Su Zhu of Three Arrows Capital discusses his DeFi strategies, and how things about playing the current DeFi field! We discuss: - The grand Three Arrows Capital investment theses - Denominating in ETH, BTC, or USD - Leveraging DeFi for returns - YAMs: Good experiment or abject failure - Liquidity mining, yield farming and viewing these as games - Bearish VC DeFi tokens, Bullish 0-premine experiments Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twit...
Aug 19, 2020•49 min
CK and David gear up for a classic Bitcoin VS Ethereum Fight Night. We celebrate soaring prices by arguing whats behind them, future development, and where we go next. 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
Aug 06, 2020•44 min
The CFO of Luxor Mining Ethan Vera joins POV Crypto to discuss all things Mining and Blockchain security. Ethan is an expert in BTC and Altcoin mining and has very interesting opinions about staking. Topics: BTC mining Hashrate Markets Hashrate derivatives Attacking Bitcoin The rise of the US mining scene PoS Altcoin Mining 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 [Gues...
Aug 04, 2020•44 min
Loong Wang the CTO of Ren VM comes on to POV Crypto to discuss their technology and how they are pushing trust minimized Bitcoin onto Ethereum. Topics: The history of Ren VM Why interoperability is important Ren’s mission Interoperability will allow few coins to dominate many chains 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 [Guest] Loong Wang on Twitter @bzlwang...
Jul 31, 2020•52 min
Ansel Lindner, macro markets guru and host of the Bitcoin and Markets podcast comes to POV Crypto to discuss his bleak outlook to the future of the global economy. We discuss: - How the Fed activity resembles 90's era Japan - People are saving more than they're spending - The economic contraction ahead of us - The role of crypto-dollar stablecoins in a deflationary environment - Altcoin, DeFi token outlook Follow Ansel on Twitter: @AnselLindner You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hof...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Bitcoin Mushroom Man Brandon Quittem comes to POV Crypto to continue the conversation about how the cryptocurrency world is synonymous with nature and organic systems. David, Brandon, and CK discuss how the free market and price discovery are organically derived phenomenons. We discuss how top-down influence and price controls are blasphemous, as they are an attack on nature! We discuss how Bitcoin and Ethereum are organically emergent phenomenons, and they should be viewed as natural organisms!...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min
A recent ETH 2 AMA on r/ethereum sparks rabbling, due to an extended estimation of Phase 0 launch timeline. We bring Preston from the Prysmatic client team to POV Crypto to get his take about where ETH 2 is in development. We talk: - How Prysmatic came to be - Funding environment for client teams - Phase 0 timeline and the r/Ethereum AMA - Client differentiators - Hardware requirements - EVM & EWASM Follow Preston on Twitter: @preston_vanloon Prysmatic Labs: https://prysmaticlabs.com/ You ca...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 31 min
David and CK review some of the current discussions happening in their circles about: - The state of crypto in the macro, vs Legacy markets - What liquidity actually is - ETH 2 delays - Does AMPL deserve a fair shot? 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 [SPONSOR] Alto IRA -The leading platform for individuals to invest in alternative assets with IRA savings, Visit w...
Jul 14, 2020•56 min
Cami Russo, author of the soon-to-be-released book The Infinite Machine, comes to POV Crypto to discuss her experience researching and interviewing about Early Ethereum to write her book! Cami discusses - The evolution of Ethereum Culture - The early decisions made at Ethereum and the EF that would impact the future of Ethereum - What it was like interviewing a wide cast of characters - Dissecting the DAO and the drama surrounding it - The scope of the book! Please rate and share the podcast! Yo...
Jul 09, 2020•42 min
Colin Harper of Forbes Crypto and Decrypt Media, joins the podcast to hash out Bitcoin Versus Defi on Ethereum. Topics: Whats up with Defi. Will Bitcoiners ever use Defi. The different ways Bitcoin and Ether accrue value. David argues that Ether is more like Equity than money 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 [Guest] Colin Harper on Twitter @AsILayHodling [SPONSO...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Matt Finestone runs BD at Loopring, and comes to POV to get into the nuances and details of the Loopring Protocol. Topics - Is Loopring a network, a protocol, an app? - What are the attack vectors of Loopring? - What are the strengths and weaknesses of Loopring? - How does Loopring compare to Lightning? - Future plans of the Loopring 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_SN...
Jul 01, 2020•55 min
Matt Luongo is the architect behind the tBTC project, brining BTC to Ethereum, and has strong convictions about the roles that Bitcoin and Ethereum have. Matt considers Bitcoin as the monetary standard, and Ethereum as purely a place for technical innovation and experimentatio n, and draws a pretty clear line for these things. He is a lead of the tBTC project, in order to get tBTC onto Ethereum, and allow Bitcoin the Money, to leverage Ethereum the Technology. We also touch on the topic of tBTC ...
Jun 25, 2020•56 min
David and CK deliberate some of the recent trends in the DeFi space, and discuss their nuances, merits, and legitimacy! Topics - COMP token, and what it represents - COMP distribution - KYC & Governance tokens - Liquidity Mining / Yield Farming - The hidden/present risk in these systems 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 [Guest] Pierre Rochard on Twitter @pier...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr
Matt Odell of TFTC returns to POV Crypto to discuss what listeners can do to improve their security and privacy. We also get into BTC v ETH at the end! This is a must listen. Topics: The global nature of the anti government protests Why privacy is important How big tech is part of government surveillance Practical advice to improve privacy Is PoS inherently centralizing? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessSta...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Pierre Rochard joins David and ck for a wide ranging conversation about money, policing, and society. We cover the following topics. Topics: The purpose of money/cash The difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum’s monetary policy Why we need to exit fiat The institutionalized racism in the USD system How a private police force could work 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...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Robert Breedlove comes to POV crypto to discuss his analogy of "Bitcoin is the number 0". Robert claims that, before humans understood the concept of '0', their lives were limited and dull, but after understanding 0, a new world of possibility opened up. Does Bitcoin offer the same? 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 [Guest] Robert on Twitter: @breedlove22 [SPONSO...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Kyle Davies, co-founder and partner of Three Arrows Capital returns to POV Crypto to discuss the current state of the cryptocurrency marketplace and to explain why Three Arrows is bullish on both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Topics: The Bitcoin market post halving Three Arrows strategic investments in Deribit and BlockFi Why Staking and EIP 1559 are extremely bullish for Ethereum Why traders must denominate in BTC Comparing the CeFi ecosystem to the DeFi ecosystem Please rate and share the podcast! You...
Jun 09, 2020•47 min
Guy Swann joins the show to discuss, Bitcoin Audible Austrian economics, and whether stability and stablecoins are even possible. 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 [Guest] Guy Swann on Twitter @theCryptoconomy
Jun 04, 2020•42 min
After a weekend of peaceful protests interrupted by rioting police offers, David and Christian reflect on the stance that Bitcoin and Ethereum have towards the State. We also discuss the inherent stance that the State has towards its people, and the equal-and-opposite stance that the people must then have towards the state. David's Instagram video of the Seattle Protests and the Police Pepper Spaying people: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA1LNjIBo70/?igshid=c601b6hj8ob5 Topics - Creeping Tyranny ...
Jun 02, 2020•50 min
You can watch the livestream on YouTube here: https://twitter.com/POVCryptoPod/status/1266755656024944640?s=20 - Why did the riots immediately spark across the whole nation? - The police are a tool of the state - End of the authority of the nation-state - Trust in institutions is the same as trust in Money - The police are only legitimate because people believe in it
May 31, 2020•33 min
Seth Simmons is an avid member of the Monero Community and a strong proponent of cypherpunk values. Seth comes on to the podcast to discuss the XMR Crypto currency and why he believes it is an important tool for individual rights and privacy. 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 [Guest] Seth Simmons on Twitter @sethisimmons...
May 26, 2020•59 min
The boys get together to riff on some recent developments in the space and debate the merits both social scalability, how to achieve it, and the future of stablecoins and discretionary monetary policy. Topics: Stocking pumping while unemployment soars. The Cantillon Effect. When Inflation? tBTC redo. RAI white paper. Social Scalability. Is a new stablecoins possible? Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState C...
May 19, 2020•55 min
Danny Ryan works at the Ethereum Foundation, making sure all the various ETH 2 client teams are synced in development. We get Danny's perspective on what this is like! Danny talks about - his role as a coordinator-of-coordinators - how distributed client teams come to consensus about descions - where the sticky points are with ETH 2 development - His outlook on the future of ETH 2 and its success
May 12, 2020•1 hr 31 min
David and Christian riff on some current events. David has very strong opinions about WBTC inside of Maker (good!), personal tokens (bad!), and Christian educates on miner economics and Quantitative Tightening 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
May 07, 2020•51 min
Jason Williams, serial entrepreneur and partner at Morgan Creek Digital joins the podcast for a wide ranging and energetic conversation. We focus the conversation on the world post COVID and how Jason anticipates consumer behavior to change in the wake of distrust, government interventions, cryptocurrencies, and more. We discuss the following topics. Topics: The world post Corona 3 cohorts of people post Corona Investing opportunities What we are learning about the nature of USD and global finan...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Vitalik shares his POV on various topics of contention in the crypto-space. - Competition to be internet money. Exists? - Fairness, Money, and Ether. Is ICO a big deal? - What are the values of Ethereum? - What is the long-term relationship between Ethereum and Hardforks? Do we ever calcify Ethereum? - EIP 1559 and its impact on Ether monetary policy. Better than austrian economics? - Does the growth of Blockchains come at the cost of Governments? You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David ...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Rune Christensen has been the leader behind the MakerDAO project since its inception. With Multi-Collateral DAI in the rear-view mirror, the Foundation has completed its mandate. The next steps now are to commit to a graceful wrap-up of the foundation. How will this work? What obstacles are left to overcome? POV asks these questions! Topics: The next steps for the Foundation DAI's independence from the Dollar The values instantiated in MakerDAO Black Friday perspectives Please rate and share the...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Jake Chervinsky has a deep history in litigation that involves the largest financial institutions on earth. Jake has become passionate about both Bitcoin and Ethereum and now finds himself as the General Counsel at Compound Labs the company behind Compound Finance. Jake take the time to explain and interpret how he sees crypto rubbing up with the legal system and his perspective into how it will play out. Topics: It’s just Bitcoin and Ethereum. What Fiduciary responsibilities should cryptocurren...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Prolific content creator, analyst, and thinker Nathaniel Whittemore joins POV Crypto to discuss how current events have warped the publics trust in the system and how Bitcoin and crypto can be the foundation of a new model of trust. Topics: Why crypto is relevant post COVID Bitcoin as a portal. Crypto economic system’s need to reflect human truths to be successful Predictions for the future. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and...
Apr 09, 2020•57 min
What’s Nic’s Deal? Why is Nic in the crypto space? What about it excites him? What values does the crypto space hold; how does Bitcoin instantiate them? Bitcoin vs Ethereum How would you characterize the competition between Bitcoin and Ethereum? Does Ethereum's ICO prevent it from being internet money? Eric Wall's "POS Is Less Wasteful" Article. Agree, disagree? POW is a wonderful thing Nic has voiced bearishness about the 2020s decade. What about the macro landscape of the world makes Nic so be...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 17 min
