Podcast Episodes
Back to Search![Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740696/c1a-9mg94-1xnz019zsdm6-rpgxjt.jpg)
Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]
"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Oth…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740697/c1a-9mg94-5r54gpm2uxq-3zbdpt.jpg)
Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]
"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known moneta…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740698/c1a-9mg94-1xnz019vfvnp-xnhjcz.jpg)
Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]
"To do our best to minimize the economics jargon once again, we might simply ask: what are you going to do with your time? Are you going to create or…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Read_748 - Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740699/c1a-9mg94-ddkn6q9rcm18-som0n8.jpg)
Read_748 - Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]
"While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can underst…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Read_747 - The Bondholder's Burning Platform [Croesus]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740700/c1a-9mg94-o87n4g5xhj37-ki221z.jpg)
Read_747 - The Bondholder's Burning Platform [Croesus]
"Since 1800, in 51 out of 52 cases where a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio reached 130%, the country eventually defaulted. The only exception is current …
2 years, 8 months ago
Guy's Take #68 - Lightning & the Ai Economy
Ai agents are going to be able to seek out, delegate, and pay for micro services from an ecosystem of other agents & services. But the resources bein…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Reboot - Bitcoin and The American Idea [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740702/c1a-9mg94-49vqg2n5h0gq-nstqkx.jpg)
Reboot - Bitcoin and The American Idea [Alex Gladstein]
"Today Americans celebrate 246 years of independence from the British Empire. On this day in 1776 the Founding Fathers made a declaration. It was a b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ai_005 - Ai, Fiat Incompatible with Kody Low
"So we had built this for a while, but because API calls are basically free, there really wasn't a good match for it. There were some good matches fo…
2 years, 8 months ago
![Read_746 - Orange Pilling Your Barber [Hector Alvero]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740703/c1a-9mg94-ddkn6q9otknv-savtbv.jpg)
Read_746 - Orange Pilling Your Barber [Hector Alvero]
"Your barber or stylist likely has the broadest network of anyone you know. People from every walk of life, including business owners, accountants, t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Chat_82 - The Spirit of Satoshi
We recently had Aleks Svetski back on at Ai Unchained to discuss the project we hinted at in episode 2 that he made public at BTCPrague. The Spirit o…
2 years, 9 months ago