'Grokking Bitcoin' is a fantastic book for gaining a deep understanding of how bitcoin works 'under the hood'. Author Kalle Rosenbaum joins me to discuss his motivations for writing this great educational work, and how learning about bitcoin has influenced his life. Enjoy! -- More from Kalle: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum BOOK: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin WEBSITE: https://popeller.io/ More from me: TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3aBbZxg ME...
Oct 19, 2020•54 min
Katie Ananina is a globe-trotting, crypto-anarchist, entrepreneur, bitcoiner and all around badass. She joined me to discuss her story, and some of the tools available to people for establishing greater sovereignty in their lives. More from Katie: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/KatieAnanina WEBSITE: https://www.planbpassport.com/ More from me: TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3aBbZxg MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/30r7IqY The BitBox02 Bitcoin-Only Hard...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Lixin Liu is the creator of a great new bitcoin hardware wallet, the CoboVault. This wallet employs industry firsts including true QR code airgapping, as well as fingerprint authentication, a detachable battery, touchscreen interface and many more highly-touted features. The CoboVault really seems to be taking the bitcoin hardware wallet market to the next level, so I thought it would be interesting to speak with Lixin, to hear his story, and learn more about how and why he decided to create thi...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min
'Bitcoiners in the Wild' is exactly what it sounds like. It's a series where I record live conversations with relatively 'unknown' bitcoiners, who have reached out to me saying they'd be interested in coming on for a general discussion about bitcoin and related subjects. No prep or planning, no topics discussed beforehand, just a spontaneous discussion between bitcoiners. It always amazes me how many awesome bitcoiners there are out there, and it's so great to be able to speak with some of them....
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Even though bitcoin has been around for over 11 years now, we are just beginning to discover how to leverage its unique attributes to solve existing problems, and create new oportunities. Though most people think of bitcoin's impact on money and finance, its unique characteristics are proving to be extremely useful to another industry - energy. Steve Barbour and Marty Bent are both involved in the leading companies which are building solutions for harnessing waste and stranded gas from oil field...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Max Hilleband is a writer, educator, philosopher, and free and open source software entrepreneur, contributing greatly to the Wasabi Wallet project. He is also part of the organizing team for the 7th Annual 'Hackers Congress' by Paralelini Polis, taking place in Prague from October 2nd - 4th (use the code 'johnvallis' for 50% off the online conference ticket!). I'm constantly inspired by Max's approach to individual sovereignty, and respect greatly his passion, intellect, and sincerity. As a res...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 52 min
This episode isn't about anything in particular. I basically just wanted to hang with some of my favourite 'deep thinking' bitcoin homies, and touch on some of the topics we've been throwing around lately. That's it really, enjoy! -- More from Robert Breedlove: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WEBSITE: https://www.parallaxdigital.io/ More from Erik Cason: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Erikcason WEBSITE: https://cryptosovereignty.org/ More from American Hodl: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/H...
Sep 28, 2020•2 hr 25 min
Bitcoin security is one of the most important things to learn about when entering this space. It also requires constant refinement, as new technologies and methods are developed for providing more robust and functional solutions. Multi-Sig is one such method that has become an increasingly popular way to secure bitcoin, in a manner that is not reliant upon a single point of failure. However, some people have not been sufficiently convinced of the benefits to warrant going through the effort and ...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Preston Pysh is the co-founder of 'The Investor's Podcast' network, the co-host of the 'We Study Billionaires' podcast, and for most bitcoiners, requires no introduction. He has become known as an astute, articulate, and insightful commentator on investing, the macro economic climate, and the emerging role which bitcoin is playing in both these domains. This is my second discussion with Preston, and in it, we cover the recent larege purchase of bitcoin made by MicroStrategy (a publicly traded co...
Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 39 min
21ism is a bitcoin art collective, expressing various elements of this emerging global culture. With members in several parts of the world, they use various forms of art, such as memes, comics, videos and more, to bring attention to the many elements and implications of bitcoin. I'm a HUGE advocate of expressing what bitcoin means to you, in whatever way feels most genuine, so naturally I couldn't wait to jam with this awesome group of people. Enjoy! - More from 21ism: WEBSITE: https://21ism.com...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Jeremy Rubin is a contributor to the Bitcoin Core software project, among other projects and initiatives in the technology space. I'm extremely fascinated by the people who contribute to improving the technology that underpins bitcoin - how they think about bitcoin, their personal philosophies and ideologies, and how and why they have decided to devote their time to contributing to this project. I'm also not a very technologically inclined person myself, so I feel its important to speak with tho...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Dr. Paul Saladino is THE leading expert on what has become known as ‘The Carnivore Diet’. His extensive research, and clinical experience, have led him to the conclusion that a diet composed of almost exclusively ‘nose-to-tail’, properly raised animal foods is the diet which aligns with how the human body has evolved, and therefore allows it to function most optimally. Paul recognizes that such a proposition may be surprising, even offensive to some people, which is why he has taken it upon hims...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Many countries around the world have experienced substantial levels of inflation in recent years, with some of the most notable being Argentina, Lebanon, Iran and Turkey. To those of us with relatively 'stable' inflation (note: inflation is theft), we may not appreciate how life changes when money begins to rapidly loose its value. Of course, the problems are not just economic, but they morph into social and political problems that can become extremely unpleasant and oppressive. I thought it wou...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Christopher Gimmer is the co-founder of Snappa, a software company that simplifies graphic design. Chris released a blog post recently, explaining why his company made the decision to add bitcoin to their balance sheet, by converting a large portion of the company's cash balance to bitcoin. It was an excellently written piece, which also serves as a fantastic primer for explaining the investment case for bitcoin generally. Of course, this comes on the heels of the big announcement by MicroStrate...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min
MicroStrategy, a publicly listed company with a market cap over $1billion, made waves in August by purchasing $250million dollars worth of bitcoin, an amount representing the vast majority of their ‘reserve assets’. This was a major move, that surprised many in both scale and scope, and is likely to serve as watershed moment in the story of corporate accumulation of bitcoin. There are several, albeit smaller businesses, that preceded MicroStrategy in seeing the valuable role bitcoin could play a...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 49 min
This week for the Bitcoiner Book Club, we decided to discuss a phenomenal article by Robert Breedlove entitled, 'Masters and Slaves of Money'. Robert has emerged as one of the most thoughtful and compelling writers in the bitcoin space, and this piece was so well received (I read/listened to it 6 times!), and so relevant to our era, that I couldn't resist bringing some bitociners together to dig into it. If you haven't already, I highly recommend you listen to / read the orignal (links below), a...
Aug 26, 2020•2 hr
Rodolfo Novak is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinkite, the company behind such uber-popular bitcoin hardware products like the Coldcard, OpenDime, BlockClock and several other bad-ass pieces of hardware that allow users to engage in bitcoin safely and conveniently. I've been a big fan of Rodolfo's for a while now, so I thought it was time we hooked up for a chat. Enjoy! -- More from Rodolfo and Coinkite: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/nvk TWITTER (Coinkite): https://twitter.com/Coinkite WEBSITE: htt...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Knut Svanholm is the author of the recently published book 'Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined', as well as the book 'Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics'. Knut has been on the show once before, but having just finished his new book, I thought it would be fun to get him back on to go over some of the major themes and ideas behind his latest work. Enjoy! -- More from Knut: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Independence-reimagined-Knut-Svanholm/dp/B0...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 57 min
One of the most common questions with Bitcoin is 'Ya but who controls the code?'. While the full answer is somewhat complex, the simple answer is that many talented individuals, all over the globe, contribute to the ongoing development of the Bitcoin Network, and Amiti Uttarwar recently became one of them! In July I heard some of Amiti's story from a profile done on her by Forbes, and was excited to have her on the show to learn more about her background and the details of what she is currently ...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Alex Leishman is the Co-Founder and CEO of River Financial, a company that helps people acquire bitcoin and has aspirations to offer a wide range of bitcoin-native financial services as the ecosystem develops. I invited Alex on to discuss his journey to bitcoin (he was originally studying aeropsace engineering), and what motivated him to want to contribute to building an alternative financial system on bitcoin. Enjoy! -- More from Alex: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Leishman RIVER FINANCIAL TWITT...
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The Bitcoiner Book club is an opportunity for some thoughtful bitcoiners to come together to discuss and share insights from some of the books which most shaped or impacted our thinking on economics, money, bitcoin, history, politics and more. The bitcoiners participating reached out to me to join the discussion because the book being discussed was particularly impactful for them, and they felt that had unique insights to share. If you have any suggestions for future books, hit me up on twitter ...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Reed Wommack is the Head of Customer Support at Swan Bitcoin, and recently published an interesting piece entitled 'Accepting Scarcity: A Bitcoin Meditation'. He hit me up on twitter and said "Hey man, I'd like to come on and discuss Bitcoin and Scarcity'. To which I responded, 'let's do it'. Enjoy! -- More from Reed: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ReedWommack MEDIUM: https://medium.com/@reedwommack More from me: TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3aBbZxg MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 13 min
On any given night, when I have the time and inclination, I post an invite on twitter for a discussion about bitcoin. I tell anyone who is interested to DM me. I pick the first DM that comes in, and 5 minutes later we are on a livestream talking about bitcoin:) I love these 'informal' interviews because they allow me to connect with the many great bitcoiners spread out all over the world, swap ideas, share experiences, and just generally have some really enjoyable conversations. I was introduced...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 17 min
In this first episode of 'Bitcoiner Book Club', we discuss 'The Sovereign Individual', which analyzes the evolution of human civilization through the lens of how technological innovation impacts the 'logic of violence'. Written in 1997, and read in 2020, one is struck by the unbelievable predictive accuracy of the book, which among other things, serves to reinforce the validity of the underlying thesis. From my perspective, this book provides the best framing I've yet come across, for understand...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 53 min
On any given night, when I have the time and inclination, I post an invite on twitter for a discussion about bitcoin. I tell anyone who is interested to DM me. I pick the first DM that comes in, and 5 minutes later we are on a livestream talking about bitcoin:) I love these 'informal' interviews because they allow me to connect with the many great bitcoiners spread out all over the world, swap ideas, share experiences, and just generally have some really enjoyable conversations. Enjoy! -- Follow...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Andy Edstrom is a bitcoiner, who (still) works in the 'legacy' finance world, as a Financial Advisor at Wescap Group. He is also the author of the book 'Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow'. Daniel Prince is the host of the 'Once BITten' podcast, a great podcast which interviews many of the amazing people in the bitcoin space, who previously had a long career in the currency trading business. And I, John, host the Bitcoiner Rapid-Fire podcast, and previously worked in wealt...
Jul 15, 2020•2 hr 14 min
This was a fun one. One of the peculiarities of bitcoin is the number of anonymous accounts on twitter with whom people interact. It's nothing sinister, some people just take a different approach to privacy than others. 'Optimus Fields' (@My_Livin_Truth) is one of them, and also the co-host of a relatively new podcast "Bitcoin Kidnergarten". Anyways, I've had several interactions with Optimus on twitter, and more recently we were both involved in the 'Drinks in Quarantine' group chat hosted by B...
Jul 12, 2020•2 hr
Obi is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running bitcoin exchange. He's an extremely dedicated and principled bitcoiner and entrepreneur, with a fascinating background and several unique insights on technology, money, politics and many of the current events the world is grappling with today. More than all of that, he's just a good dude who I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with. Hope you do to:) -- More from Obi: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/obi COINFLOOR: https://coinfloor.co.uk...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Brandon Quittem is the author of the excellent series comparing the similarities between bitcoin and the structure of mycelial/fungal networks. It was extremely well-received and is now believed by many to be 'required reading' for anyone attempting to understand the depth, impact and complexity of bitcoin. I've had the pleasure of having a number of conversations with Brandon over the past year, and always enjoy a good chat over our shared interest in both bitcoin and psychedelics, as well as s...
Jul 07, 2020•2 hr 21 min
Isaiah Jackson is the author of the book 'Bitcoin and Black America'. Aleks Svetski is the founder of The Amber App, an app that allows users to make regular purchases of bitcoin (Dollar Cost Average), as well as an outspoken critic of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement and other collectivist ideologies. As with so many social issues these days, it seems as though conversations which discuss both causes and potential solutions that are counter to the mainstream narrative, are not only unpopular, ...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 38 min
