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Bitcoin Audible

The Best in Bitcoin made Audible. Guy Swann makes the knowledge of Bitcoin, the world"s most secure, independent money, accessible to everyone. Exploring Bitcoin from an investment perspective, economic analysis, its philosophical foundations, & technological primitives. Reading and distilling thousands of hours of others" works on Bitcoin, Guy explains everything you need to know.

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00:33:09

Read_765 - "Hoarding" is a Keynesian Slur

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/15

"This has been one of the most effective psychological operations that has ever been conducted on the public in human history. The high priests of central banking started running with this narrative and people have come to believe that it is a law of physics. Economies cannot operate efficiently unless there is a steady flow of new monetary units being created and introduced to the economy. If new monetary units aren't being created people will hoard their money and grind the

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01:31:03

Chat_84 - Layers, Payments, and Relays with Utxo

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/14

Today we sit down with Utxo, founder of Nodeless, on understanding the design space for Bitcoin services, the challenges of making Bitcoin accessible and streamlined for everyone, and a vision of how the future may unfold. Don't forget to check out Nodeless.io/guy and if you setup your donation page, post it on social, and tag me, I'll be your first 10,000 sat donation! And don't forget to check out our incredible sponsors and their offers for the audience! • The easy, KYC

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00:57:31

Read_764 - UTXOracle, Decentralizing the Oracle Problem

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/11

"It means that, given an open-source model, this could help bring about the ability to: Independently calculate the price of bitcoin using only your full node at any block height Develop genuine DeFi applications without the need for (or without sole reliance upon) trusted third-party price oracles" — Daniel Hinton & Steve Jeffress What if we could know, within a 1% precision, what the price of Bitcoin is, by only using your full node, and no other source of data? How

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01:08:09

Guy's Take #70 - But Deflation is Bad

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/07

A deflationary money is going to destroy the economy! If the value of money keeps going up, then no one will ever spend it! If no one spends it, then the economy will fall into a depression and it will never escape... at least, this is what we are told. How is it that a sound money system with no special privilege and with no printing machine has been equated with the collapse of the economy? How is it that stuff getting more affordable, has been equated with nobody ever buying

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00:25:13

Read_763 - Evils of THE ALGORITHM

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/06

"Everything about the concept of a social network and the incredible potential and beauty of #nostr as a protocol is in controlling your experience, what content you see, and how you see it. This is literally the entire point of having follows, followers, and reposts in the first place. It's at the core of the very notion of what social media is." — Guy Swann Should we be running from the dreaded "algorithms" of social media giants, or should we be thinking about them

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00:51:29

Read_762 - Bitcoin's Security Model Deep Dive

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/09/01

"When discussing consensus mechanisms for different cryptocurrencies, one issue that often causes arguments is a lack of understanding (and definition) of the security model that they provide for the historical data in the ledger." — Jameson Lopp Today we have another blast from the past with a deep dive into Bitcoin's security model from Jameson Lopp. The most fascinating thing about this piece is that if understood properly, it gives understanding into why many of the

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00:42:39

Read_761 - A Sound Bitcoin Financial System [Alex B]

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/29

"I believe it’s important to go back to what this sovereignty is made of. Bitcoin works because an economic majority is aligning incentives for every constituent of the network. The longer tail of the economic distribution may choose to run a node and validate consensus but ultimately consensus follows the money." — ⁠ Alex B. Today we close out the lengthy back and forth over the evolutionary path of Bitcoin to a billion + users. Alex B brings us a great followup with a less

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00:51:51

Read_760 - Drivechain's Place in Bitcoin's Future

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/25

"To not die, Bitcoin must become more used. The current thesis accepted by most “maximalists” is that Bitcoin will continue to be thought of as an investment and its price will keep increasing, the price movements will bring more attention to it in a virtuous cycle. Eventually enough people will want to hold it so they will start accepting it as a payment for goods and services and then it can start to be used as money." Today we dive into Fiatjaf's contribution to the

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00:37:05

Read_759 - Increasing Interoperability in Second...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/24

"Often overlooked is the importance of interoperability between not only the second-layer protocol and Bitcoin but the layer-2 protocols themselves. A second layer, where end-users can leverage several protocols together and move seamlessly between them, creates a healthier, more resilient financial system and an overall better user experience—both essential for mass adoption."— ⁠Chase Smith Today we shift back to the current layer 2 protocols to take note of the tools and

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01:13:39

Read_758 - Scaling and Consensus Changes [James...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/21

"When reading a draft of this post, my wife got kind of depressed right around here. Her macabre question, basically, is: “if everyone just winds up interacting with sidechains, and not Real Bitcoin, hasn’t the whole thing failed? At every point you’re dealing with some token that isn’t really bitcoin." — James O'Beirne⁠ Continuing the thread of discussions in a series of articles on sidechains and trying to frame our thinking for a Bitcoin future where billions can take

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01:14:51

Read_757 - Putting the B in BTC [Anthony Towns]

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/18

"The headroom there isn’t unlimited — expect it to show up as fee pressure and backlogs and less ability to quickly resolve transaction storms. And that will in turn make it hard and expensive for people with small stacks to continue to do self-custody on the main chain. At that point, acquiring new high value users means pricing out existing low value users." — Anthony Towns It's officially Sidechain Week! Because today Anthony Towns takes us through an thought experiment that

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00:49:49

Read_756 - Bitcoin, The Trust Anchor in a Sea of...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/17

"While bitcoin is still mainly seen as digital currency, it’s essentially a timestamped log with special properties. As such, it can be utilised for far more things than payments and store of value. I presented some of the alternative uses several years ago and the list continues to grow. Brian Deery, chief scientist at Factom, wrote an excellent history of time-stamping, in which he argues that a secure timestamped record wasn’t feasible before the existence of secure digital

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00:52:29

Guys Take #69 - But It's Just Digital Points...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/14

With so many common misconceptions about money, how can we possibly make sense of Bitcoin for customers who have spent their entire lives using only a single product, and know almost nothing about it? Without even a means to compare one "product" to another, where do we start? Most only understand money from the context of its network utility - ie. How many places can I spend it at - and have no foundational to make a judgement of its *quality,* which must come before its

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01:18:11

Read_755 - Drivechains

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/11

"A successful blind merge mined sidechain with significant MEV opportunities could offer Bitcoin significant benefits, which could more than offset the disadvantages." - "Blind merge mining works by a third party running the sidechain, building sidechain blocks and receiving the sidechain fees. This entity then creates a Bitcoin transaction, which passes on these fees to the Bitcoin miners in the form of Bitcoin transaction fees." — ⁠Bitmex research A trustless, high assurance

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02:42:55

Chat_83 - Decentralizing Global Markets with Nostr,...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/08

We have an incredible chat today with Pablof7z who is on a mission to make Nostr the global, decentralized marketplace. With highlighter for integrated, universal note taking, data vending machines for micro tasks and shared computing, and using Ai to bring new services and coordination to the ecosystem. Pablof7z dedicates all of his time to building the future. Don't miss our chat in diving down the rabbit hole with him. Links for the many things discussed in the show: • An

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02:37:45

Ai_006 - Evil, Intelligence & Value with Dhruv Bansal

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/04

Today we delve into a captivating topic, as we explore the potential relationship between AI and evil. My guest Dhruv Bansal brings his profound insights to the forefront as we navigate the depths of this subject. We contemplate the ethical dilemmas that arise when intelligence is harnessed for destructive purposes, and Dhruv expertly unpacks the intricate interplay between AI intelligence, good, and evil, leaving us with a lot to consider about its impact on our lives and the

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02:37:45

Ai_006 - Evil, Intelligence & Value with Dhruv Bansal

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/04

Today we delve into a captivating topic, as we explore the potential relationship between AI and evil. My guest Dhruv Bansal brings his profound insights to the forefront as we navigate the depths of this subject. We contemplate the ethical dilemmas that arise when intelligence is harnessed for destructive purposes, and Dhruv expertly unpacks the intricate interplay between AI intelligence, good, and evil, leaving us with a lot to consider about its

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00:49:13

Read_754 - Bitcoin Is Not Crypto, The SEC Confirms

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/08/04

"Talk to a bitcoin maximalist – someone who believes that bitcoin is the only digital asset with innate value – and, more likely than not, they’ll tell you the world’s oldest cryptocurrency is, in fact, ‘not crypto’ at all. The refrain can be confusing: clearly, bitcoin pioneered the use of cryptography – an ultra-secure type of encryption – with the aim of creating a digital currency. Bitcoin is the archetypal crypto. And yet, in the context of how the digital asset marketplace

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00:32:49

Read_753 - Bitcoin Timestamp Security [Jameson Lopp]

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/07/27

"Bitcoin is often referred to as a secure timestamping service. We never had a global record of truth with trustworthy timestamps, so how did this come about? It’s generally due to Proof of Work being combined to a few simple rules by which miners must abide." — Jameson Lopp Can Bitcoin's sense of time be broken? The security and probabilistic assurances of Bitcoin seem simple on their face, but when you dive a little deeper, there is so often tons of nuance and quiet

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01:17:35

Read_752 - Bitcoin Becomes the Flag of Technology...

Bitcoin Audible ·

2023/07/26

"Bitcoin represents the explicit encoding of previously implicit values of the tech community. It's not just software — it is a Schelling point and a symbol. As such, it will become widely recognized as the flag of technology over the course of the 2020s." — ⁠Balaji S. Srinivasan Today we cover another read from Anil's Bitcoin Essentials list, this time from Balaji Srinivasan. Balaji has a way with words and always brings a unique, high level mental frame to how the world is

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