Bitcoin & Co. with Anita Posch (English)

This is the 2nd episode of a six-part series about Bitcoin in Africa. In February 2020, right before the start of quarantine and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, I travelled Zimbabwe and Botswana to get a picture from the ground about the usage of bitcoin in these countries. Zimbabwe and Venezuela are very ofted named as countries where bitcoin could be making a difference, in supporting people's economic situation. I wanted to see by myself, if this is true and in how far bitcoin is known and used there. In the first episode you learned about the current living situation of Zimbabweans and the countrys political history, which paints a picture about why things are how they are as well as the state of human rights and free speech. In this episode you will get to know the multi-currency world, the different forms and usages of money as well as the price fluctuations that Zimbabweans are dealing with day by day. We also take a look at the current regulations of cryptocurrencies and the usage of mobile payments and internet connections. You will find pictures and the full transcript on the episode page at: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/africa2 This episode is sponsored by https://localbitcoins.com/ a person-to-person bitcoin trading site, Coinfinity and the Card Wallet https://www.cardwallet.com/anita, SHIFT Cryptosecurity, manufacturer of the hardware wallet BitBox02 https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/, The What Bitcoin Did podcast https://whatbitcoindid.com/ and many thanks to several unknown private donors, who sent me Satoshis over the Lightning Network. This special is edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor Adam B. Levine and published first on the CoinDesk Podcast Network. Thank you very much for supporting the Bitcoin in Africa series with your work. Thanks goes also out to stakwork.com - stakwork is a great project that brings bitcoin into the world through earning. One can do microjobs on stakwork, earning Satoshis and cash them out without even having an understanding about the lightning network or bitcoin. I think we need more projects like that to spread the usage of bitcoin around the world. Thank you also to GoTenna https://gotenna.com/, for donating several GoTenna devices to set up a mesh network in Zimbabwe and to Team Satoshi https://teamsatoshi.org/, the decentralized sports team for supporting my work. Would you like to sponsor future episodes of the Bitcoin & Co. Podcast? Have another question or feedback? Send a message to hello (at) anitaposch.com Credits: Idea, content and production: Anita Posch Edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor: Adam B. Levine Cover Image: Martina Gruber Music: “Start with yes” by Delicate beats Other relevant episodes: Part 1 of Bitcoin in Africa: The Ubuntu Way - Zimbabwe: Ideal Conditions for Bitcoin? https://bitcoinundco.com/en/africa1/

In this 1st part of the “Bitcoin in Africa” podcast documentary you get an insight about the current living situation of Zimbabweans and the countrys political history, which paints a picture about why things are how they are, as well as the state of human rights and free speech. In February 2020 right before the quarantine and travel restrictions due to the Corona Virus pandemic started, I travelled Zimbabwe and Botswana to get a picture from the ground about the usage of Bitcoin in these countries. Zimbabwe and Venezuela are very ofted named as countries where Bitcoin could be making a difference, in supporting people's economic situation. I wanted to see by myself, if this is true and in how far Bitcoin is known and used there. You will find travel pictures, videos and a full transcript on the episode page at: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/africa1 This episode is sponsored by The What Bitcoin Did podcast https://whatbitcoindid.com/, Coinfinity and the Card Wallet https://www.cardwallet.com/anita, https://localbitcoins.com/ a person-to-person bitcoin trading site, SHIFT Cryptosecurity, manufacturer of the hardware wallet BitBox02 https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ and many thanks to several unknown private donors, who sent me Satoshis over the Lightning Network. This special is edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor Adam B. Levine and published first on the CoinDesk Podcast Network. Thank you very much for supporting the Bitcoin in Africa series with your work. Thanks goes also out to stakwork.com - stakwork is a great project that brings bitcoin into the world through earning. One can do microjobs on stakwork, earning Satoshis and cash them out without even having an understanding about the lightning network or bitcoin. I think we need more projects like that to spread the usage of bitcoin around the world. Thank you also to GoTenna https://gotenna.com/, for donating several GoTenna devices to set up a mesh network in Zimbabwe and to Team Satoshi https://teamsatoshi.org/, the decentralized sports team for supporting my work. Would you like to sponsor future episodes of the Bitcoin & Co. Podcast? Having another question or feedback? Send a message to hello (at) anitaposch.com Credits: Idea, content and production: Anita Posch Edited by CoinDesk’s Podcasts Editor: Adam B. Levine Cover Image: Martina Gruber Music: “Start with yes” by Delicate beats

This is a live recording of a panel discussion at the "Value of Bitcoin Symposium" in Vienna, March 5th 2020. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of digital scarcity and a hard capped supply versus fiat money, the impact of new players in the money game like Facebook's Libra, the topic of Central bank digital currencies and how that all relates to bitcoin. Participants were Rahim Taghizadegan - Austrian economist, Arthur Stadler - lawyer with blockchain expertise, Beat Weber - Austrian Central Bank and Aurel Schubert - former director general at the European Central Bank. Please, excuse the low audio quality. Topics: Where do you see bitcoin in relation to central banking? Concept of digital scarcity and a hard capped supply vs. fiat money with controlled expanding and contracting of the supply. Maintaining the stable value of FIAT money vs. bitcoin volatility Impact of new players like Facebook's Libra and other corporate money Thought experiment on Central Banks buying bitcoin Aurel Schuberts book and learnings from "The Credit-Anstalt Crisis of 1931" CBDCs - Central bank digital currencies ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/value-bitcoin-digital-scarcity/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Connie Gallippi is the Founder and Executive Director of BitGive ® . In May 2013, she founded BitGive, the first government recognized Bitcoin 501(c)(3) nonprofit and pioneer organization leveraging Bitcoin and Blockchain technology via practical applications for humanitarian work in the developing world. Under her leadership, BitGive has built a positive philanthropic representative organization for the Bitcoin and Blockchain industry, bridging the gap between an innovative technology and its practical applications for nonprofits and humanitarian work in the developing world. BitGive has established strong partnerships and raised funds with well-known nonprofits including Save the Children, The Water Project, TECHO, Medic Mobile, and more. Connie is a well-known industry spokesperson for the social impact of Bitcoin and advocating for more diversity and equal opportunity in the digital currency community. She speaks internationally on the social impact of Bitcoin and Blockchain. We talk about: GiveTrack peer-to-peer donating How Bitcoin helps the non profit sector Uphold converting everything to Bitcoin Ecosystem has a long way to go How they vet projects Obstacles to get funds Project in Kenya Dealing with regulations as a non-profit Understanding the needs of other places Alakanani Itereleng, Founder of Satoshicentre in Botswana ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/connie-gallippi-bitgive/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: The Petro Is a Scam and Bitcoin Is the Only Way to Send Money to Venezuela https://bitcoinundco.com/en/petro-scam-bitcoin-venezuela/ Locha Mesh: Chat and Send Bitcoin Anonymously Without Internet https://bitcoinundco.com/en/locha-mesh/ Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Randy Brito is the founder of bitcoinvenezuela.com and the CEO of Locha Mesh. In 2012 he started publishing educational material about Bitcoin in Spanish and translated the interface of the Electrum Wallet. We are talking about the economical situation in Venezuela, how authorities extorted miners in 2015 and how people are using bitcoin today. We talk about: Started bitcoinvenezuela.com in 2012 Economical situation Venezuela Spanish translator for electrum wallet 2012 Bitcoin is used to get money in and out of Venezuela Most liquid currency in Venezuela in the moment How people buy online in the US and get delivered to the border ~ 300.000 people use bitcoin People fled Venezuela with their families with the help of bitcoin 2015 authorities extorted miners Origin of the Petro Seized mining devices are used by the government ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/randy-brito-venezuela/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: The Petro Is a Scam and Bitcoin Is the Only Way to Send Money to Venezuela https://bitcoinundco.com/en/petro-scam-bitcoin-venezuela/ Locha Mesh: Chat and Send Bitcoin Anonymously Without Internet https://bitcoinundco.com/en/locha-mesh/ Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Pascal Hügli is a journalist working with financialmedia AG. He focuses on the topic of finance and economics. As such he considers himself as a life-long student trying to get a real understanding of the world. He's the author of "Ignore at your own risk: the new decentralized world of Bitcoin and Blockchain". He is also a lecturer at HWZ and moderates as well as debates in public. We talk about: Bitcoin is a social phenomenon Problem with banking Credit expansion and the next crisis Bitcoin’s capped supply Financial oppression is growing Bitcoin as a check Human mankind’s mind is maybe not made for bitcoin Facebooks Libra is Fiat 2.0 Monetary colonialism Tokenization and local currencies Can Stablecoins be stable? Central Bank Digital Currencies MMT Modern Monetary Theory ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/pascal-huegli/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: Philipp E. Dettwiler: Merging Traditional Banking With Bitcoin and Digital Assets https://bitcoinundco.com/en/phil-dettwiler-seba/ BUC Live: The Fight Against Money Laundering with Cryptocurrencies https://bitcoinundco.com/en/live-money-laundering-cryptocurrencies/ Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Phil Dettwiler is Head of Custody Storage & Transaction Banking at SEBA Bank AG, the first crypto bank that was granted a banking license in Switzerland. Being a banker all of his life, he sees the investment opportunity in bitcoin and likes the possibility of independent banking. Phil also answers the question: Why do we need banks in Bitcoin? SEBA Bank AG enables professional and institutional clients to invest, safely keep, trade and borrow against traditional and digital assets, as well as issue tokens, in one place. We talk about: The banking license for SEBA Bitcoin as investment opportunity The possibility of independent banking Why a bank in bitcoin? Blockchain Trilemma How a bank handles crypto custody Latency and security The future of banking Central Bank Digital Currency and traditional banking Volatility and liquidity Facebooks Libra Developing their own wallet solutions Deposit protection and insurance market Tokenization, Asset Tokens and the insurance market ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/phil-dettwiler-seba/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: BUC Live: The Fight Against Money Laundering with Cryptocurrencies https://bitcoinundco.com/en/live-money-laundering-cryptocurrencies/ Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ Smuggler: A deep dive into technology, democracy, privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to bitcoin https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ Max Hillebrand: busting FUD about the Lightning Network https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of Braiins operating Slush pool "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

In March the Bitcoin2020 conference is taking place in San Francisco. In this interview I talk with Brandon Green, who is a project manager at BTC Media for the conference. BTCmedia is also the company behind the Bitcoin Magazine and the Let’s Talk Bitcoin podcast network. We talk about the latest developments in Bitcoin, the halving, their suspended Twitter account and what you can expect from the conference. Brandon is right hand to the CEO at BTC Inc. He's been working in the Bitcoin space and writing for Bitcoin Magazine since early 2017. We talk about: Privacy developments in bitcoin Bullish on the halving Amplified voice of bitcoin in the media Is the technology ready for a super-cycle? Their suspended Twitter account Interacting with machines Bitcoin2020: a platform for people The topics of the conference ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/brandon-green/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Smuggler: A deep dive into technology, democracy, privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to bitcoin https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ Max Hillebrand: busting FUD about the Lightning Network https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of Braiins operating Slush pool "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Tatiana Moroz is an American folk singer-songwriter, liberty activist, and peaceful revolutionary. She is in the Bitcoin space since 2012 and is pioneering creative autonomy and freedom as the creator of the world’s first artist cryptocurrency Tatiana Coin. Tatiana merges music with blockchain technology to renew the power of songwriters and creators. Her inspiring album "Keep The Faith" was released in 2017 and was funded completely with cryptocurrency. She wrote a song about Bitcoin, it's called the "Bitcoin Jingle" and it is featured in this episode. "Blockchains can take us away from the music industry cartel." - Tatiana Moroz "If you’re a major label you are also getting screwed by these big social media companies." - Tatiana Moroz We are talking about: What music and Bitcoin have in common How artists can be supported directly by their fans Social media platforms "own" your fans Building a long term relationship with her fans with Tatiana Coin Counterparty used for Tatiana Coin Supporting Ross Ulbricht Learnings from Tatiana Coin Token.fm as creators platform Tatiana show since 2014 Proof of Love podcast Bitcoin conferences Her event for the Bahamas Bitcoins impact in the Carribean Teaching kids how to code Using bitcoin on a day to day basis ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/tatiana-moroz/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Smuggler: A deep dive into technology, democracy, privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to bitcoin https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ Max Hillebrand: busting FUD about the Lightning Network https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of Braiins operating Slush pool "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/

Randy Brito is the founder of bitcoinvenezuela.com and the CEO of Locha Mesh. With the Locha Mesh device one can send text, audio, and Bitcoin without cell service or internet as long as the device has battery life. Locha Mesh nodes create high bandwith long range decentralized radio networks to connect devices at up to 4km away from each other, and relay information to reach longer distances. We talk about Locha Mesh censorship resistant payments and internet Bitcoin payments without internet and without electricity Each device is a node by itself Blockstream satellite sends block data Building their own protocol You can browse the internet with the device Send text messages, images, bitcoin transactions You can build your own apps Business Idea and Network effect Alternative communication infrastructure Privacy ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/locha-mesh/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Smuggler: A deep dive into technology, democracy, privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to bitcoin https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ Max Hillebrand: busting FUD about the Lightning Network https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of Braiins operating Slush pool "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/

My guests in this episode are Patrik Tjokorda, Josef Tětek and Tomas Marada, we met at the Hackers Congress in Prague. They are working on a project called DEBNK. Their goal is to build global peer banking on top of the bitcoin settlement layer. This trustless third layer on top of bitcoin will be able to store different assets and can make stablecoins obsolete. We talk about how this will be implemented, the use cases they see and about volatility and price discovery in bitcoin, the block subsidy, the halving and bitcoin in the Czech Republic. At the moment the development team is looking for grants to bootstrap the MVP, the minimal viable product. Patrik and Tomas just launched a bitcoin quant fund www.hedge.capital, that will also serve as funding vehicle for DEBNK later on. We talk about bitcoin will change how we cooperate as a society 3rd layer on bitcoin - financialisation of bitcoin storing different asset on bitcoin infrastructure accounting assets on top of lightning channels CFD contract for difference: Usecase derivatives No need for stablecoins Volatility and price discovery in bitcoin PlanB, Stock to flow BAKKT, derivatives space Opting out of the system with bitcoin today Personal privacy practises "Bitcoins security budget is adequat for now" Block subsidy and halving Transaction density and Lightning Network Bitcoin in the Czech Republic ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/debnk-banking-interview/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Smuggler: A deep dive into technology, democracy, privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to bitcoin https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ Max Hillebrand: busting FUD about the Lightning Network https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of Braiins operating Slush pool "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/

Alexandra Moxin is the host of the Advance Tech Podcast and a moderator for Bitcoin conferences, living in Vancouver in Canada. We met at the Baltic Honeybadger Conference in Riga back in September of 2019. Alexandra works for Microsoft as developer engagement lead for Azure and follows the developments in Bitcoin since 2017. We talk about why we are interested in bitcoin only, about podcasting, Bitcoin in Canada and learning resources for Bitcoin. "Bitcoins biggest strength is, that its security is backed by so much power." - Alexandra Moxin "Bitcoin changes the power dynamic, it gives power back to the individual." - Alexandra Moxin "Bitcoin brings back critical thinking." - Alexandra Moxin "Bitcoin rips off the rose-coloured glasses with force in a non violent way." - Alexandra Moxin Why Bitcoin-only Cypherpunks Podcasting Privacy and Fungibility Bitcoin in Canada Being uncomfortable and an outsider Places where bitcoin is needed most decentralized Conference MOOC University of Nicosia Control of your money Low time preference ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/alexandra-moxin/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- Other relevant episodes: Lisa Neigut: Bitcoin Is Mind-Boggling Cool and How She Became a C-Lightning Developer https://bitcoinundco.com/en/lisa-neigut-blockstream/ A deep dive into #technology, democracy, #privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to #bitcoin with Smuggler. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ "In retrospect we'll see that bitcoin has grown exponentially.” - Austin E. Alexander co-founder @BitcoinCenterNY and one of the first 30 employees at @krakenfx https://bitcoinundco.com/en/austin-alexander-kraken/ "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world.” Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of @braiins_systems operating @slush_pool https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/ Andreas M. Antonopoulos busting FUD and reveiling the real risks #Bitcoin is facing. Discussing volatility, energy consumption, inequalities in wealth distribution and more ... https://bitcoinundco.com/en/andreas-antonopoulos-2019/ Dan Held: bitcoin distribution, what he finds surprising about Satoshi Nakamotos ideas, a possible bitcoin supercycle, what #Libra might bring and why Silicon Valley misses out. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/dan-held/ Max Hillebrand busting FUD about the Lightning Network. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Adam Back about Bitcoin: "With this kind of technology individuals can directly take more control of their lives and have more self-determination." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/adam-back-whitepaper-hashcash/ Janine Roemer, investigative journalist and privacy researcher about the importance of censorship resistance and quality control in journalism to combat fake news and how #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork payments support that. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/janine-roemer/ Matt Corallo on the social good of Bitcoin and the mindset of a Bitcoin developer. Topics: his interest in Bitcoin 2011, current issues like miner centralization, projects Fibre, BetterHash, Rust lightning https://bitcoinundco.com/en/matt-corallo/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal - https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC - https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning - https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Lisa Neigut is an engineer and developer at Blockstream working on c-lightning. We met at the Lightning Conference in Berlin in October 2019 and talked about a variety of topics ranging from quantum experiments, Bitcoin in general, stocks as currency, to the future of the Lightning Network. Before that she was working at Squarecash and at Etsy as an Android developer. People who want to start a career in programming and technology should listen to her story of how she got hired as a lightning developer without fitting the profile. "People should be able to make deals between themselves." - Lisa Neigut "Reading 'Mastering Bitcoin' was just mind-boggling cool!" - Lisa Neigut We talk about: Her sideprojects Quantum experiments Squarecash / CashApp Merkle Trees Nakamoto Consensus Time roll over bug, Unix epoch Anonymous digital cash Decentralized finance Buzzwords and Meaning Lightning Network Lightning x liquidity Dual funding Future of Lightning Network Onion packets Shops using Lightning payments Libra When currencies fail Stock as a currency Live coding on twitch ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/lisa-neigut-blockstream/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: A deep dive into #technology, democracy, #privacy, anonymity, nation states, politicial power, cryptoanarchy and it’s relation to #bitcoin with Smuggler. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ "In retrospect we'll see that bitcoin has grown exponentially.” - Austin E. Alexander co-founder @BitcoinCenterNY and one of the first 30 employees at @krakenfx https://bitcoinundco.com/en/austin-alexander-kraken/ "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world.” Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec Founders of @braiins_systems operating @slush_pool https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/ Andreas M. Antonopoulos busting FUD and reveiling the real risks #Bitcoin is facing. Discussing volatility, energy consumption, inequalities in wealth distribution and more ... https://bitcoinundco.com/en/andreas-antonopoulos-2019/ Dan Held: bitcoin distribution, what he finds surprising about Satoshi Nakamotos ideas, a possible bitcoin supercycle, what #Libra might bring and why Silicon Valley misses out. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/dan-held/ Max Hillebrand busting FUD about the Lightning Network. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/max-hillebrand-busting-fud-lightning-network/ Adam Back about Bitcoin: "With this kind of technology individuals can directly take more control of their lives and have more self-determination." https://bitcoinundco.com/en/adam-back-whitepaper-hashcash/ Janine Roemer, investigative journalist and privacy researcher about the importance of censorship resistance and quality control in journalism to combat fake news and how #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork payments support that. https://bitcoinundco.com/en/janine-roemer/ Matt Corallo on the social good of Bitcoin and the mindset of a Bitcoin developer. Topics: his interest in Bitcoin 2011, current issues like miner centralization, projects Fibre, BetterHash, Rust lightning https://bitcoinundco.com/en/matt-corallo/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal - https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC - https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning - https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

We will take a non-technical look into bitcoin mining in this episode. My guests are Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec, the CEOs and Founders of Braiins, the company that is operating Slush pool, which is the world's first bitcoin mining pool with more than 1 000 000 BTC mined since 2010. Jan and Pavels company is located in the Czech Republic in Prague. They are bitcoiners by heart and explain how pool mining works, what the challenges for miners are to be profitable, share their thoughts about the electricity consumption of proof-of-work and what they believe bitcoin will be in the future. "Bitcoin is a big social change in the world." - Jan Čapek "Bitcoin forces you to think differently." - Pavel Moravec Topics: History of Slush Pool Why Bitcoin? Explaining Mining for Newbies Electricity needs of Bitcoin Mining profitability Price of electricity and value of bitcoin How pool mining works How can individuals participate in mining? Mining centralization Slush pools business model Braiins OS Improving the mining protocol Competition in mining Antbleed backdoor in Antminer S9 Open Source mindset in Asia Miners ability to censor transactions Stratum V2 Future of bitcoin Altcoins as testbeds Confidential transactions ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/slush-pool-braiins/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Austin E. Alexander is working for the office of the CEO at Kraken. He joined Kraken at the end of 2013. Back then, Kraken had only 20 to 30 employees. Today it is one of the biggest and most respected crypto exchanges in the world. I met Austin at several bitcoin conferences and at the Baltic Honeybadger in Riga in October, we finally sat down to chat about his career and the developments in the bitcoin space since 2011. In 2013 he was co-founding the Bitcoin Center New York with Nick Spanos. He talks about how enthusiastically they have built the center and about the problems they ran into in the dawn of the Bit License. We also discuss his learnings in 2019 while visiting Uganda, Somalia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and much more. “In retrospect we'll see that bitcoin has grown exponentially.” - Austin E. Alexander “I would have never imagined that bitcoin is this big this quickly.” - Austin E. Alexander “Bitcoin is going to change how we consume.” - Austin E. Alexander Topics: How he found out about Bitcoin Questioning the fiat and nation state system Security Token Offerings Co-founding the Bitcoin Center of New York with Nick Spanos Effects of the Bit License His million dollar bicycle Not getting a bank account Future of Exchanges Uganda, Guatemala, Somalia, South Africa, Zimbabwe Time preference Krakens compliance with regulations Libra, an attack on bitcoin ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/austin-alexander-kraken/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

The Bitcoin & Co. podcast is a bitcoin-only show that's focusing on the why of Bitcoin. Why is it important for humanity, what are the implications from a privacy perspective, how are we able to grow this space together, what are the visions of the people who drive the Bitcoin space. I want to look behind the scenes and take you with me on this journey. Sometimes my guests are rather critical about bitcoin, which I think, is a good thing. Bitcoiners tend to be full of hopium and forget to look for possible downsides. But only with critical thinking, things can be improved. Todays guest is Smuggler, a cryptoanarchist I met at the Hackers Congress in Prague. We had a wide ranging conversation about cryptoanarchy, privacy, technology and democracy and he shares some - at least in the Bitcoin space - unpopular opinions about Bitcoin. I think it is a great conversation, which is why it is longer than usual. "Decisions should be made where the highest effect is to be felt." - Smuggler "Cryptography is better for honest people, than for dishonest people." - Smuggler We talk about: Nation States, corporations, politicians and power Cryptography and dangers of technology His vision of the future Alternatives to the state and the market Bitcoin governance Scrit Cash Privacy and mass surveillance Pseudonoums societies Dark nets and the dark web Anonymity and civility How to be not mass surveillanced IP intelligence ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/smuggler-cryptoanarchy/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Salamantex - Seamless pay with cryptocurrencies https://salamantex.com/customers/ Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Jameson Lopp, is very well known in the Bitcoin space for his wide expertise on security, technology and privacy. He is maintaining and curating a Bitcoin resources page with links to valuable information on Bitcoin and since his house was swatted by police in 2017 after an unknown attacker reported a false hostage situation, he is a cypherpunk at heart. Jameson is the CTO at Casa, a company devoted to providing products for personal sovereignty. "Bitcoin can’t be dead, until we all agree that it is dead and it is so widely distributed now." - Jameson Lopp Topics: Money is language Byzantine generals problem Security of Bitcoin Why full nodes are important Trust and reputation When should I sell? Is Bitcoin dying because ____? On Bitcoin being built by the NSA, FBI On becoming a cypherpunk Privacy and fungibility Tainted coins Facebook and Libra A bitcoin miner in every household The Casa node, the keymaster app and the seedless setup Personal sovereignty His vision for Bitcoin "The game of just speculating is a waste of time and it’s not adding a lot of value to the system." - Jameson Lopp "We need to have a very solid user friendly foundation of security, if we want average people, who don’t live, eat and breathe Bitcoin all day long to be able to do this. They need to be as confident with their bitcoin wallet as they are with the money in their bank, so we still have a long way to go for that." - Jameson Lopp ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/jameson-lopp/ ‎ ---------- Special offers for my listeners from my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- and ---------- Salamantex - Seamless pay with cryptocurrencies https://salamantex.com/customers/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

If you are a newbie or a Bitcoin enthusiast, this interview with John Carvalho, one of the rare people with strong views and rhetorical talent at the same time, will bring you joy and new insights. John is the CCO of Bitrefill, a swedish company that sells giftcards and phone refills for cryptocurrencies and offers - with "Thor" - a lightning network services provider. He says, his higher boss is Bitcoin and he is working for bitcoin since it’s price was 10 USD. John Carvalho has seen a lot happening in the bitcoin space, let him inspire you. This episode was recorded at the Lightning Conference in Berlin in October 2019. Topics: Being powerless and taking back power From a meme on Twitter to Bitrefill Bitcoins development in the last years Growth of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network Changing into saving mode Being paid in bitcoin Why bitcoiners like ETFs Libra, Central Bank Money Price manipulation and trading Evaluating altcoins Privacy at the base layer Bcash dances, Roger Ver and Craig Wright On ignorant money Founding of Bitrefill Buying gift cards cross border Thor: a lightning network service provider Blockchain in supply chains How to educate yourself about Bitcoin "Bitcoin is the best store of value." - John Carvalho "Do not trade, unless it’s your career." - John Carvalho "The job of every altcoin is creating a narrative aganist bitcoin and whoever has the best narrative against bitcoin gets the most ignorant money." - John Carvalho "Bitcoin means, that I can be actually free and be a sovereign individual doing what I want, as long as it does not hurt somebody else." - John Carvalho "I just don’t think Bitcoin dies." - John Carvalho ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/john-carvalho/ ‎ ---------- Special offers for my listeners from my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Jonathan Leong is a coder as well as the Co-founder and CEO of BTSE a multi-currency digital assets exchange and derivatives platform. His goal for BTSE is to make bitcoin affordable for anyone by reducing the volatility of bitcoin through the allocation of liquidity. I also asked him about their criteria for altcoins to be listed on the exchange and how they managed to get through the bear market successfully. “I wanna make bitcoin affordable for anyone.”, says Jonathan Leong. Topics: From mining farms to trading How to mine successfully through the bear market What a futures contract is Liquidity management at exchanges Regulations in the Arab Emirates Bitmex, Deribit as competitors Futures 2.0 Non-custodial order placement with the Liquid network Bad actors and the security of an exchange platform Libra, Telegram token Criteria to list an asset Workweek of the CEO of an exchange BTSE roadmap Financing the project ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/jonathan-leong-btse/ ‎ ---------- Special offers for my listeners from my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- and ---------- Salamantex - Seamless pay with cryptocurrencies https://salamantex.com/customers/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

Let me introduce you to two true Bitcoiners: Ketominer and his business partner, who are building bitcoin and lightning full nodes under the brand “nodl” since 2018. In our interview they explain how they got into bitcoin, why it is important to them and how they bootstrap their “un-corporation” from one level to the next. How they got into the Bitcoin space Changes in the Bitcoin space in the last years How “nodl” came into life The first nodl box The importance of a full node How to receive online payments with BTCPayserver integration Nodl Cloud, Samourai Dojo Box Difference between Nodl and Casa Box Regulation of open source software related to crypto assets Host4Coins Their un-corporation and investors Being bitcoin only ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/nodl/ ‎ ---------- Special offers for my listeners from my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- The BitBox02 hardware wallet. Swiss made, secure and easy to use. Get free shipping with code "anita" now! https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/ ---------- and ---------- Salamantex - Seamless pay with cryptocurrencies https://salamantex.com/customers/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch