Episode 59: No Smart Money Here

January 14th, 2023  |  1 hr 20 mins

arthur hayes, barry silbert, dcg, gemini, genesis, multipolar, sbf, substack

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the Gemini/Genesis/DCG insolvency, perhaps the last CeFI lender to be revealed a scam(?), and the evolving opinions around a multi-polar political world. They end the show with news on Central Bank Digital Currency projects, as well as some boosts and an email about buying bitcoin for the first time.

Episode 58: New Year, New FUD

January 8th, 2023  |  54 mins 58 secs

amazon, castle island, chipotle, huobi, porhub, starbucks

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss more exchange insolvency rumors, how corporate loans disprove the myth of central bank interest rates, and beg everyone to run a privacy browser extension called uBlock Origin.

Episode 57: Bitcoin, Crypto's Designated Driver

January 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 26 mins

bitmex, bsv, csw, lamia, metaverse, sbf, stephenson, zoltan

Chris and the bitcoin dad pillory a new metaverse blockchain whitepaper, speculate on bitcoin in the European Union, and cover a blog post exploring the risks of exchanges listing BSV with its new coin seizure protocol.

Also some end of year boosts!

Thank you to everyone who listened this year and participated in the discussion!

Episode 56: Bitcoin, it's cold outside...

December 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 11 mins

craig wright, dr. bitcoin, drivechain, ftx, layer 2, missing crypto queen, sbf

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss a mashup of bear market news involving shady offshore exchanges, bitcoin miner bankruptcies, and rationalizing the market cycles.

Episode 55: Bad Policy Bad Outcomes

December 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins

aml, cftc, debt spiral, ecb, kyc, sbf, warren

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss US Senator Warren's latest preposterous anti-bitcoin bill as an expression of a fundamental Government balance sheet crisis, bitcoin as pension insurance, and how complicated Etherium multisignature wallets are compared to bitcoin.

Episode 54: Neo-Colonialism vs Bitcoin

December 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins

gladstein, imf, janine, neo colonialism, privacy, world bank

Chris and the bitcoin dad summarize Alex Gladstein's long article on the history of the IMF and World Bank, explaining the context of these institutions that support a fiat debt spiral in the developing world. They also celebrate the anniversary of Janine's privacy newsletter and get some great boosts!

Episode 53: Scams and Spirals

December 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins

ankr, arthur, long term debt spiral, lyn, mobile coin, moxie, prime trust, white boy

Chris and the bitcoin dad discover Moxie Marlinspike's Mobile Coin scam may have killed SBF's Alameda Research, the short life expectancy of 'crypto billionaires,' and two fantastic economics articles. Stick around for an introduction to lightning jamming attacks and Hashed Time Lock Contracts (HTLCs).

Episode 52: Spoiler Alerts

November 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

adopting bitcoin, bahamas, ftx, satscrap

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss a slow news week but the spoiler stories that they think will be big news in the future. They also recap the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in El Salvador and get corrected by a listener.

Episode 51: Contagion? I barely knew her!

November 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

crypto.com, email, ftx, inflation, japan, lightning, sbf, wallets

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the latest FTX ponzi fallout, contagion in the crypto industry, economic warning signs and the bitcoin education section in the show's history. This is a big episode.

Episode 50: Effective Scam-Truism

November 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 25 mins

Chris and the bitcoin dad warm their hands on the bonfire of FTX exchange going insolvent and the bloodbath in 'crypto' markets. They review a fast self custody setup for getting coins off exchange.

Episode 49: Can't Stop Breaking BTCD

November 6th, 2022  |  49 mins 31 secs

burak, inflation, lnd, optech, rust, stronghold, validity rollups

Chris and the bitcoin dad summarize another bear market news week, digress on the complications of inflation narratives, and update lightning nodes furiously as Burak keeps breaking the LND.

Episode 48: The Only Story You Need is Bitcoin

October 31st, 2022  |  54 mins 47 secs

civil forefeiture, faketoshi, frost, justice department, matt levine, optech, spies, steve hanke

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the latest bear market news of miner distress and menacing justice department reports. They also summarize Matt Levine's bullish article on bitcoin and some notes on FROST, a new taproot threshold signature scheme.

Episode 47: Interview - Malachi Salcido

October 27th, 2022  |  42 mins 43 secs

btc, malachi, mining

The bitcoin dad interviews Malachi Salcido, and early and current bitcoin miner on being a bitcoin OG, using bitcoin for international payments, mining and the grid, and so much more.

Episode 46: Complient Consensus

October 25th, 2022  |  57 mins 38 secs

bank of england, csw, hodlnaut, japan, optech, venetians

Chris and the bitcoin dad banter over a slow news week as Etherium's OFAC compliant block count inches towards 100%. CSW fails in his case vs hodlnaut, perhaps ending his near decades long fraud of claiming to be Satoshi Nakomoto, and bitcoin development ticks on, getting better and better.

Episode 45: Might Makes Censorship

October 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

bonds, energy, hydra, lnd, lyn, nydig, paypal

Chris is back with the bitcoin dad covering a weak of bear market economics, massive taproot transaction breaking lighting, and tie together the bitcoin technological and economic argument. They end with the dramatic story of the Hydra dark net marketplace and some great feedback from the audience!

Episode 42: Move Fast and Break...Eggs?

September 25th, 2022  |  58 mins 2 secs

Chris and the bitcoin dad sit down to discuss a plethora of bear market topics: bankruptcies, currency woes, and the logic of bitcoin UTXO selection. They finish up with a discussion of building your own self hosted bitcoin and personal cloud services and lots of great feedback from the community.