Round the Fire with Momo

Efrat Fenigson is an Israeli 🇮🇱 independent journalist, podcaster, prominent Bitcoiner, and IDF veteran, while I am from Iran 💚🤍❤️🦁☀️.We talked about the Iran-Israel war and our views on it. Despite our perspectives being at times widely at odds, we managed to have a genuinely nuanced conversation.We need way more of these.---🟩 To help spread knowledge and information, you're free to reuse the content on this page—no permission needed. 🟩---Follow Efrat Fenigson:https://linktr.ee/efenigson ---Follow Momo:https://linktr.ee/mktahmasbi---Buy me a coffee ☕️http://coff.ee/roundthefire

In this episode, Ziya and I speak openly about what is happening in Iran, not as outsiders, but as Iranians who have spent most of their lives in Iran and whose families are still living there. What the regime and much of the media describe as “protests” is, in reality, a nationwide revolution against the Islamic Republic.At the time of publishing this video, the Iranian regime has shut down the internet for more than four consecutive days in an attempt to suppress information, isolate the population, and escalate violence without scrutiny. During this uprising, more than 12,000 people have been killed by the regime’s oppressive forces.We address the roots of this revolution, the regime’s long history of massacres and misinformation, the role of censorship, and the deliberate distortion of events—particularly around support for the exiled Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi. This conversation is an effort to document the truth while Iran is being forced into silence.---00:00 Iran’s Nationwide Uprising and the Regime’s Digital Blackout03:18 Why Iranians Are Rising Up Against the Islamic Republic11:10 A History of Massacres and Systematic Repression in Iran14:12 What the Iranian People Are Revolting Against16:37 Why Global Media and Activists Remain Silent on Iran19:09 How Protesters Were Killed: Claims and Reality21:50 The Ukrainian Flight: How the Regime Shot It Down and Covered It Up23:04 Mahsa Amini: State Violence Enforced Through Mandatory Hijab25:25 Palestinians and the Islamic Republic: Reality vs Regime Narrative27:32 Is Opposing the Islamic Republic “Islamophobic”?28:56 The MEK Question: Are They Leading or Exploiting the Revolution?30:43 The One Thing the Islamic Republic Excels At37:13 Internet Censorship in Iran and the Role of Starlink---🟩 To help spread knowledge and information, you're free to reuse the content on this page—no permission needed. 🟩---Follow Momo:https://linktr.ee/mktahmasbi---Buy me a coffee ☕️http://coff.ee/roundthefire

Are quantum computers an existential threat to Bitcoin, or is the fear mostly FUD?In this episode, Bartosz Naskręcki, Vice-Dean of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adam Mickiewicz University, breaks down how Bitcoin’s cryptography actually works, the math behind SHA-256, why SHA-1 failed, and what quantum computing can and cannot realistically do to Bitcoin today — or the foreseeable future.---00:00 – Introduction and Episode Overview02:30 – What Hash Functions Are and Why They Matter06:39 – The Avalanche Effect Explained12:09 – Why Bitcoin Uses SHA-25619:48 – Why GitHub Still Uses SHA-125:46 – How SHA-256 Improved on SHA-134:54 – Quantum Computing Breakthroughs and Bitcoin Security49:09 – What Quantum Computers Actually Are---🟩 To help spread knowledge and information, you're free to reuse the content on this page—no permission needed. 🟩---Follow Momo:https://linktr.ee/mktahmasbi---Buy me a coffee ☕️http://coff.ee/roundthefire

I break down the recent backlash against Andreas Antonopoulos and explain why personal attacks miss the point in the OP_RETURN debate.---🟩 To help spread knowledge and information, you're free to reuse the content on this page—no permission needed. 🟩---Follow Momo:https://linktr.ee/mktahmasbi---Buy me a coffee ☕️http://coff.ee/roundthefire

John Carvalho, CEO of Synonym, has proposed in BIP-177 that we replace “sats” with “bitcoins” as the base unit. The idea gained attention and even support from notable Bitcoiners like Jack Dorsey and Samson Mow. In this video, I break down what this change would mean, why it’s being proposed, and whether we should actually make the shift.---🟩 To help spread knowledge and information, you're free to reuse the content on this page—no permission needed. 🟩---Follow Momo:https://linktr.ee/mktahmasbi---Buy me a coffee ☕️http://coff.ee/roundthefire