Episode 33: All Roads Lead to Bitcoin

August 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

ecb, galoy, israel, lopp, seed, solana, stablesats, ycc

Chris and the bitcoin dad chart the path of financial repression to uncertain property rights, the ECB's search for the Holy Grail, and stablesats as a bitcoin dollar account.

Episode 32: Under the Curve

July 29th, 2022  |  46 mins 42 secs

bitcoin, el salvador, eu, excalibur, hayes, italy, offline, seed, spicedao

Chris and the bitcoin dad share a short conversation about the latest macro bear news, the silliest DAO of them all, and how to generate private keys offline.

Episode 30: Wildly Speculative

July 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 40 mins

banking, boj, chainalysis, chainlink, china, coinjoin, dhiram, digiconomist, ecb, elon, energy, fee sniping, fud, gerard, hayes, japan, l1, legard, mixers, powell, rotation, russia, tail emision, tesla, uae

Chris and the bitcoin dad wildly speculate on rumors of who really killed the crypto lending market, hints of miner issues in the bitcoin dev list, and how Europe, China, and Japan are melting down. Is this the last crisis before hyperbitcoinization or will we have to go through this all again?

Episode 29: Peak Griftonomics

July 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 47 mins

3ac, bitcoin, cbdc, celsius, energy, optech 208, privacy, voyager

Chris and the bitcoin dad have a jumbo sized conversation covering incoming CBDCs in Europe, accompanying energy FUD, why global energy markets are not going down, and how so many people don't appreciate privacy. Stay to the end for some bitcoin education covering the OP_RETURN war, your own bitcoin VPS, and Optech 208.

Episode 27: Stock to Seagulls

July 10th, 2022  |  58 mins 18 secs

aggregation, blockstream, car, hayes, lightning, maximalism, nic, nuclear, rizzo, s2f

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the bitcoin culture wars, debunking the stock to flow bitcoin price model, and get interrupted by seagulls and the Islamic call to prayer. The review the lightning network at a high level and nerd out on signature aggregation.

Episode 26: Sidechains for Sandwiches v2

July 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 25 mins

bitcoin, btc, cryptocurrency, energy, loomis, multisig quorums, news

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the mounting news of crypto lending contagion, why oracles still don't work, and how the economic forecast looks inflationary. They cover the latest bitcoin optech, space chains, and how to de-materialize a sandwich.

Episode 25: Token Gestures

June 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the demand destruction that means the next recession might be a doozy, the huge drama in the altcoin space, and how bitcoin, just doesn't care at all. They also discuss a new bitcoin certification, more privacy issues, and a way to get started building on the bitcoin lightning network.

Episode 24: Interview: Bryan Solstin, WA Candidate for US Senate

June 23rd, 2022  |  43 mins 2 secs

bitcoin, bryan solstin, conservationism, politics, senate, stem

The bitcoin dad sits down with US Senate Candidate for Washington State Bryan Solstin to discuss his bitcoin centric campaign platform. The conversation covers how a broken monetary system is slowing economic growth, fostering over consumption, and how Senate Candidate Solstin reconciles bitcoin, conservationism, and supporting the development of STEM in Washington state.

Episode 21: Bitcoin Bill or Altcoin Shill?

June 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 33 mins

bitcoin, btc, cryptocurrency, loomis, news

Chris and the Bitcoin Dad discuss the latest bitcoin legislation in the pipeline, output descriptors, becoming an altcoiner through no fault of your own, and how to not do Bitcoin journalism.

Episode 20: Be water, my friend, not exit liquidity

June 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 57 secs

bitcoin, eth, exit liquidity, hex, lobbying, progressive

Chris and the bitcoin dad talk the latest political attacks on bitcoin, why being successful can hurt your ability to understand, and how altcoin projects turn community into exit liquidity.

Episode 19: The birds and the CBDCs

May 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 40 mins

bip, bitcoin package relay, energy, grid, high speed blockchain, monetary base, solana, wallet recovery, water

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the global monetary base report, potential signs of recession, and how CBDCs hurt banks. They also cover the perfect BIP (bitcoin improvement proposal), the overlap of water and energy, as well as how to rescue a bitcoin wallet from a phone.

Episode 18: Cynically Saving the Children

May 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins

bitcoin optech, discord, etherium, lightning, matrix, node, privacy, tor

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the problems of etherium, expectations of privacy decreasing, and bitcoin development. They answer some questions and discuss how to run your own node.

Episode 17: Stablecoin Alchemy

May 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins

bitcoin arthur hayes, bitfinex, do kwan, energy, luna, mining, ponzi, terra, wind

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss the recent defi crash, why the broad financial markets are selling off and actual Communists who were trying to ban bitcoin mining. Check out Episode 16 for and extended Bitcoin Education segment that walks you through taking your coins off exchange for the first time.

Episode 16: Deep Dive - Starting Self Custody and Your First Wallet

May 14th, 2022  |  37 mins 35 secs

bitcoin, exchange, exodus, self custody, sparrow, transaction, wallet

Chris and the bitcoin dad discuss not panicking and how to get your bitcoin off an exchange if it's your first time. They cover wallets, securing your seed, and checking bitcoin transactions before your click send.

Episode 14: Can't spell stagflation without oil and gas

May 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 29 mins

arthur hayes, btc, gold, luna, lyn alden, opentimesamps, sol, stagflation, terra

Chris and the bitcoin dad laugh at mainstream representations of bitcoiners, bitcoiners themselves, and just how badly corporate POS chains are failing. They dive deeper into recent economic analysis from Lyn Alden and Arthur Hayes, as well as an overlooked and awesome bitcoin project!

Episode 12: Bitcoin Core is not Bitcoin

April 30th, 2022  |  1 hr 40 mins

119, bip, btc, eth, lido, opctv, pos, pow, rubin

The hosts grapple with the complexities of bitcoin upgrades, etherium has already failed, a surprise entrant adopts bitcoin, and court controversy by saying bitcoin is NOT a store of value...yet. Stay for the end to hear the dramatic next chapter of Chris' son's Roblox adventures.