The Corruption of Power with Maajid Nawaz - WBD543
Maajid Nawaz is a UK-based counter-extremism activist, author and content producer. In this interview, we discuss his membership of a fundamentalist pan-Islam political group, imprisonment in Egypt, a...
19 Aug 20221h 39min
Fractional Reserve, Base Money & Bitcoin with Matthew Mežinskis - WBD542
Matthew Mežinskis is the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics website. In this interview, we discuss the definition of money, the importance of credit and fractional reserve b...
17 Aug 20221h 24min
Who Needs Bitcoin? With Junseth - WBD541
Junseth is an OG Bitcoiner and the former co-host of Bitcoin Uncensored. In this interview, we discuss how the early days of Bitcoin mirror the issues we're seeing in the ecosystem today: over leverag...
15 Aug 20222h 16min
Should Drivechains Come to Bitcoin? With Paul Sztorc - WBD540
Paul Sztorc is an independent Bitcoin researcher. In this interview, we discuss drivechains, his 2015 proposal that's the focus of BiP 300 and 301. Drivechains facilitate sidechains on Bitcoin, provid...
12 Aug 20221h 29min
A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin with Jason Maier - WBD539
Jason Maier is a teacher and progressive Bitcoiner. In this interview, we discuss his inspiration for writing a book setting out his case, as a progressive, for Bitcoin. The public narrative and FUD a...
10 Aug 20221h 39min
The Current State of Bitcoin Mining with Harry Sudock - WBD538
There is a growing a powerful backlash against Bitcoin mining. In the past 2 months: New York's legislative assembly established a moratorium on mining based on PoW; Dick Durbin, the second highest ra...
8 Aug 20221h 14min
All Bitcoin, No Fiat with Sahil Chaturvedi - WBD537
Hyperbitcoinization has long been discussed within Bitcoin circles. To some it is an inevitability, to others, it is a pipedream. Notwithstanding the differences of opinion, it is generally assumed th...
6 Aug 20221h 20min
How Crypto Replayed the 2008 Financial Crisis with David Morris - WBD536
David Morris is the Chief Insights Columnist at CoinDesk. In this interview, we discuss the contagion that has ripped through the crypto market, and how it mirrors the worst failings of the 2008 finan...
4 Aug 20221h 22min
