Crypto Voices: Episode 78 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview monetary economist George Selgin. We cover Dr. Selgin's latest views on money and Bitcoin, including how the Libra theoretically fits into the mix. It's always very interesting to hear George's perspective on old monetary topics and new, and we go through a few of them, such as what a reserve currency is, what inflation and deflation is (both good and bad), and what the goals o...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Crypto Voices: Episode 77 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew updates on the Crypto Voices Monetary Base exhibit for 2019 Q2. This episode will be a lot easier if following along with the tweet thread, which is here: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices/status/1157636589281058816 Or, you can also follow along with the exhibits here: cryptovoices.com/basemoney Bottom line: Bitcoin is currently the #9th largest base money in the fiat world. Bitcoin is currently the #1...
Aug 14, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Crypto Voices: Episode 76 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Dr. Stuart Haber & Dr. Scott Stornetta, authors of the seminal cryptographic 1991 paper “How to time-stamp a digital document,” a key part of the technological inspiration for Bitcoin, and as a result they share 3 of the 8 references in Satoshi Nakamoto’s “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” white paper. We discuss their early days in cryptography, their backgroun...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Crypto Voices: Episode 75 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Maksim Keidun (CEO) & Roman Snitko (CTO) of the Hodl Hodl Bitcoin P2P exchange, and organizers of the Baltic Honeybadger 2019 conference, coming up in Riga this September 14-15. We discuss the much anticipated Baltic Honeybadger 2019 conference, which will occur in it's third annual iteration, organized by Hodl Hodl in Riga, Latvia. Great new speakers and guests, Unpopular Op...
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Crypto Voices: Episode 74 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Max Hillebrand, open-source entrepreneur and WCN YouTube host from Baden-Württemberg. Max covers his bachelor thesis on this show, which in parallel is also interestingly available as an open-source project on GitHub. He discusses the nuances of Bitcoin scripts and UTXOs. What about Bitcoin is scarce? What about Bitcoin can be owned? What about Bitcoin is a property right? Furthermore, how w...
Jun 22, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Crypto Voices: Episode 73 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Laura Davidson & Walter Block, two Austrian economists who've written a paper in 2015 addressing Bitcoin and Ludwig von Mises's famous Regression Theorem. Many economists have been puzzled by the emergence of Bitcoin. Is it money? Does it violate Mises's Regression Theorem on money? What precisely is the crux of the Regression Theorem? Does Bitcoin satisfy its requirements?...
Jun 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Crypto Voices: Episode 72 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando update on the Crypto Voices Monetary Base exhibit for 2019 Q1. This episode will be a lot easier if following along with the tweet thread, which is here: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices/status/1131189757554384901 Also exhibits are here: cryptovoices.com/basemoney Bitcoin is currently #10 money in the world after fiat. Bitcoin is currently #12 money in the world after fiat, gold, and si...
May 24, 2019•51 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Crypto Voices: Episode 71 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Pascal Hügli, an independent researcher and journalist from Switzerland. Pascal covers his fascinating article from March where he poses the question, was industrial revolution-era Switzerland capitalistic, or socialistic? He looks at the life of Alfred Escher, a radical liberal of the time, and how the banking system tied into the growth of the Swiss economy. He gives some goo...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Crypto Voices: Episode 70 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview investor and money manager Tyler Jenks of Lucid Investment Strategies. Tyler goes in depth on an article he wrote in January, a thesis covering all of the world's wealth versus its liabilities, and "the long and winding road to $10 million bitcoin." We discuss some very interesting global and macro scenarios regarding the value of gold and bitcoin, and what the IMF and BIS may ...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Crypto Voices: Episode 69 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview investor Tuur Demeester of Adamant Capital. We cover Tuur's thesis in his great research report released last week, where his team dove deep into the network and market numbers and concluded that we are indeed in a bottoming phase of the current cycle, with heavy bitcoin accumulation. We discuss valuation methodologies around bitcoin, why it will be important monetarily and inv...
Apr 25, 2019•55 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Crypto Voices: Episode 68 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview developer Adam Gibson of Joinmarket. In this interview we take a deep dive on Bitcoin's privacy, the potential implications for users both on- and off-chain, the trade-offs that come with security and privacy versus scaling, upgrades, and Coinjoin. Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://mastodon.social/@waxwing https://twitter.com/waxwing__ https://joinmarket.me/...
Mar 22, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Crypto Voices: Episode 67 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Joe McCann, Head of Systematic & Quantitative Trading at Passport Capital Joe elaborates on all things trading in crypto, from the technical indicators to fundamentals to machine learning. He discusses his background including founding NodeSource, working with Node.js. We discuss some theories on technical versus fundamental investing, what indicators to pay attention to, t...
Mar 14, 2019•59 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Crypto Voices: Episode 66 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Bill Barhydt, founder and CEO of Abra. Bill has extensive experience in Silicon Valley and fintech, from Goldman Sachs to Netscape. In 2014, Bill founded Abra to democratize finance across the globe using Bitcoin. Their product is very interesting and unique, focusing on the on/off-ramps with fiat today, but also geared toward freeing the user to fully control their funds and f...
Mar 09, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Crypto Voices: Episode 65 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Dan Held of Interchange. Dan expounds upon his themes covering the importance of narratives in Bitcoin. We explore his article "Quantum Narratives," the ever-present "blockchain not bitcoin" narrative, the Bitcoin Cash narrative, Bitcoin forks, the nature of a Lightning transaction, Silicon Valley, and more. Plus just a little bit on big Texas. Listen on to learn more. Links fo...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Crypto Voices: Episode 64 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew updates on the Crypto Voices Monetary Base exhibit for 2018 Q4, which will make this episode a lot easier to listen to if viewing simultaneously; it's located here: https://cryptovoices.com/basemoney Bitcoin is unquestionably unlike anything else in the (financial) world. However, if you are going to try and compare Bitcoin's supply with other supply curves in the financial world, don't. The *only* mon...
Feb 26, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Crypto Voices: Episode 63 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Dash promoter and contractor Rodrigo Ambrissi. Rodrigo markets and promotes Dash via funds he receives from the Dash protocol, administered by their layer-2 masternode system. From these funds, Rod does educational work, attends conferences, gives lectures, and markets for Dash on his Portuguese-based YouTube channel, Dash Dinheiro Digital (Dash Digital Cash). In this discussio...
Feb 14, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Crypto Voices: Episode 62 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview independent cryptocurrency researcher and blogger Hasu. Hasu is a first-rate analyst in the crypto space, with a strong background in game theory and success in poker. This is a long but illuminating episode covering three topics: Bitcoin and social contract theory, theories on monetary maximalism, and BitMEX. Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://twitter.com/ha...
Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Crypto Voices: Episode 61 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Joshua Scigala, founder & CEO of bitcoin-gold exchange Vaultoro. Joshua is a tech entrepreneur who, in addition to co-founding five startups, also brings enterprise managerial experience to the crypto space. He co-founded Vaultoro with his brother Philip in 2015. Vaultoro is a unique bitcoin-gold exchange in the space, focusing on the sound money aspects of both assets, as ...
Jan 31, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Crypto Voices: Episode 60 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Lamont Black, Assistant Professor of Finance at DePaul University in Chicago. Lamont is the first economist we've interviewed who has worked directly for the Federal Reserve. He worked at the Board of Governors in Washington DC for eight years, and now teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at DePaul, where he was the first professor to formally introduce Bitcoin and crypto...
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Crypto Voices: Episode 59 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Mark Yusko, founder, CEO, and CIO of Morgan Creek Capital. Mark has extensive experience in asset management and fund investing, and is a popular Bitcoin investor in the mainstream media. We have a very thorough and engaging conversation with Mark on his views on Bitcoin, from why it is changing the game, why it won't be MySpace, its investment thesis, why it's sound money, and...
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Crypto Voices: Episode 58 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Murad Mahmudov for the 2-year anniversary of Crypto Voices. Murad is a talented young trader and analyst who has exploded onto the Bitcoin scene. Here is methodical and detailed analysis on price action, trends, the bottom, and the next cycle. He covers some interesting questions, such as should Bitcoin's market cycle be longer or shorter as its tech matures, and how important/accurate are m...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Crypto Voices: Episode 57 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Nathan Simmons, longtime listener of the Crypto Voices podcast, for a reflective Christmas special. Nathan explains how and why he got into Bitcoin. He compares his initial versus current views on the Bitcoin protocol, as well as a few others - Ethereum, Decred, and Ravencoin. He draws on his experience in tech sales and client relations to compare how "ready" the average user (and tech supp...
Dec 30, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Crypto Voices: Episode 56 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew and Fernando interview Professor Steve Hanke, applied economist at Johns Hopkins University, professional commodity and currency trader, and legendary troubled currency reformer. Professor Hanke expounds upon his professional and academic career. We cover a few hyperinflationary episodes, including reform works he has completed or aided in, such as in Lithuania, Argentina, and Brazil. We talk about gol...
Dec 21, 2018•56 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Crypto Voices: Episode 55 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Dr. Richard Smith, founder and CEO of Crypto TradeSmith. We discuss Richard's risk management software, which has many amazing tools to help crypto investors manage their portfolio. For a special offer on this software subscription, please follow this link! https://cryptovoices.com/tradesmithoffer Dr. Richard Smith has built his career on math and investment risk. Richard explains his Crypto...
Nov 29, 2018•52 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Crypto Voices: Episode 54 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures and founder of Coin Metrics. We discuss Bitcoin in 2018 and beyond. We start with Nic's bearish (correct) call back in March, as well as social media reactions to his kidney joke if the price hits $4,000. Nic reflects on the correct theoretical positions from the Bitcoin Core side 3-4 years ago, as the layered approach is now workin...
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Crypto Voices: Episode 53 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist. We discuss Bitcoin and money in the free market. Bob is an expert on libertarian theory, money, and macroeconomic issues, coming from the Austrian tradition. We discuss a variety of topics regarding money and bitcoins in the free market. We start with Hayek's "Denationalization of Money," covering currency competition ver...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Crypto Voices: Episode 52 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Ragnar Lifthrasir, founder of IBREA and velox.RE. We discuss Bitcoin, blockchain, and real estate. Ragnar overviews his work toward getting real estate deals done more effectively, efficiently, and seamlessly with Bitcoin and blockchain. We talk deeds, title, mortgages, leases, tenants, financials, time-stamping, and tokens. As Fernando has written, when people refer to tokeniz...
Oct 05, 2018•55 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Crypto Voices: Episode 51 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando interview Alena Vranova, co-founder and former CEO of Satoshi Labs and Trezor, and co-founder of the newly announced group supporting Bitcoin, 'The B.' Alena and many prominent people in Bitcoin unveiled 'The B' this past weekend in Riga at the Baltic Honeybadger 2018 Bitcoin Conference. She speaks here in detail on what The B is about, what its purpose is, how she hopes it will help Bit...
Sep 27, 2018•56 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Crypto Voices: Episode 50 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew & Fernando spend the entire show discussing one, important topic: *Base Money.* Bitcoin is unquestionably unlike anything else in the (financial) world. However, if you are going to try and compare Bitcoin's supply with other supply curves in the financial world, don't. The *only* money supply you can compare it to is fiat's "Monetary Base," or "Base Money." Firstly, something needs to be used as a...
Sep 21, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Crypto Voices: Episode 49 This is a rebroadcast of the CryptoBasic team's interview with Matthew, entitled "RT #3 - Monetary Policy, Austrian Economics, and Bitcoin Maximalism." Original show details here: https://www.cryptobasicpodcast.com/home/monetarypolicy
Aug 31, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 28
