Time stamps:

Introducing David A. Johnston (00:00:51 )

David's Bitcoin Journey (00:02:34 )

Bitcoin 2.0 Discussion (00:02:54 )

Mastercoin and ICOs (00:05:31 )

Community Reactions to Digital Assets (00:06:31 )

Bitcoin's Ideological Divide (00:07:46 )

The Bitcoin 2.0 Panel (00:09:00 )

Emergence of Ethereum (00:09:30 )

Irreconcilable Differences (00:10:08 )

Freedom Maximalism (00:10:28 )

Toxicity in the Community (00:11:14 )

Collaboration in Early Bitcoin (00:12:20 )

Censorship in Development (00:13:27 )

Market Evolution and Bitcoin's Value (00:16:00 )

Comparing Bitcoin 2.0 Projects (00:19:42 )

Ethereum's Egalitarian Approach (00:20:24 )

The Golden Trinity (00:22:04 )

Vitalik's Vision for Ethereum (00:23:06 )

Ethereum vs. Omni (00:24:02 )

Vitalik's Bitcoin Roots (00:25:23 )

Decentralized Exchanges (00:26:34 )

Challenges of Omni Protocol (00:27:31 )

Bridging Bitcoin and Ethereum (00:28:53 )

Diversity in Blockchain Approaches (00:31:08 )

Jeff Garzik's Contributions (00:32:09 )

Scaling Bitcoin (00:34:43 )

Interoperability of Networks (00:37:46 )

Future of Scaling and Privacy (00:38:07 )

Johnston's Law (00:39:13 )

The Future of Decentralized AI (00:39:23 )

User Experience and Adoption (00:40:32 )

The Importance of Non-Custodial Solutions (00:41:37 )

Open Source AI Progress (00:42:42 )

Large Language Models and Smart Agents (00:43:38 )

Emergence of Personal AI Tools (00:44:48 )

Global Adoption of Open Source AI (00:45:56 )

Political Attention on Bitcoin (00:46:56 )

Bitcoin's Independence from the State (00:48:31 )

Crypto Anarchism and Economic Principles (00:50:06 )

Resurgence of Ron Paul’s Ideas (00:52:38 )

Building Alternatives to the State (00:56:06 )

The Income Tax and Centralization (00:57:19 )

Reduction of State Competition (00:58:33 )

Decentralized Federal System (00:59:45 )

Prosperity and Stability (01:00:35 )

Bitcoin as a Model (01:00:49 )

Innovation in the U.S. (01:01:02 )

Ethereum's Regulatory Clarity (01:02:02 )

Capital Flow in Crypto (01:03:03 )

Interviewing Erik Voorhees (01:03:27 )

Block Size Wars Overview (01:06:34 )

Ethereum's Emergence (01:08:58 )

Scaling Proposals (01:10:09 )

Political Polarization (01:10:28 )

Forking and Community Separation (01:11:17 )

Religious Context of Bitcoin (01:12:28 )

Diplomatic Approach to Disagreements (01:13:40 )

Bitcoin Cash and Core Developer Collaboration (01:14:41 )

Starlink and Internet Access (01:16:09 )

Decentralization and Ideological Divides (01:17:23 )

Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining (01:18:28 )

AI and Bitcoin Integration (01:19:25 )

User Experience in Bitcoin Transactions (01:21:36 )

AI as a Personal Assistant (01:22:46 )

Smart Agents and Economic Actions (01:29:49 )

Discoverability and User Intent (01:30:53 )

Transaction Issues in Crypto (01:31:58 )

Messaging with Zcash (01:33:03 )

AI and Personal Efficiency (01:34:07 )

Decentralized Intelligence (01:36:21 )

Phil Zimmermann's Influence (01:37:34 )

Skepticism Towards AI Surveillance (01:38:39 )

Open Source AI Developments (01:40:52 )

Decentralization in AI Hardware (01:44:32 )

Chip Manufacturing Landscape (01:45:39 )

Future of ASIC Production (01:48:16 )

Techno Optimism and Decentralized Acceleration (01:50:40 )

Future of Bitcoin (01:52:49 )

Adoption in High Inflation Countries (01:56:26 )

Mass Adoption Timeline (01:58:36 )

Stablecoins vs Bitcoin (02:00:58 )

First Steps to Bitcoin Adoption (02:02:09 )

Retrospective on Omni and Ethereum (02:05:39 )

The Importance of Private Keys (02:08:40 )

Transitioning to Decentralized Systems (02:09:46 )

The Origin of Counterparty and Omni (02:11:02 )

Market Resilience and Early Projects (02:12:55 )

Entrepreneurship and Experimentation (02:14:08 )

Health and Personal Transformation (02:16:09 )

Morpheus and Other Open Source Projects (02:17:14 )