Episode Details

05:45 – Solve the puzzle and get 2.1 BTC from show sponsor Phemex

8:50 – Supply chain attacks on hardware wallets

12:00 – Compromising private key generation on hardware wallets

12:50 – Is running Bitcoin Core on your computer as safe as using a hardware wallet?

14:46 – Coldcard’s PSBT

20:28 – Lindy effects in hardware wallets (the longer they’ve been around, the more secure they are)

22:50 – Hardware wallets are definitely better than bank account security

23:10 – Why Bitcoin’s scarcity makes it very valuable

24:43 – Losing bitcoins vs losing fiat

26:48 – Hardware wallets vs cold storage

29:00 – QR code cold storage

29:25 – Multisig

34:00 – Casa multisig inheritance system

39:30 – Authentication, identity & voting

43:30 – Are microchip implants a safe way to store your Bitcoin private keys?

45:47 – Why Bitcoin is the best user experience

47:20 – YetiCold dot com

55:00 – Why does YetiCold use 3 out of 7 signatures?

58:00 – JW Weatherman on using steel plates to store private keys

1:02:00 – What the term “cypherpunk” really means and why the cypherpunk movement is abolitionist 

1:05:40 – Why should YetiCold be trusted?

1:07:00 – Does YetiCold make JW Weatherman any money?

1:09:00 – Mathbot dot com

1:11:05 – Is Donald McIntyre a cypherpunk historian?

1:11:53 – David Chaum is a genius

1:13:50 – Digicash had to exist and had to fail

1:14:27 – Why JW Weatherman thinks Monero is a scam

1:16:53 – Closing note on the JW Weatherman’s interview with Tim May (available on YouTube)