Rusty Russell, a well known and respected Bitcoin Lightning developer at Blockstream joins me in this episode. We talk about his article, The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin, and discuss the Lightning Network for Bitcoin. Lastly, Rusty draws from his prior experience as a Linux kernel developer to contrast Linux development with Bitcoin and Lightning developm ... Show More
Jan 24
Hash-based signatures for Bitcoin's post-quantum future? with Jonas Nick | SLP713
In this conversation, Stephan Livera and Jonas Nick discuss the implications of quantum computing on Bitcoin's security, focusing on the risks posed to cryptographic signatures. They explore the current vulnerabilities in Bitcoin, the potential for quantum attacks, and the need f ... Show More
1h 12m
Jan 23
The Financial System Built on Bitcoin with Arnab Naskar | SLP712
In this conversation, Arnab Naskar from Stokr discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, tokenization, and capital markets. He explains how Bitcoin serves as both a store of value and a settlement layer, enabling the creation of decentralized financial systems. The discussion covers ... Show More
56m 41s
Aug 2025
BTC249: The Convergence of Bitcoin, AI, and Energy w/ Rod Roudi (Bitcoin Podcast)
Rod and Preston discuss Bitcoin’s rapid innovation, from ARK protocol transactions to new mining hardware. They examine custody solutions for Bitcoin treasuries, balancing institutional needs with community values, and preview the Custody & Treasury Summit and “Imagine If” event. ... Show More
54m 14s
Jun 2024
BitVM: The Holy Grail for Bitcoin? | Creator Robin Linus
<p>Today on the show, we’re exploring the frontier of ZK Rollups on Bitcoin! </p> <p>The Bitcoin L2 landscape is standing on the shoulders of this technical implementation called BitVM. We brought Robin Linus, one of the author’s of the BitVM White Paper, to not only dive into ho ... Show More
1h 9m
Jul 2025
Michael Saylor Made $28B With Bitcoin! | Bitcoin Simply
Americans are struggling with rising inflation, debt, and financial insecurity, yet Bitcoin remains largely overlooked. Since 2020, the average U.S. home price in Bitcoin has dropped dramatically, and countries like El Salvador have turned poverty into massive Bitcoin profits. Co ... Show More
11m 53s
Feb 2025
BTC220: US dollars on Bitcoin Lightning w/ Luke Gromen (Bitcoin Podcast)
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is evolving into a global payments system, with over 21,000 active nodes enabling fast, low-cost transactions. Tether’s integration of USDT via the Taproot Asset Protocol could disrupt traditional finance, lowering transaction costs and increasing effi ... Show More
38m 58s
Feb 2025
Bitcoin : vers un âge d’or des cryptomonnaies ?
« Les Etats-Unis seront la capitale crypto de la planète et la superpuissance du bitcoin dans le monde », a promis Donald Trump lors de la convention Bitcoin 2024, le 27 juillet, à Nashville (Tennessee). Depuis, le candidat républicain a été élu et le cours du bitc ... Show More
14m 38s
May 2018
Hashing It Out #5: Zaki Manian
We had the pleasure of interviewing Zaki Manian, prolific engineer, Founder of SkuChain, Head of Tendermint Labs, Advisor on the Interchain Foundation, and Executive Directory of the Trusted IoT Alliance. Phew, that's a lot of hats. Zaki gives us a glimpse into what it's like des ... Show More
1h 35m
Apr 2024
🪙 “The Bitcoin Pod” — On the day of the “Halving”, we unearthed our best 3 stories that tell the whole Bitcoin.
It’s finally here… Bitcoin’s biggest day in 4 years: “The Halvening.”So we whipped up a special episode to explain what the Halvening is: 3 stories from the past 4 years that illustrate the promise, potential, and pitfalls of Bitcoin. We look at1. Bitcoin as cash money2. Bitcoin ... Show More
21m 16s