Topics - Macroeconomic events being reflected in Bitcoin - The Bitcoin Standard book, what David likes about it - Fiat things in society - Christians bet that the beacon chain wont ship on time - Our first 4-star review :( Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Andrew on Twitter @ecurrencyhodler Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c42...
Aug 06, 2019•39 min
Andrew Yang (not the presidential candidate) comes to POV Crypto to discuss the faustian bargain that is block-reward funding. WIth EIP 2025 in the rear-view mirror, and Zooko of Z-Cash proposing a second dev-fund, POV Crypto goes through the pros and cons of on-chain funding. Topics - EIP 2025 - The 2nd, 3rd, 4th order consequences of dev funding - Appropriate and inappropriate times for on-chain funding - The political issues that arise Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCr...
Aug 01, 2019•34 min
Colin Harper, journalist for BTC Media, and a "softcore" Bitcoin maximalist, comes to POV to discuss a wide variety of subjects. Enjoy a laid back episode of general chatter and discussion of Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Libra topics!
Jul 28, 2019•45 min
There are 3 asset superclasses, as defined by Robert Greer in his 1997 paper “What is an Asset Class, Anyway?”. Ether fills nicely into all 3 asset superclasses, and is the only asset to ever do this. Ryan Sean Adams comes to POV to walk through each category, and talk about how Ether’s value proposition fits each one. - Capital Assets: A product, cash-flow asset - Consumable Transformable Asset: "Ether as digital Oil" - SoV Asset: Capital locked in DeFi Please rate and share the podcast! You ca...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Luke Powell, a developer on the Decred project, comes to POV Crypto to provide the Decred Perspective! Decred is a unique project in the space, with an enthusiastic developer community, and a well-defined value proposition. David and Christian interview Luke, and find out what it's like to be in the Decred community, while testing Luke's beliefs and assumptions about the way Decred is designed. Questions & Topics - Decred as a backstop for Bitcoin - The benefits of the Hybrid PoW/PoS model -...
Jul 18, 2019•57 min
Matt Odell, Host of Tales from the Crypt, comes to POV Crypto to test his sparring skills! Matt is a long-time Bitcoiner, and orginator of the famous meme "stacking sats". Christian and David ask Matt about his views on Memes and memetic influence. They discuss how memes have developed in crypto history, and the power of memes at large! Then Matt and David go an a gamut of topics, generally Matt attacking Ethereum and David defending.
Jul 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Tim Coulter the founder and CEO of Truffle Suite and Trufflecon comes on to POV Crypto to discuss how he is working to make building on blockchains easier and better. David digs down into how Tim became passionate about Ethereum and how Tim views Ethereum as a programmable store of value. Christian questions Ethereum's readiness as a global platform and how blockchain tech is being utilized by large enterprises. Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Tim Coulter Please rate and share t...
Jul 11, 2019•42 min
In this episode of Fight Night, David and Christian discuss -The BTC/USD Chart -The ETH/BTC and ETH/USD Chart -Why someone would want to store value in BTC -What is next for ETH Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778...
Jul 06, 2019•35 min
In this epsiode of Fight Night, David, Christian, and guest Michael Taiberg discuss - The Bitcoin 2019 conference - Types of talks at the conference - Bitcoin lack of 2nd layer programming solutions - Ethereum has all the defi apps that Bitcoin needs - Ethereum will scale Bitcoin. - All BTC will migrate to Ethereum - Security in Blockchains Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. Michael Taiberg on Twitter @taiberg David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @Trustle...
Jul 01, 2019•55 min
Facebook has announced their plans to build Libra, a new digital currency On the surface, Libra seems to be Facebook’s new innovation and experimentation of new products. However after peeling back the layers, Libra has significant implications for the state of the world, and throws another curveball into already chaotic political and technological climate we find ourselves in. David and Christian go through David's most recent article "Libra: Forking the Fed", and unpack how significant this is...
Jun 21, 2019•41 min
Mariano Conti is an Argentine developer for MakerDAO. He works as the head of Oracles for the MakerDAO system, and receives his paycheck in Dai. Mariano takes David and Christian though his experiences using crypto out of necessity, rather than speculation. David and Christian ask Mariano to compare using Bitcoin vs using Dai as a money for his own personal finances. We also discuss how Mariano leverages Ethereum applications such as DYDX to earn interest on his capital. Mariano Conti on Twitter...
Jun 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Kyle Davies the cofounder and chairman of Three Arrows Capital comes onto POV Crypto to discuss Bitfinex’s new exchange token LEO. We discuss why LEO was created, LEO’s token economic structure, hyper-exchangification and much more. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Kyle Davies www.threearrowscap.com Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0x...
Jun 13, 2019•41 min
Welcome to the new semi-regular series of David vs. Christian on POV Crypto We return to our roots, and provide you with what you came to hear: Bickering between a Bitcoiner and an Etherean. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778...
Jun 10, 2019•23 min
Gigi, anonymous and prolific Bitcoin thinker and writer, comes to POV Crypto to discuss his latest article, "Bitcoin's Gravity". In short, Bitcoin's Gravity is about the pulling force that Bitcoin has to so many different people from so many different populations Gigi has a website: https://dergigi.com/bitcoin/ Bitcoin's Gravity article: https://dergigi.com/2019/05/01/bitcoins-gravity/ David makes the point that this very really effect is not specific to Bitcoin, but it's crypto at large that pe...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Alex Soong gave a presentation at an Ethereum DeFi meetup that showed a network of smart contracts executing transactions between eachother, when a Set Protocol rebalancing token "rebalanced". What's clear from this is the growing number of collected DeFi applications that are being woven together. Alex takes David and Christian through the current state of Defi, and the potential future possibilities, and current limitations. Let us know what you think about the episode! Please rate and share t...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Dan Held is a prolific Bitcoin writer. He has a library of incredible articles that illustrate complex aspects of Bitcoin, in easy-to-understand ways. He is a master of comprehension about this massively complex system, and he comes to POV Crypto to deliver some knowledge. David believes that Bitcoin will eat itself from the inside out. As BTC-denominated rewards decrease, and the fee-market takes over, there becomes a larger and larger pool of potential attackers with the capacity to roll-back ...
May 29, 2019•55 min
Welcome to the new semi-regular series of David vs. Christian on POV Crypto We return to our roots, and provide you with what you came to hear: Bickering between a Bitcoiner and an Etherean. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778...
May 27, 2019•29 min
Kristy-Leigh the CTO of Core Scientific comes onto POV Crypto to get us up to date on everything mining. We discuss the difference between GPU and ASIC mining, what's happening in China, what the future of mining looks like, and much much more. This episode is a rabbit hole. Please enjoy this educational discussion with Kristy! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs K...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to the new semi-regular series of David vs. Christian on POV Crypto We return to our roots, and provide you with what you came to hear: Bickering between a Bitcoiner and an Etherean. We start off talking about Blockchain week, and criticizing everything we can. Then move to Ether's chart vs. Bitcoin compared to vs. USD. Then cover the good stuff; a recent twitter tussle between the co-hosts, which leads to a good ol BTC vs ETH debate. David comes back from ETH NY a revitalized maximalist...
May 21, 2019•28 min
Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs RealT on Twitter: @realtplatform Website: Realt.co Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: 0xa6daaa2c423e72f7a248e1642b0b0151a0ce3778
May 17, 2019•42 min
Bradley Kam the co-founder of blockchain startup Unstoppable Domains, comes to the SF studio to have a chat with Christian and David. Brad talks about what’s wrong with the web today and how Unstoppable is using public blockchains to set things straight. Please enjoy this conversation with Bradley Kam! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs Unstoppable Domains on Twit...
May 09, 2019•57 min
David Puell ( on Twitter ) is the Head of Research at Adaptive Capital, a crypto investment fund that specializes in on-chain analysis, in order to guide investment decisions. David comes with a background of Forex trading and big data analysis. He discusses different ways to evaluate on-chain data to support investment thesis and decision making. Topics of Conversation - TA in Crypto vs Other Markets - Herd Mentality and "Reflexivity" in Crypto markets - Investor sophistication - Markets cycles...
Apr 28, 2019•58 min
Chief Science Officer of Unchained Capital, Dhruv Bansal join POV Crypto to chat. In this wide ranging conversation we cover crypto on chain analytics, Unchained Capital’s lending and multisig services, Crypto contingency plans and much more. The Unchained Capital team will also be in San Francisco Monday May 29th and holding a demo of their multisig Vault product. Link to free tickets below. Enjoy the show! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffm...
Apr 25, 2019•58 min
Steven McKie is a partner at Amentum Capital, Advisor for Cent, a decentralized social media app, and Blockchannel podcast host. Steven tells how he pulled himself up by the bootstraps, and makes an example for the future gig economy to come. Steven has seen it all, from entry level crypto positions, to advising for projects, to being a partner at a fund. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Ker...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Incredible thinker and writer Hasu comes onto POV Crypto to break down his thoughts on several key topics in the world of crypto. Hasu talks about money being the key use case for blockchain technology. Christian asks about Bitcoin’s role in an increasingly volatile world. David and Hasu discuss how the next stage of money competition will happen on the internet. Please enjoy this illuminating conversation with Hasu. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. Da...
Apr 14, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Nima Vaziri is a developer working with L4 Ventures. He has been working on their Generalized State Channel Playground release from Counterfactual, and recently did a talk at MIT Blockchain Week demoing the product. You should definitely check out that video as well! Topics of Conversation - What are generalized state channels - How are they different from payment channels - What kinds of activities can be done on GSC - Mechanism design - Future of L2 scaling - Appropriate L2 designs for appropr...
Apr 07, 2019•59 min
Arnav Vohra joins POV Crypto to talk about his new project CoinSafe. Coinsafe is an iOS and Android wallet that offers a superior UX for managing your back up phrase. Arnav is deep in the Bitcoin and Blockchain community in India and talks about what is going on there. Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Arnav Vohra Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs ...
Apr 05, 2019•47 min
Ally Medina, the mayor of Emeryville and the Executive Director of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition came on to POV Crypto to give us insight on what is going on in the world of crypto regulation. Ally discusses her new bill in California that is designed to help the cannabis industry use fiat backed stable coins to pay their state taxes. David questions Ally about crypto definitions and standards. Christian asks about on what are regulators are worried about when it comes to Bitcoin and Crypto....
Mar 29, 2019•52 min
MakerDAO has recently raised the Stability Fee to 7.5%, causing a lot of drama and FUD in the space. David attempts to convey the points that people seem to miss when they criticize the high stability fee. David and Christian have gotten nippy on Twitter as well, so they go and address some of the topics of conversation that have arisen in the last two weeks. TOPICS OF CONVERSATION. Maker Stability Fee = 7.5% People upset at the high cost of a CDP Primary role of MakerDAO is that DAI = 1$ Unique...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Christian brings a former coworker from BTC Inc to POV Crypto to discuss his payroll and remittance platform Whisp.money Chris Eley is the co-founder of Whisp.money. He has been working in the blockchain space for the past 2 years, and definitely has a tech startup mind set. Chris has a lot of great perspectives on what it's like to onboard new users into crypto, as well as get a platform up and running from scratch. Topics of Discussion: Building Whisp.money What it's like to onboard new users ...
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 10 min
