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.

Episode 41: If you can't beat 'em, Merge

September 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

Chris and the bitcoin dad laugh at the Etherium merge, enjoy the latest Federal Reserve research discrediting Quantitative Easing, and talk about two big bitcoin upgrade: TARO and Drivechains.

Episode 40: The Only Way Out is Through

September 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 14 mins

arthur hayes, bitcoin, etherium, gazprom, janine, lyn, privacy, umbrel

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss upgrading a bitcoin node, the cycles of value and growth investing, war time finance, and how that all means the time for bitcoin is now.

Episode 39: Accidentally Debunking MMT (and POS)

September 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

btc, coinmetrics, eth, iran, kansass city fed, merge, zoltan

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss Lyn Alden's comprehensive Bitcoin and lightning paper, how the Federal Reserve thinks government spending creates inflation, and accidentally debunk modern monetary theory in the process. Proof of stake is also a casualty of this conversation.

Episode 38: Legal Trollz and Staking Lulz

August 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins

bitcoin, eth, hayes, lawsuit, merge, transaction, v-byte, weight unit

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss spurious lawsuits in bitcoin, regulatory tough talk, and how dollar liquidity is more than meets the eye. Then they dive into bitcoin transactions and what exactly a v-byte really is for some bitcoin education.

Episode 36: Going Ad Hominem

August 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

bitcoin, brian armstrong, cardano, censorship, charles, coinbase, craig wright, eth, gloria zhao, helium, italy, nodes, nova, ofac, politico, staking

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss a slow news week as the Eurozone slowly crumbles, frivolous lawsuits fill the air, and the Silent Depression is called out. A wholesome article on bitcoin nodes is followed up by a vicious on air murder.

Episode 34: Insiders Always Dump

August 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

bitcoin, blackrock, dump, eth, iran, monero, ofac, tornado

Chris and the bitcoin dad cover the latest in anti-privacy sanctions, bitcoin core dust policies, and a great piece on altcoin economics.