In this episode, we talk through emerging market currency crises, and his new 5 part article series on Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset. We contrast differing monetary views, why it doesn't make sense to spend bitcoin right now, Medium of Exchange vs Method of Payment, and fallacies of 'Medium of Exchange only' cryptocurrencies.
Yesterday
Dice Rolls, Entropy, and SeedSigner | Keith Mukai SLP766
In this episode, Keith Mukai of SeedSigner joins to explain why 1.4 percent variance in cheap dice still delivers full 128-bit entropy and how to verify rolls across devices.Timestamps:03:10 — Cheap Dice Only 1.4% Unfair?06:29 — Shake Multiple Dice in a Box08:26 — Verify Dice Rol ... Show More
52m 8s
Aug 19
Jade for Single-Sig or Multisig | Rich SLP765
In this episode, Rich from the team at Blockstream explains Jade, offline dice entropy, blind oracle protection, multisig descriptor recovery and the new Blockstream Swaps beta.Timestamps:00:45 — AI Scans & Audits Secure Jade03:21 — Jade Core $99, Plus Up to $16905:51 — Roll Dice ... Show More
27m 51s
Aug 14
Wavelength Delivers Ark-Based Lightning Without Node Overhead | Roasbeef & Michael Levin SLP764
Lightning Labs built Wavelength to deliver self-custodial Lightning payments without forcing users to run nodes, manage channels, or handle liquidity.Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO and co-founder of Lightning Labs, and Michael Levin, VP of Product, join me to detail the design choices b ... Show More
50m 19s
Apr 2018
Buy or Sell, What the Hell #25: Building a Crypto Portfolio
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee blatantly outvote that BTC is better than Gold...but we're biased. We also go into how we've positioned ourselves in this market, how we build our crypto portfolios. We also touch on how to secure yourself in this crypto world. If ... Show More
45m 8s
Nov 2021
88. Is bitcoin good money? A debate with Paul Frijters
<p>In this episode Saifedean invites back Professor Paul Frijters of the London School of Economics to debate whether bitcoin is a good form of money. Saifedean makes the case for money as a market phenomenon, and argues that bitcoin has the scarcity, divisibility, fungibility an ... Show More
2h 11m
Dec 2020
21. Central Bank Digital Currencies, the Small Reset, and was Hayek a shitcoiner?
<p>In today’s seminar we discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies and what they mean for Bitcoin. What are the likely contours of a new global monetary system, in the wake of the global economic crises? Finally we examine Hayek’s proposal for competing currencies and whether it ma ... Show More
1h 36m