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Live at PubKey

PubKey Media House

Full audio recordings from our weekly Bitcoin talks at PubKey, discussing topics that range from bitcoin mining and Lightning to institutional adoption, self-custody, and financial privacy. We invite special guests to discuss the projects they"re working on and take questions from the audience.

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01:06:23

Can the Bitcoin Development Fund Save Bitcoin? (w/...

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2025/11/17

CK (HRF Director of Financial Freedom) and Femi Longe (HRF Global Bitcoin Lead) take the stage in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey NYC to discuss the Bitcoin Development Fund's mission to empower devs, activists, and human rights defenders across the globe—billions of sats at a time. Plus: Why the fund gives MILLIONS in BTC every quarter to projects around the world Why WhatsApp is NOT freedom tech... and why it still succeeds where Signal fails Do Bitcoiners preach too much—and build too

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00:49:38

BITCOIN VS. ACADEMIA (w/ Max Raskin & David Yermack)

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2025/11/13

Max Raskin (NYU School of Law) and David Yermack (NYU Stern School of Business) take the stage at PubKey NYC to discuss how academia is grappling with Bitcoin: what gets taught, what gets missed, and why it matters. Plus: How NYU became the first university to teach cryptocurrencyHow you can get orangep-pilled from Pynchon'sThe Crying of Lot 49How Max Raskin went from Austrian economics nerd to early crypto reporterWhat Michelle Obama’s fashion choices and CEO private jets taught Professor

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01:02:29

What Comes After Samourai Wallet? (w/ Frank Corva &...

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2025/11/10

Frank Corva and David Z. Morris (journalist at The Rage) take the stage at PubKey NYC to discuss the results of the Samourai Wallet trial—and what it means for the future of our industry. Plus: What Frank and David really witnessed inside the courtroom during the Samourai Wallet sentencing (i.e. why did the judge hand down the MAXIMUM sentence?)The legal gray zone around “unlicensed money transmission” and why it threatens open-source developersHow tone and rhetoric shaped the case (i.e. at what

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01:05:38

Building Censorship-Resistant Social Media (w/ HRF &...

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2025/10/27

Zac Guignard (Financial Freedom Content Associate at HRF) and Will Casarin (founder of Damus) take the stage at PubKey NYC with host Frank Corva to discuss the new generation of Nostr-native platforms allowing users to speak and transact freely without censorship. Are we finally in a new era for the Internet? Plus:Why centralized social platforms strip users of autonomy (and how Nostr’s open protocol restores it by design)How Damus lets users broadcast to 100+ relays simultaneously, making

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01:19:51

The OP_RETURN Flame War (w/ Adam Back & ArbedOut)

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2025/10/06

Adam Back and ArbedOut take the stage at PubKey NYC with host Thomas Pacchia to discuss the brewing tensions between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. Could we be heading toward a fork? Plus:How the OP_RETURN “flame war” revives a decade-old argument over spam, censorship, and Bitcoin’s purposeWhy ArbedOut is choosing to steelman Bitcoin Knots and its alleged ability to filter "spam" transactionsWhy it's crucial to understand the difference between policy and consensus when it comes to

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00:57:19

The Future of Bitcoin & AI (w/ HRF & Matt Ahlborg)

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2025/10/02

In this collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation, Christian "CK" Keroles (Director of Financial Freedom at HRF) sits down with Matt Ahlborg (Bitcoin researcher and creator of PayPerQ) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about:The emerging dilemma: why Bitcoin is the only way to access AI in countries blocked from traditional payment railsHow PayPerQ lets anyone in the world (no credit card, no ID) pay for GPT-4 or Claude 3 via LightningWhat Matt learned from investigating

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00:59:58

PUNK ROCK MONEY (w/ Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert)

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2025/09/29

Bitcoin OGs Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert take the stage at PubKey NYC for the wildest live show you've ever seen. They discuss:Why El Salvador reminds them of Renaissance FlorenceHow their government-backed education program teaches financial literacy and node-building starting from age 7Why they think Bitcoin has “New York energy”Why they think Bitcoin treasuries are “bullshit”How Stacy experienced firsthand how the U.K. suppresses free speech through libel law and media regulationWhy El

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01:14:24

MINING MONTHLY, Sept '25 (w/ Will Foxley & Drew...

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2025/09/24

We got your proof-of-work right here. Join our friends Drew Armstrong and Will Foxley (co-founder of Blockspace Media) to learn what it takes to survive in the zero-sum game of Bitcoin mining and secure the next precious block in the chain. They discuss:How mining numbers get gamed by curtailment and Texas grid strategyWhy Tether is now one of the largest Bitcoin miners (and how a joint venture with Swan blew up in UK court)Whether U.S. regulators will crack down on Bitmain and Congo’s mining

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01:39:26

Launching the Africa Bitcoin Institute (w/ HRF &...

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2025/08/19

In this collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation, Femi Longe (Global Bitcoin Lead at HRF) sits down Anaïse Kanimba for a fireside chat and open Q&A about:The FULL story of how Anaïse freed her father from Mageragere PrisonWhy speaking up about injustice got Anaïse targeted by Pegasus spyware and foreign intelligenceWhat happens when human rights work gets you debanked (and how Bitcoin offers an escape hatch)The founding of the Africa Bitcoin Institute + why Africa needs Bitcoin education

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01:32:15

DEI, MMT, & BTC (w/ Quoth the Raven)

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2025/08/04

Thomas Pacchia sits down with Quoth the Raven (writer of the Fringe Finance blog) for a fireside chat and open Q&A on:QTR's unconventional journey from English major and bartender... to financial whistleblower and podcasterWhy public frauds, central bank deception, and U.S. fiscal collapse all smell the same (and all lead to gold and Bitcoin)The Fed’s credibility spiral and why Trump ousting Powell could shatter confidence in the U.S. dollar overnightHow inflation quietly transfers wealth to

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01:34:26

CRYPTO PRIVACY ON TRIAL (The Tornado Cash Case)

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2025/07/31

⁠Jennifer Rosenthal⁠ (DeFi Education Fund) moderates a fireside chat and open Q&A with ⁠Frank Corva⁠ (Bitcoin Magazine), ⁠Eleanor Terrett⁠ (Crypto in America), and ⁠David Z. Morris⁠ (The Rage) about the Tornado Cash trial. They discuss: Why the U.S. government’s prosecution of Roman Storm could set a dangerous precedent for open-source code How the case hinges on the definition of “money transmission” What this trial signals about growing friction between crypto infrastructure and national

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01:28:14

The Past, Present, Future of Bitcoin-Backed Loans (w/...

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2025/07/29

⁠Thomas Pacchia⁠ sits down with ⁠Jonathan Melton⁠ (Head of Lending at ⁠Unchained⁠) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: Why Melton left Wall Street to build Bitcoin-native lending infrastructure How Unchained’s multi-institution custody model protects against counterparty and rehypothecation risk What makes collateralized lending on Bitcoin fundamentally different from fiat debt markets Why most “bitcoin-backed loans” still rely on fiat rails How Unchained evaluates risk, liquidity, and

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01:18:42

Venezuela Will Be Free (w/ HRF & Leopoldo López)

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2025/07/23

In this collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation, Frank Corva (political correspondent at Bitcoin Magazine) sits down with Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López for a fireside chat and open Q&A about:How the Venezuelan government used the central bank to silently tax citizens through hyperinflationWhy López believes Bitcoin could have prevented the worst parts of Venezuela’s economic collapseWhat it took to build a resistance movement under constant surveillance, censorship, and

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01:14:19

The State of Bitcoin (w/ Alex Leishman)

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2025/07/07

Drew Armstrong sits down with Alex Leishman (CEO & CTO of River) for a tavern chat and open Q&A about:How and why Alex started River (even though he isn't a "finance guy")Why most U.S. bitcoin companies are derivative casinos, and how River is differentThe challenge of building real bitcoin UX in a market addicted to speculationHow Alex thinks about custody, nodes, and what it means to “actually use Bitcoin”Why ETFs might help price go up... but won’t help people become

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01:20:48

Welcome to Bedford (w/ Peter McCormack)

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2025/07/02

Thomas Pacchia sits down with Peter and Conor McCormack (the father-son duo behind Real Bedford FC) for a tavern chat and open Q&A about:- How buying a tiny English football club became a real-world Bitcoin test case- How Real Bedford funds operations, pay players, and stacks sats without relying on fiat- What it’s like for Conor to be Vice Chairman of a team his dad owns- Whether Real Bedford is just following in the footsteps of Wrexham A.F.C. or becoming its own serious football project with

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01:21:26

OP_RETURN Limits (w/ Antoine Poinsot)

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2025/06/21

The COIN BASED gang (Thomas Pacchia, Drew Armstrong, and ArbedOut) sits down with Bitcoin Core dev Antoine Poinsot for a tavern chat and open Q&A about: The real reason why the OP_RETURN change broke people’s brainsThe growing rift between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots—is Knots the “censorship-resistance” client now?Whether or not Bitcoin Core contributors wield soft power through default settingsYes, mempool rules are politicalWhat Antoine ACTUALLY believes about the risk of censorship... and

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01:03:10

The Paradox of Nation-State Adoption (w/ HRF & Alex...

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2025/05/24

Thomas Pacchia⁠ sits down with Alex Gladstein (Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation) for a fireside chat and open Q&A about: Why government and corporate adoption doesn’t contradict Bitcoin’s cypherpunk roots Why democracies can thrive with Bitcoin, but dictators can’t How HRF became a Bitcoin-native nonprofit by actually using it, not just holding it Why 100 million self-custody users matter more than any ETF or price chart ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ PubKey meetups are FREE and

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01:36:31

The Battle for Bitcoin Core (w/ Eric Voskuil)

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2025/05/12

Thomas Pacchia sits down with software architect, Navy pilot, and author Eric Voskuil for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: The true story behind LibbitcoinWhy Bitcoin Core’s architecture can’t scale and may already be eroding full validationA first-person account of Amir Taaki’s wild journey from Bitcoin dev to Kurdish militia fighterWhy Voskuil sees “assume valid” as the beginning of the end for permissionless moneyWhy the performance gap between Bitcoin Core and Libbitcoin mattersHow funding

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01:33:30

Who Gets to Change Bitcoin? (w/ Will Foxley & ArbedOut)

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2025/05/07

Drew Armstrong sits down with Will Foxley and ArbedOut for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: Why even Bitcoin’s top developers can’t agree on how to change BitcoinHow obscure opcodes like OP_CAT and OP_CTV are driving ideological riftsThe “Great Consensus Cleanup” proposal and the real threats it’s trying to fixWhy some believe we should do a low-stakes soft fork just to prove we still canHow miner ignorance, core dev vetoes, and reputational politics shape protocol progressThe unlikely impact of

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01:20:07

My First Bitcoin (w/ John Dennehy)

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2025/04/03

Frank Corva⁠ (political correspondent at ⁠Bitcoin Magazine⁠) sits down with ⁠John Dennehy⁠ (founder of ⁠My First Bitcoin⁠) for a wide-ranging fireside chat about: The moment John realized he wasn’t free... and how that set him on a collision course with state power Why every other Bitcoin education initiative in El Salvador failed, and how his survived without funding or permission How a noisy classroom of Salvadoran teenagers changed the mission for good The quiet war over curriculum (and what

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