A bitcoin miner with an unlicensed power plant leads to a discussion on BTC, security and energy.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Bitcoin's energy usage has long been controversial but this time it's not what you'd expect, a story about a rogue power plant kicks off a wide ranging discussion between the hosts, touching on key issues like game theory, n ... Show More
Oct 2022
Bitcoin: Breaking Up Money and State
This episode is sponsored by ZenGo.
On today’s show, Will Szamosszegi, CEO and President of Sazmining, takes a look at the power dynamics driving todays problems and why the world may indeed turn to bitcoin before all this is over.
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9m 28s
Mar 2022
The Ramps Killing Bitcoin's Dissident Thesis
On today’s show, CoinDesk columnist and equity researcher at a Canadian brokerage firm, J.P. Koning, takes a look at the challenges using Bitcoin to fund things powerful governments don’t like.
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This episode is sponsored by Kava, Arculus and PathDAO.
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8m 43s
Dec 2021
Who Sets the Rules of Bitcoin as Nation-States and Corps Roll In
On today's show, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist, David Z. Morris, takes a look at how a scrappy, leaderless, multi-trillion dollar project called Bitcoin could survive when the corporations try to change it.
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12m 8s
Jan 2022
The 3 Most Thought-Provoking Questions in Bitcoin With Nik Bhatia
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Nik Bhatia, author of “Layered Money” and The Bitcoin Layer newsletter. They discuss:
Bitcoin’s relationship with equities and the TradFi markets
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41m 25s
Mar 2022
Is Bitcoin Freedom Money or a Tool for Sanctions Evaders?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, FTX US and Cointelli.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the contrasting public images of crypto regarding the Ukraine-Russia war. On the one hand, the Ukrainian resistance has raised more than $30 million from more than 26,000 cr ... Show More
18m 35s