“We can’t just assume that the next generation is going to know why they should run a node, why they should hold keys, why 21 million is important…it’s generational knowledge for generational wealth.” — Michael Goldstein Michael Goldstein is the co-host of the Noded Podcast and President of the Nakamoto Institute. In this interview, we discuss the …

Michael Goldstein is the co-host of the Noded Podcast and President of the Nakamoto Institute. In this interview, we discuss the re-launch of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute, ending the fed, libertarianism, monetary economics, and preserving generational Bitcoin values. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/why-bitcoin-takes-all This …

“It’s inherent in the democratic process, people are going to vote for more stuff for themselves and someone else is going to be paying for it. And the thing is when you have deficit finance spending you can just run that credit card until it’s too late, this is one of the benefits of Bitcoin obviously, as opposed to fiat. With fiat they’re just go…

Michael Malice is an anarchist, author, and podcaster. In this interview, we discuss US & UK elections, Warren’s corruption, Trump’s legal case and whether Texas will secede from the United States. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-dysfunctional-state This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitc…

“Scaling is a hard problem…you come back to consensus, who needs to be in consensus, who gets to participate in consensus; if you can’t participate in consensus like that, are you really a self sovereign member of that ecosystem?” — niftynei niftynei is a CoreLN contributor and a Bitcoin educator. In this interview, we discuss Bitcoin education, Li…

niftynei is a CoreLN contributor and a Bitcoin educator. In this interview, we discuss Bitcoin education, Lightning development, sovereignty, ecash, ossification, covenants, time-locks, tokens, and zero-knowledge tech. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-truth-about-bitcoin-scaling This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining…

“We actually now have ways to do fast settlement…payments and settlements that can’t be reversed, it’s starts to show that maybe you actually don’t even need a central bank.” — Lyn Alden Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss the role of the Fed and central banks, fractional reserve vs free banking, h…

Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist and investment strategist. In this interview, we discuss the role of the Fed and central banks, fractional reserve vs free banking, how bitcoin could change these dynamics and if we should actually end the Federal Reserve System. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/will-bitcoin-end-central-banking-lyn-…

“Especially as Bitcoin gets more popular, people are going to do things with Bitcoin that you don’t like…that is the nature of money.” — Casey Rodarmor Casey Rodarmor is a bitcoin developer and the creator of the ordinals, inscriptions, and runes protocols. In this interview, we discuss ordinal theory & inscriptions, the purpose of runes and why th…

Casey Rodarmor is a bitcoin developer and the creator of the ordinals, inscriptions, and runes protocols. In this interview, we discuss ordinal theory & inscriptions, the purpose of runes and why these projects have received so much backlash. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/breaking-bitcoin-with-casey-rodarmor This episode’s sp…

“I don’t think many people in the government understand the gravity of Bitcoin, how powerful it is…I think they’re starting to understand it more acutely now; but, I think we had 15 years of runway where we were able to build out this robust network and get it into the hands of millions of individuals around the world, it may be too late.” — Marty …

Marty Bent is a Venture Partner at Ten31 and founder of the Bitcoin-focused media company TFTC.io. In this interview, we discuss the state of corporate media, how the deep state is fighting bitcoin and the game theory of Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-white-pill This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mini…

“A government cannot operate with Bitcoin in the same way it operates with fiat…that is really the ultimate goal of Bitcoin is to just achieve that constraint on government where constitutions and voting has failed.” — Erik Voorhees Erik Voorhees is the founder of Satoshi Dice, ShapeShift & Venice.ai. In this interview, we discuss the size and role…

Erik Voorhees is the founder of Satoshi Dice, ShapeShift & Venice.ai. In this interview, we discuss the size and role of government, the growth of Bitcoin & how it can help restrain the power of the state as well as Venice AI and the future of artificial intelligence. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/erik-voorhees-on-bitcoin-ai …

"There’s a real question of whether we can survive, as a civilization, the internet, let alone AI." — Natalie Smolenski Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas #Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, we discuss #AI and its progression towards artificial general intelligence, the implications of AI in warfare, issues of censorship and governan…

Natalie Smolenski founded and leads the Texas Bitcoin Foundation. In this interview, we discuss AI and its progression towards artificial general intelligence, the implications of AI in warfare, issues of censorship and governance, and the potential for misuse of AI in the future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-ai-threat-t…

“This is the way these tools are going to be sold to us, convenience, entertainment, and, we have to decide as individuals, families, communities, etc., where is the line for us?” — Derrick Broze Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and activist. In this interview, we discuss Trump & Bitcoin, the Ross Ulbrich…

Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and activist. In this interview, we discuss Trump & Bitcoin, the Ross Ulbricht case, the rise of the technocratic state, surveillance & privacy and the AI digital arms race. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-technocratic-state This episode’s sponsors…

“I still think this is going to be a massive bull market, it’s going to set your hair on fire, I think it’s going to be kind of scary at times how fast this is going to move.” — Tuur Demeester Tuur Demeester is a Bitcoin investor and economist. In this interview, we discuss government corruption and the spending spiral, the creep of communism, the …

Tuur Demeester is a Bitcoin investor and economist. In this interview, we discuss government corruption and the spending spiral, the creep of communism, the need to embrace volatility, if we can salvage democracy in a humble revolution, and why 2024 is the year of Bitcoin mass adoption. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-bitco…

“Bitcoin’s mandate to separate money and state, to disrupt an entire fiat financial system, and to act as the internet of money, that’s very broad and that encompasses a lot more than just what the Bitcoin base layer can do and what the Lightning Network can do.” — Zack Voell Zack Voell is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Botanix Lab…

Zack Voell is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Botanix Labs and Willem Schroe is Co-Founder and CEO at Botanix Labs and the Inventor of the Spiderchain. In this interview, we discuss how and why Botanix are bringing an Ethereum Virtual Machine to Bitcoin, the culture clash and building on Bitcoin. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoi…

“Changes to Bitcoin that are voluntary become…the most logical thing to cause some existential problem that wasn’t foreseen.” — Parker Lewis Parker Lewis is a Bitcoin writer and educator and Head of Business Development at Zaprite. In this interview, we discuss scaling self-sovereignty vs sound money, code-changes, covenants, and risks in the regul…

Parker Lewis is a Bitcoin writer and educator and Head of Business Development at Zaprite. In this interview, we discuss scaling self-sovereignty vs sound money, code-changes, covenants, and risks in the regulatory, ETF, mining, and social layers. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoins-economic-incentives This episode’s spons…

“If you can enlarge the constituency of people who really, really care about Bitcoin, have a real stake in it, who are willing to fight really hard, and will vote on that basis, then politicians are going to realize that alienating or antagonising that constituency has a greater cost than going along with what they have to say.” — Avik Roy Avik Roy…

Avik Roy is president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity think tank and a policy Editor at Forbes. In this interview, we discuss why Trump is supporting Bitcoin & crypto, the power of the growing Bitcoin voter base, and the coming fight with regulators. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-back-on-the-ballot…

“I’m going to stay and fight for what I believe in, this is my home, this is where I grew up…and, if you think you’re going to run, usually it doesn’t work out…if we don’t do this then we kind of fail our country and fail our American Bitcoiners in the process.” — Tony Giorgio Ben Carman is a co-founder of The Bitcoin Company and contributes to man…

Ben Carman is a co-founder of The Bitcoin Company and contributes to many projects in Bitcoin, and Tony Giorgio is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny Wallet. In this interview, we discuss the regulatory pressures on bitcoin developers, fighting for inalienable rights, sovereignty and building a robust ecash future. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitco…

“I’m quite the optimist, I actually think that Bitcoin is going to succeed, it is succeeding, it’s succeeding as fast as it could reasonably succeed, and we ought to try to avoid the tendency to F with it.” — Michael Saylor Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. In this interview, we discuss ossification, user rights, sovereignty, funding Bitc…

Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. In this interview, we discuss ossification, user rights, sovereignty, funding Bitcoin development, the political war over digital asset regulation, and the sly roundabout revolution. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-is-forever-money This episode’s sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Minin…

“We Bitcoiners need to wake up a little bit that we’re not winning; it’s not a guarantee that the Bitcoin we have today is going to be the Bitcoin we have in 10 years...” — Matt Corallo Matt Corallo is a Bitcoin Core developer and ​​open-source engineer at Block/Spiral. In this interview, we discuss wallet software, money laundering, and government…

Matt Corallo is a Bitcoin Core developer and ​​open-source engineer at Block/Spiral. In this interview, we discuss wallet software, money laundering, and government, decentralisation and privacy, Bitcoin’s big design challenges, and the path forward. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/an-existential-threat-to-bitcoin This episode’…

“Everyone’s very afraid of being hacked, and, unless you understand the underlying security in all of your accounts, you’re going to have trouble not knowing whether these claims by a robocall are real.” — Junseth Junseth is an OG Bitcoiner and the former co-host of Bitcoin Uncensored. In this show we dissect what started as a scam phishing call to…