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Citadel Dispatch

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CD147: TAX PLANNING AND NEW IRS RULE WITH SATOSHI PACIOLI

Satoshi Pacioli is a leading bitcoin focused accounting firm based at Bitcoin Park in Nashville. They discuss the recent IRS rule changes and their best interpretation of how to proceed going forward. Satoshi Pacioli on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1drlw0wmu9tq37usx4qt3u6u4zj44mrf3zsfa6xhcdyrh3n4wpmgqr4rfg0 Website: https://satoshipacioli.com/ EPISODE: 147 BLOCK: 877102 PRICE: 1060 sats per dollar support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate nostr live chat: https://citadeldispatch.co...

Dec 31, 20241 hr 10 min

CD146: ZAP STORE WITH FRAN

Fran is the creator and lead maintainer of Zap Store, an open permissionless app store for android and desktop. Zap Store uses nostr and verifiable social reputations to provide users and developers a secure, easy to use, alternative to the walled garden app stores operated by Apple and Google. Fran on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1wf4pufsucer5va8g9p0rj5dnhvfeh6d8w0g6eayaep5dhps6rsgs43dgh9 Download Zap Store: https://zapstore.dev/ EPISODE: 146 BLOCK: 875198 PRICE: 936 sats per dollar support ...

Dec 18, 20242 hr 2 min

CD145: PRIMAL WITH MILJAN

Miljan is the Founder and CEO of Primal, one of the most popular nostr and bitcoin apps in the world. His team recently launched Primal 2.0, bringing users more functionality than ever before. Bitcoin is an open protocol for money, nostr is an open protocol for speech, Primal brings the power of both into an easy to use interface for everyone. Search Primal in your favorite app store! Miljan on Nostr: https://primal.net/miljan EPISODE: 145 BLOCK: 872088 PRICE: 1071 sats per dollar support dispat...

Nov 26, 20241 hr 48 min

CD144: CASHU WITH CALLE

Calle is the creator and lead maintainer of the cashu open source protocol, a bitcoin powered chaumian ecash implementation. The cashu ecosystem of wallets and backends provides users the ability to easily, cheaply, and privately use bitcoin, including the ability to make offline peer to peer payments. Sorry for the technical difficulties at the beginning of this rip. We clear everything up around the 10 minute mark. Cashu Resources: https://cashu.space/ Calle's Cashu Wallet: https://cashu.me Ca...

Nov 18, 20242 hr 32 min

CD143: BITCOIN CONSENSUS ANALYSIS WITH STEVE LEE AND LYN ALDEN

Steve runs Spiral, Block's open source bitcoin initiative. Lyn is founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy and partner at Ego Death Capital. Steve and Lyn join the show to discuss their recent research paper on bitcoin consensus changes, the process which the network implements potential improvements, and the various stakeholders involved. Research Paper: https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap Steve on Nostr: https://primal.net/moneyball Lyn on Nostr: https://primal.net/lyn EPISODE: 143 BLOCK: 8698...

Nov 11, 20241 hr 26 min

CD142: BITCOIN AND SATOSHI WITH ADAM BACK

Adam Back is cofounder and CEO of Blockstream, a company focused on building out bitcoin technology. We discuss his recent appearance in HBO documentary 'Money Electric,' the blossoming Swiss bitcoin city of Lugano, the early days of bitcoin, and his thoughts on ecash and nostr. Adam on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw EPISODE: 142 BLOCK: 867036 PRICE: 1534 sats per dollar support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate nostr live c...

Oct 23, 20241 hr 20 min

CD141: BITCOIN ART AND CULTURE WITH MADEX

MADEX is an incredibly talented bitcoin artist and a good friend based in Canada. We discuss his long journey producing freedom focused high quality physical artwork while trying to make a sustainable living. We also discuss his work leading branding for Canadian bitcoin services provider Bull Bitcoin and his concerns with modern corporate social platforms. MADEX on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1ndketdm2qyv35nrhsxzks8kh7w7w6tll4rjp29hv0qjqkgfjsh6snmgk2v Explore his art: https://madex.art/ EPI...

Oct 16, 20241 hr 30 min

CD140: OCEAN MINING WITH LUKE, MARK, JASON, AND MECHANIC

Ocean Mining is a new and innovative bitcoin mining pool focused on transparency and freedom for the individual miners who choose to use them. With their new DATUM release miners who use Ocean will be able to construct and broadcast blocks themselves removing a key trust component from the process and reducing censorship risk. We had the pleasure of having multiple key members of their team join us for this conversation. OCEAN on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x7...

Oct 08, 20241 hr 44 min

CD139: UNCHAINED WITH PHIL GEIGER

Phil Geiger is a good friend and VP of Marketing at Unchained. We discussed the current bitcoin landscape, the importance of self custody and their self custody IRA product, the tradeoffs of KYC, their new Donor Advised Fund product, and Nostr. Phil on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1jvzgkrej3gpplqut2xfncg25qr7wmt3jlmyk3u7nxtcp4qj50tgsh96c2w Learn more about Unchained: https://unchained.com/ EPISODE: 139 BLOCK: 861729 PRICE: 1638 sats per dollar support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/don...

Sep 17, 20241 hr 2 min

BITCOIN WITH DORSEY, MALLERS, GILLIAM, KEIDUN, AND ODELL

Finale conversation at the Baltic Honey Badger Conference in Riga, Latvia. The longest running bitcoin only conference in the world. Video: https://primal.net/e/note1ysx6vqm9h4mlyq0yel3kxplm4xcuhwtwjgzwuhy3ne4thehsntwschsdzw ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Jack Dorsey on Nostr: https://primal.net/jack Jack Mallers on Nostr: https://primal.net/jackmallers Grant Gilliam on Nostr: https://primal.net/grant Max Keidun on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1797h37mc98f6363m5nysxd0t2swuz7nxq4z83s...

Sep 03, 20241 hr 23 min

NOSTRIGA: VERIFIABLE REPUTATION - WEBS OF TRUST

Discussion on the power of key reputation systems and webs of trust using nostr in front of a live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE731vXoUOU ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Pablo on Nostr: https://primal.net/pablof7z Stuart Bowman on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj hzrd on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr pip on Nostr: https://prim...

Sep 03, 202442 min

NOSTRIGA: FUNDING NOSTR - BENT, LI, PYSH, ODELL

Panel discussion moderated by Marty Bent discussing funding the nostr ecosystem in front of a live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-Y0fq5KiA ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Marty Bent on Nostr: http://primal.net/martybent Preston Pysh on Nostr: https://primal.net/preston Alex Li on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1szpa7cypmyd59083qs3pte9lez22lzfu6pl2guhgqx7q09x68y6qquh3td website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Aug 30, 202443 min

CD138: HONORING HAL WITH FRAN FINNEY

Hal Finney is believed to have been the second bitcoiner after Satoshi and received the first bitcoin transaction. Today marks the tenth anniversary of his death on August 28th, 2014. We celebrate his life with his wife Fran Finney. Learn more about the Running Bitcoin Challenge and support Fran's mission to end ALS: https://runningbitcoin.us EPISODE: 138 BLOCK: 858865 PRICE: 1683 sats per dollar support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate nostr live chat: https://citadeldispatch.com/st...

Aug 29, 20241 hr 24 min

NOSTRIGA: PABLO X ODELL

Fireside chat with prolific nostr and bitcoin dev Pablo in front of live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_WE1-bHdo Pablo on Nostr: https://primal.net/pablof7z ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@citadeldispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Aug 28, 202416 min

NOSTRIGA: JACK DORSEY X ODELL

Fireside chat with Jack Dorsey in front of live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUwXRDrfJU0 Jack on Nostr: https://primal.net/jack ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@citadeldispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stream sats to the ...

Aug 26, 202454 min

CD137: BITCOIN IN AMERICA WITH GENERAL SKRMETTI

Jonathan Skrmetti is the Attorney General of Tennessee. Matt Odell is Managing Partner at Ten31 and CoFounder of OpenSats and Bitcoin Park. EPISODE: 137 BLOCK: 856800 PRICE: 1689 sats per dollar Recorded Live at Bitcoin Park in Nashville: https://bitcoinpark.com support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate nostr live chat: https://citadeldispatch.com/stream nostr account: https://primal.net/odell youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CitadelDispatch podcast: https://serve.podhome.fm/CitadelD...

Aug 15, 202455 min

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OPEN SOURCE DEVS IN THE US WITH TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL JONATHAN SKRMETTI, ALEX GLADSTEIN, AND ZACK SHAPIRO

Jonathan Skrmetti is the Attorney General of Tennessee. Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. Zack Shapiro is a Legal Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Matt Odell is Managing Partner at Ten31 and CoFounder of OpenSats and Bitcoin Park. Recorded Live at Bitcoin Park in Nashville: https://bitcoinpark.com support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate nostr live chat: https://citadeldispatch.com/stream nostr account: https://primal.net/odell youtub...

Aug 13, 202427 min

MICHAEL SAYLOR X ODELL BITCOIN PARK FIRESIDE

Michael Saylor is Executive Chairman and CoFounder of MicroStrategy. Matt Odell is CoFounder of OpenSats and Bitcoin Park, and Managing Partner at Ten31. Recorded Live at Bitcoin Park in Nashville: https://bitcoinpark.com website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@citadeldispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stream...

Aug 07, 202445 min

CD136: RUST BITCOIN SUMMIT WITH POELSTRA, HARDING, MYERS, CORALLO, AND MORE

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE: 136 BLOCK: 855113 PRICE: 1582 sats per dollar TOPICS: roundtable discussion following the Rust Bitcoin Summit at Bitcoin Park new to nostr? check out https://primal.net website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@citadeldispatch⁠⁠...

Aug 03, 20242 hr 46 min

CD135: MEMPOOL WITH WIZ AND SOFTSIMON

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE: 135 BLOCK: 854559 PRICE: 1485 sats per dollar TOPICS: conference recap, mempool space transaction accelerator, live audience questions project website: https://mempool.space wiz on nostr softsimon on nostr mempool on nostr new to nostr? check out https://primal.net website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https:...

Jul 30, 20242 hr 16 min

FREEDOM MONEY: DARIO SNEIDERMANIS - ARGENTINA

Dario Sneidermanis is an Argentinian Bitcoiner and the creator of Muun Wallet. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE MARCH 2023: https://youtu.be/yA4YCaDpScU FILMED MAY 2022. (00:00:00) Introducing Dario (00:00:26) Dario's experience with inflation in Argentina (00:10:22) Are westerner's disconnected from the effects of inflation? (00:18:25) How did Dario discover Bitcoin? (00:22:07) Challenges and concerns regarding Bitcoin scalability and self-custodianship (00:28:29) Is it possible to have freedom ...

May 26, 20241 hr 9 min

FREEDOM MONEY: JEWHER ILHAM - CHINA

Jewher Ilham is an author and advocate for the Uyghur community and for her imprisoned father, Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE MARCH 2023: https://youtu.be/kXzcVAXiZeE FILMED MAY 2022. (00:00) Introducing Jewher (00:42) Jewher mission at Oslo Freedom Forum (01:51) Authoritarianism in China (05:45) Why there hasn't been support for the Uyghurs (09:44) How companies operate in the Uyghur region (09:53) Discussion on forced labor conditions, likening it to modern-day s...

May 25, 202456 min

FREEDOM MONEY: ABUBAKAR NUR KHALIL - NIGERIA

Abubakar is a Nigerian programmer, Bitcoin Core Contributor, CEO at Recursive Capital, and BTrust board member. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE FEBRUARY 2023: https://youtu.be/MWmfDSxtvi0 FILMED MAY 2022. (00:01) Introducing Abubakar (00:31) Abubakar's bitcoin story (04:29) Abubakar teaching himself how to code (06:34) Chaincode Lab's residency and Qala (11:16) Why is open source software important? (12:05) The Bitcoin developer ecosystem (15:15) The mission of Recursive Capital and Btrust (21:4...

May 24, 202447 min

FREEDOM MONEY: JANINE ROEM - EUROPE

Janine is a journalist, bitcoin privacy educator, and an OpenSats board member. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE FEBRUARY 2023: https://youtu.be/xTfY5TjuN2A FILMED MAY 2022. (00:00:01) Introducing Janine (00:00:23) What does freedom mean to Janine? (00:06:07) Conveying the importance of freedom (00:11:45) The purpose of KYC laws (00:14:16) A world without cash and misconceptions about privacy (00:18:34) Being proactive with your privacy (00:20:52) Janine's decision to become an independent journa...

May 23, 20241 hr 1 min

FREEDOM MONEY: ROYA MAHBOOB - AFGHANISTAN

Roya is an Afghan tech entrepreneur and founder of Citadel Software, a software development company based in Herat. Roya has since launched iNoura Academy, a technology company that focused on education, software services, and robotics. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE FEBRUARY 2023: https://youtu.be/D0y41yelcNM FILMED MAY 2022. (00:01) Introducing Roya (01:18) It's never too late to discover Bitcoin (05:47) Roya's experience fleeing Afghanistan (06:53) The inspiration behind starting Citadel Sof...

May 22, 202429 min

FREEDOM MONEY: DER GIGI - EUROPE

Gigi is a bitcoiner and software engineer who writes words and code for Bitcoin. Since filming this conversation Gigi has joined me in our mission at OpenSats and leads our operations. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE FEBRUARY 2023: https://youtu.be/6Tr4-DL1c1s FILMED MAY 2022. (00:01) Introducing Gigi (00:37) What does freedom mean to Gigi? (01:52) Is there a disconnect between the West and other countries? (03:20) The importance of freedom of speech (06:50) Can you have freedom without privacy?...

May 21, 202452 min

FREEDOM MONEY: INTRO

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE JANUARY 2023: https://youtu.be/pazn44uIekQ FILMED MAY 2022. NO DISPATCH THIS WEEK. WILL BE PUBLISHING THE FULL SIX EPISODE FREEDOM MONEY SERIES. ONE EPISODE PER DAY.

May 21, 20242 min

CD134: SELF HOSTING, START9, AND STARTOS WITH MATT HILL - COFOUNDER

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE: 134 BLOCK: 843888 PRICE: 1490 sats per dollar TOPICS: self hosting, start9 vs startos, running a profitable open source business project website: https://start9.com/ new to nostr? check out https://primal.net website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal.net/odell⁠ youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ht...

May 17, 20241 hr 53 min

CD133: BITWISE BITCOIN ETF WITH HONG KIM - COFOUNDER AND CTO

support dispatch: https://citadeldispatch.com/donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EPISODE: 133 BLOCK: 843588 PRICE: 1540 sats per dollar TOPICS: exchange traded funds changed the paradigm, supporting open source, embracing transparency project website: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-funds/bitcoin new to nostr? check out https://primal.net website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com nostr live chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://citadeldispatch.com/stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ nostr account: ⁠ https://primal....

May 15, 20241 hr 51 min
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