of individual sovereignty: he became known in the Bitcoin space for his RaspiBolt guides to run a full Bitcoin and Lightning node, and he also works for ShiftCrypto trying to push the boundaries of privacy and security.

Justin Wales is a pioneer in the field of Bitcoin law: not only that he works with Carlton Fields clients who are deal with Bitcoin, but he also advocates for the Bitcoin network's status as a free speech medium.

Luis Ploennig is the growth director of Indacoin – a company which focuses on spreading Bitcoin adoption in places whose fiat currencies are more volatile than BTC. We talk about the different standards & how BTC is perceived by those who need it the most

Crypto Coder Bob is best known in the Bitcoin community for helping others become first class citizens by running full nodes, but also his recent Dave Portnoy-related memes which culminated with the creation of a creative bingo card.

Konikko Trader first rose to Bitcoin prominence after writing an article titled "Guide to Soviet Past" in the magazine Citadel21. In this episode he talks about life in Russia, democracy, capitalism & trading Bitcoin.

For years, Arthur van Pelt has been gathering evidence to prove that Craig Wright's claims are backed by forgeries and false statements. In this episode, the Dutchman explains how and why he does it.

Matthew Haywood has been a software developer for 20 years, and has worked for Blockstream since 2017. As product manager of Liquid Securities, he understand the dynamics and tradeoffs of Blockstream's sidechain project and explains them accordingly. ----------------------------------- Time stamps: 1:00 – Introduction 2:20 – How we met in person for the first time 3:10 – Product manager of securities on Liquid? 5:00 – Working with Nopara73 on an early version of Wasabi Wallet 6:30 – Matthew Haywood’s experience as a software developer and involvement in Bitcoin as a writer for Brave New Coin 12:05 – What is the Liquid Network and what does it do? 16:30 – The use cases of Liquid and Lightning 18:30 – What should get stored on the blockchain and what should be moved to a second layer or sidechain? 28:50 – Bitcoin as free speech money with privacy features 33:20 – Is there a scaling war going on? 37:55 – Liquid on the Lightning Network 47:40 – Atomic swaps between BTC and L-BTC 50:30 – Welsh people are nice 51:30 – Everyone is mean on Twitter, but nicer in person 56:20 – Automagically as a word 58:20 – Bitcoin Takeover was initially meant to be called Bitcoin in Politics (BIP) 59:00 – Zack Voell and Francis Pouliot have also graduated in political science 1:00:00 – Bitcoin and politics 1:06:00 – The fact that we’re divided perpetuates the fiat system 1:10:00 – Career politicians wouldn’t survive in the private sector 1:15:10 – Hyperbitcoinization and the importance on sovereignty 1:18:40 – Why bother with sovereignty when you can use Coinbase? 1:25:00 – The security of early Bitcoin adopters 1:27:30 – Is Blockstream evil? 1:33:00 – How to follow Matthew Haywood on Twitter

Libbitcoin developer Eric Voskuil talks about the breakthroughs he made as a coder and his affinity and understanding of Austrian economics. Furthermore, he provides information about his Cryptoeconomics book & answers questions from Twitter followers. ================================================ Time stamps: 00:47 – Intro 02:00 – For how long has Eric Voskuil worked on Libbitcoin? 04:00 – Why are Bitcoin repository ports created? 6:30 – Breakthroughs made by Libbitcoin 12:10 – Eric Voskuil's more advanced activity in Bitcoin 15:43 – Performance optimization 20:51 – Satoshi Nakamoto wasn't a professional programmer 25:15 – Is Eric Voskuil a computer scientist or an economist? 28:10 – Austrian economics 29:30 – Credit and economic production 33:25 – Misean economics as an axiomatic system 38:54 – S2F (Stock to Flow) is not Austrian 42:20 – Price cannot be proven economically 44:01 – The value proposition of Bitcoin as money 44:27 – Why store of value is subjective 45:53 – Lunar fallacy 48:50 – Eric Voskuil's Cryptoeconomics 50:52 – The Cryptoeconomics books 52:43 – Musing over censorship resistance for a year 54:15 – Economic rational explanation for censorship resistance 56:40 – James Chang's contributions to the Cryptoeconomics book 59:20 – Cryptoeconomics vs The Bitcoin Standard 1:02:00 – Combining Libbitcoin and Cryptoeconomics 1:06:54 – Bitcoin took years to understand 1:09:20 – Bitcoin security 1:14:16 – Why Trezor offers the best security 1:22:37 – CB750 break pedal 1:24:20 – Is hyperbitcoinization possible? 1:26:38 – Cryptoeconomics on Amazon? 1:27:46 – Improving Bitcoin Privacy 1:29:34 – Take-aways from Vietnam conference 1:33:17 – What happens to Bitcoin if the internet gets regionalized? 1:34:49 – Why the Blockstream Satellite doesn't solve problems 1:38:56 – The US government as a threat model 1:40:52 – Resilience vs privacy 1:42:37 – Outlawing Bitcoin development threatens devs? 1:51:44 – Bitcoin is not a gambling device 1:53:40 – Libbitcoin institute donations

May 7th 2020 has marked the global release of Torsten Hoffmann's second documentary about Bitcoin, titled "Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet". In this interview, he talks about some highlights from the film. ================================================ Time stamps: 00:47 – Introduction 2:17 – Ticket prices and how the interviewees have changed since the last documentary (Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It) 4:18 – Approaching Roger Ver and remaining objective in presenting the scaling debate 6:55 – The explanatory animations in the documentary and reaching newbies 9:00 – The documentary's 3 chapters 11:26 – Why maximalists should pay more attention to the film before dismissing it 12:00 – Roger Ver going from Bitcoin Jesus to Bitcoin Judas 14:30 – Travelling around the world to film interviews 14:55 – Xapo's huge underground military storage facility 17:40 – Working on the film for 6 years 18:30 – Why watching the documentary in the cinema is a different experience 19:15 – Why Bitcoin documentaries made by community members are better 20:31 – The hero's journey 21:00 – The chapter about the history of the internet 22:08 – Mining innovation and using the cheapest kind of energy 23:54 – Why Bitcoin helps make energy more efficient 24:34 – Managing to distinguish between Bitcoin and scams in a way that doesn't create confusion 25:17 – Interviewing the inventor of ERC20 and confronting him with the scams he enabled 28:00 – Another ICO mania? 29:25 – The Ponzi psychology and human greed 30:20 – Is "Cryptopia" a conversation starter for nocoiners? 32:20 – What would Torsten change to his documentary? 33:45 – What would Vlad add to the documentary? 34:15 – Starting the project from the Bitcoin "Civil War" and removing parts to make it all less confusing 35:15 – Scaling Bitcoin 36:49 – Bitmain and SegWit 37:28 – The Andreas Antonopoulos quote that didn't make the final cut 38:25 – Should altcoins exist? 39:09 – Why maximalism is fascinating to Torsten Hoffmann 40:26 – Why Ethereum sucks 42:40 – Why BS V sucks 43:39 – A certain character who lives in London, files patents, and claims to have invented Bitcoin. Why does he belong in this film? 46:08 – Gigabyte blocks are a myth 47:53 – Interviewing Calvin? 49:21 – How was the feedback for "Cryptopia"? 51:15 – A newbie would have sucked at producing a documentary like this 52:39 – Why do projects need blockchains? 54:41 – DHL has been tracking items for years without blockchains 56:08 – Closing notes

Wasabi Wallet creator and lead developer explains how P2EP (Pay to End Point) can make blockchain analysis obsolete, but also expresses his views on Bitcoin security and why you probably shouldn't use Samourai Wallet. Episode Time Stamps: 00:00 – Introduction 02:06 – What are CoinJoins and how are today’s mixing services different from the tumblers of the old days? 03:55 – What is P2EP (Pay to End Point)? 5:30 – What is the origins of P2EP? 08:20 – PayJoin and how it originates from BustaPay 09:20 – Samourai’s Cahoots or Stoveaway transactions, and why they’re PayJoins but not PayToEndPoints 11:02 – Why P2EP has more potential than PayJoins 12:00 – Cool negotiations that can be done between parties when sending Pay to End Point (P2EP) transactions 13:50 – Why P2EP helps a lot of bitcoiners’ privacy, but not everyone’s 14:15 – CoinJoins vs P2EP in terms of efficiency to reach privacy 15:00 – Why P2EP doesn’t directly improve your privacy, but tricks blockchain analysis 16:30 – CoinJoins are identifiable 17:45 – Is Wasabi Wallet censorship resistant? 19:42 – The 3 issues of building electronic money, according to cypherpunk literature 22:10 – Bitcoin privacy vs fungibility 23:05 – Wasabi’s new mixing technology 25:40 – Which desktop and mobile wallet does Nopara recommend to a newbie? 27:40 – Discussion on Blockstream Green 28:31 – Wasabi vs JoinMarket vs Samourai 29:48 – Don’t use Samourai 33:30 – Why Wasabi requires more BTC to enter CoinJoins than Samourai 36:30 – What is planned for the Wasabi Wallet UX? 36:50 – Wasabi hired a cryptographer named Istvan Seres who is as knowledgeable as Greg Maxwell 38:10 – What is next for Nopara? 40:50 – Wasabi getting involved in Pay to End Point with BTCPay Server 41:50 – Can Liquid improve CoinJoins? 43:55 – Will Bitcoin privacy happen in side chains, or should the base layer get fixed? 45:30 – Wasabi’s hardware wallet integration 47:58 – Was Samson Mow right about CoinJoins being tainted correct? Is it justified to speak of Pay to End Point as opposed to PayJoins? 49:34 – P2EP and PayJoin need new and different names? 49:58 – Who can we trust, what should we verify? 52:30 – Bitstein’s presentation from BigBlockBoom where he referenced Schopenhauer’s “The Art of Controversy” to distinguish between rhetoric and dialectics

Alessandro Cecere is a bitcoiner from Venezuela who is very passionate about Bitcoin full nodes. As the CEO and founder of Coinspree, he is looking into the most interesting and promising ways of protecting financial sovereignty with dedicated hardware. 0:00 – Introduction 04:36 – How Alessandro Cecere got into Bitcoin full nodes, Bitcoin Core 05:17 – Coinspree, A Bitcoin only business 5:30 – Alessandro's beginnings with Bitcoin full nodes on a Raspberry Pi and CASA HODL 06:30 – Not running a node equals not having a truly decentralized experience with Bitcoin 07:40 – Bitcoin is a digital continent, not just a cryptocurrency 09:12 – Bitcoin more than code, it's a HUGE step for humanity 10:15 – Art & Bitcoin full nodes 11:15 – Coinspree nitcoinizing Universidad Metropolitana by donating pandoraBox® devices 13:30 – Faster digitalization of economies, faster Bitcoin adoption 15:20 – Knowing hyperinflation in the flesh makes you triple down on Bitcoin 17:00 – Alessandro's story from the 2008 financial crisis 23:10 – Technological challenges that precoiners have when trying to run a Bitcoin full node 25:10 – Reducing the learning curve for adopting Bitcoin full nodes 27:00 – Importance of Bitcoin Core and running a node 31:20 – Bitcoin's resilience and different ways of running a node 33:30 – Understanding what's behind a full node makes you love one like it's your baby 39:00 – Other Bitcoin full node companies from the industry 41:00 – pandoraBox®: a full node inside every home and office, globally 42:00 – Bitcoin full nodes can put privacy and financial freedom in people's hands 42:30 – pandoraBox®: Less cables + Art for faster acquisition coming from precoiners 44:00 – About Alessandro Cecere 46:40 – Alessandro's thesis, "A production line for Full nodes pertaining to peer-to-peer Blockchain Networks: case Bitcoin" 49:30 – Why is Coinspree working on increasing the capacity of Bitcoin full nodes production lines? 50:50 – Most nodes on the market are unappealing to non-Bitcoin users. 51:40 – mynodeBTC is an Amazing Project that helps with mass adoption! 52:00 – Coinspree's Experience with Casa 55:10 – Yes, pandoraBox® will soon be opened to people 56:13 – Setting up and owning a Bitcoin full node company and/or business is hard 56:30 – Samourai Dojo and Nodl have loyal users who are mostly coiners 1:01:10 – BitBox Base has geograhical boundaries: REMOVE THEM! It's a Bitcoin full node! 1:02:30– VC Industry and Bitcoin full node companies 1:10:00 – Even a blind person should be able to run a Bitcoin full node: POWERFUL DUDE!

In the years he has spent in the Bitcoin space, Francis Pouliot has learned a lot about personal security and how one should take care of op-sec. And even though he is a well-known figure in the space, he takes significant steps towards protecting his own privacy. Pouliot is an open advocate of Bitcoin citadels and believes in Nassim Taleb's solution for trust. In small communities, humans are pressured to care much more about their reputation and act in good faith. And that is just one part of the plan that Francis Pouliot has for his future whereabouts. Francis Pouliot also talks about P2EP (Pay to End Point), a new Bitcoin privacy solution that is expected to make blockchain analysis obsolete. And in between stories, the Canadian bitcoiner gives useful advice to new bitcoiners. Time Stamps: 01:00 – Introduction 2:24 – Bull Bitcoin is the only exchange which does CoinJoins by default 4:20 – Playing with Confidential Transactions on Liquid 5:10 – Pay to End Point (P2EP) is “Game Over” for Chainalysis 6:05 – Pieter Wuille’s brilliance 7:00 – Francis’ experience with Blockstream 8:30 – Who should you trust in the Bitcoin space? 10:04 – What is Pay to End Point (P2EP) and how is it different from a CoinJoin? 19:00 – How Bull Bitcoin helps Bitcoin 21:16 – Why Stock to Flow (S2F) is a terrible narrative 30:40 – What is the best way to secure bitcoins? 33:45 – Why multisig is overkill for most people 34:55 – Why hardware wallets are best for most users 39:15 – Keep it simple if you’re not a big target 40:15 – Personal security for bitcoiners who go to conferences and meet-ups 45:50 – Bitcoin citadels 51:20 – “Don’t trust verify”, trust, and reputation 59:00 – The pitfalls of clout chasing

Javier Bastardo is best known in the Bitcoin community as a CoinTelegraph journalist and educator for the Satoshi en Venezuela project. In this episode, he explains what it's like to be a bitcoiner in a country which issued its own shitcoin (the Petro) and even tells a story about being followed and confronted by secret police. Season 5 is all about security, so Javier talks about an often underapreciated and underestimated side of it: personal security. Being able to remain safe in a hostile environment is just as important as securing your private keys, so there are definitely lots of lessons to learn from the brave Mr. Bastardo. Time Stamps (as described by Javier himself): 2:09 – Living in a dystopia 3:18 – Struggling in a country of the 7th world vs. BTC education 5:07 – BTC versus the events in Venezuela 6:07 – The problem of being associated with the wealthy and enchufados 11:30 – Cryptocurrencies are associated with the Nomenklatura 15:00 – A story about the time when Javier got his first political militia (secret service) visit in a hotel room 19:40 – Political militia visiting a Bitcoin-only meetup 22:47 – “We need to resist” 24:30 – The Venezuelan op-sec 27:01 – Exercise the freedom of speech 30:40 – Does Javier want to leave Venezuela? 32:37 – Crisis and the Nietszchean way of living 34:00 – Who uses Bitcoin? How to store your coins as an average José de Venezuela 38:45 – Using a Samourai Wallet cold wallet with an old Samsung S4 41:58 – Venezuela needs Bitcoin, but it is difficult to use it in a secure way 44:58 – Why didn’t Javier choose to remain anonymous? 48:35 – Dollarization in Venezuela, its problems, and digital payments 51:00 – Digital and cashless Venezuelan problems 52:40 – Does Lightning fix this? 56:46 – Running a BTC and LN node 62:23 – Vlad talks in Spanish 64:50 – Bastardo is really Javier’s last name and how to donate to Satoshi en Venezuela.

As a developer, Leo Wandersleb is passionate about the way Android wallets work. In his quest to evaluate myCelium's main competitors, he has established a methodology of rating mobile wallets. That's why he created WalletScrutiny.com, a website where you can find information about how open source and transparent your mobile wallet of choice really is. If the wallet that you download from Google Play Store is not the same as the binaries you clone from the public GitHub repositories, then a red flag quickly gets waved and the wallet is not reproducible. This means that the developers are not entirely transparent about their code, do not maintain the repositories in a congruent way, and may just become malevolent if the users don't pay attention. Another interesting fact presented by Wandersleb concerns Samourai Wallet's dishonest marketing: though the developers of Samourai talk about open sourceness, their builds are not verifiable and there are great differences between the code on GitHub and the application that can be downloaded from the Play Store. Wandersleb provides interesting insights about the amount of trust that we should have in developers, explains how and when reputation matters, and ultimately helps all users to use better mobile wallets. Time Stamps Leo Wandersleb 00:46 – Introduction 02:15 – Categorization of mobile wallets on WalletScrutiny.com 3:50 – What verifiability means for wallets, and why verifiable does not mean verified 6:40 – Why verifiability matters to make sure that the wallet developers are not hacking you 9:40 – Which wallets are listed as verifiable on WalletScrutiny.com? 12:20 – Why Coinomi wallet is not open source 13:05 – Coinbase is custodial and should be avoided 15:21 – Some of the most popular mobile wallets also happen to be the worst 18:25 – Wallets that are popular, open-source, but not verifiable 19:08 – Samourai Wallet is not verifiable 22:10 – How reproducibility works at MyCelium to prevent abuses by release managers 24:20 – More arguments against Samourai 29:20 – Android’s interesting security 31:27 – Google Play vs F-Droid 33:55 – What about iOS wallets, are they verifiable? 35:20 – Blockstream Green and why it’s great 37:20 – Coinbase vs Samourai for the average user 40:30 – Why it’s better to be careful with mobile wallet updates 45:40 – In the “Don’t trust, verify” issue, what can the average user actually verify? 48:40 – Leo fails at marketing his own project 50:40 – Why builders are the best 51:10 – Companies exploiting the ignorance of newbies 53:00 – Satoshi was honest about Bitcoin’s limitations 55:30 – Why MyCelium’s iOS wallet is terrible and not recommended, but the Android version is better 59:10 – MyCelium vs Blockstream Green 1:00:30 – Collecting fees from routing Lightning Network transactions 1:02:48 – Lightning Network Routing 1:06:00 – Best mobile wallet for ease of use and open source verifiability 1:09:00 – Wallet Scrutiny [dot] com and its methodology 1:10:30 – How much does reputation matter in the Bitcoin space?

Bobby Lee talks about Ballet Wallet, his return to the real Bitcoin, meeting Bruce Willis, debating Nouriel Roubini, and onboarding nocoiners with a skewmorphic object that they can understand. 00:50 – Introduction 2:00 – How Ballet was created 3:16 – Ballet REAL vs PRO 4:55 – BIP 38 in Ballet PRO 7:30 – How Charlie Lee gifted Bobby a Casascius physical coin 9:27 – Skewmorphisms for nocoiners (a physical card is easy to understand) 11:20 – How does the Ballet app work and how does it improve on the Casascius and BTC Mint model? 15:41 – Ballet is not for experienced bitcoiners, but nocoiners who had no previous exposure with BTC and need to learn how it works 19:37 – Ballet PRO as a gift where the giver is the trusted third party 21:00 – The Bruce Willis story (and how his daughters received BTC) 23:40 – How did Bruce Willis react? 24:40 – What Adam Back, Trace Mayer, and Tone Vays thought about the Ballet wallet 28:40 – What is the maximum amount that should be stored on a Ballet Wallet? After which threshold should users look into more sophisticated storage solutions? 30:53 – Can Ballet help incentivize more people to run Bitcoin nodes? 34:30 – Which competitors does Ballet have? 36:55 – Bitcoin onboarding and full nodes 38:48 – Does Ballet compete with mobile wallets? 41:31 – Does the Ballet come in a 3-pack? 42:40 – How did Bobby Lee come up with the name “Ballet”? 45:10 – Bobby Lee’s comeback from the big blocker camp and why he returned to the real Bitcoin 46:37 – BTC actually has bigger blocks on average 47:05 – The network effect of Bitcoin 47:30 – Why the Ballet was created and Bitcoin’s use case 49:39 – Bobby Lee’s debate with Nouriel Roubini 50:40 – Nouriel Roubini is a Bitcoin maximalist 52:10 – Closing comments

On April 14th 2020, JScrilla releases "Sound Money": an eclectic juxtaposition of hip hop beats and famous voices that speak about Bitcoin. The album tells a story about the origins of Bitcoin and how the decentralized currency has evolved during the last 11 years. During this interview, JScrilla also reveals that the album's launch is going to be immortalized on the Bitcoin blockchain, and early buyers will also get unique couterparty tokens.

Phemex CEO Jack Tao talks about his journey from Morgan Stanley to Bitcoin, and explains why he enjoys the decentralized world. 3:16 – What is Phemex? 4:19 – From Morgan Stanley to Bitcoin 7:05 – What makes Bitcoin special? 9:23 – Limitations of the legacy financial system and fungibility 11:18 – Unbanking the banked 13:10 – Phemex vs BitMEX 17:00 – Separation between user accounts and the exchange 18:05 – What is simple about Phemex trading? 20:03 – Find 2.1 BTC in an art puzzle 22:00 – Information about the contest 23:21 – Phemex exchange whitepaper/yellowpaper 29:07 – How does Phemex scale? 32:06 – Why small investors should use Phemex 37:52 – Which hardware wallets does Jack use and recommend? 41:05 – Buying BTC on fiat for DCA 42:42 – How should bitcoiners think of Phemex? 43:41 – No KYC/AML on Phemex 45:49 – The data management problems involved in storing user private data 48:40 – Why BTC insurance is not perfect 50:40 – The lessons we learn from altcoin failures 51:05 – Bad Bitcoin regulations by politicians who don’t get it 54:20 – Big companies demanding for more regulations due to monopolistic greed 59:00 – Closing statements