Podcast Episodes
Back to Search![Read_555 - The Bitcoin Energy Debate & the Gold Resource Cost Debate [Nic Carter]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740953/c1a-9mg94-ddkn67d4bn30-hrj7t5.jpg)
Read_555 - The Bitcoin Energy Debate & the Gold Resource Cost Debate [Nic Carter]
"Long before we had the Bitcoin energy debate, we had the gold resource cost debate. The contours were similar: the costs associated with gold refini…
4 years, 9 months ago
![Read_554 - Finding Financial Freedom in Afghanistan [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740954/c1a-9mg94-mq8r03q4i3ok-p8xhg7.jpg)
Read_554 - Finding Financial Freedom in Afghanistan [Alex Gladstein]
“Farzan and her family traveled by foot, car and train thousands of miles through Iran and Turkey, finally making it to Germany in 2017. Along the wa…
4 years, 9 months ago
Chat #62 - Dave Smith & Part of the Solution
Dave Smith has finally done a Bitcoin episode! For those of you who missed this, I am making it available on my own feed and for those of you who do …
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_553 - Bitcoin's "Naive" Monetary Policy [Natasha Che]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740956/c1a-9mg94-ddkn67d2t41q-zmonxl.jpg)
Read_553 - Bitcoin's "Naive" Monetary Policy [Natasha Che]
"Bitcoin fails as a money b/c of its naive monetary policy. Many people think government printing too much is evil, so a fixed money supply must be …
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_552 - Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740957/c1a-9mg94-gd412qd5umm2-mvrcg0.jpg)
Read_552 - Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution [Alex Gladstein]
“This technology goes around blockades and government restrictions, it allows you to move value without trusting anyone, it connects you to the world…
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_551 - I Tried Hacking Bitcoin, and I Failed [Dan Kaminsky]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740958/c1a-9mg94-row10mooc2pj-fswkcp.jpg)
Read_551 - I Tried Hacking Bitcoin, and I Failed [Dan Kaminsky]
"By all extant metrics in security system review, this system should have failed instantaneously, at every possible layer. And, to be fair, it has f…
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_550 - Bitcoin's Energy Use isn't a Problem, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740959/c1a-9mg94-gd412qddcd72-63zanb.jpg)
Read_550 - Bitcoin's Energy Use isn't a Problem, Here's Why [Lyn Alden]
"And it’s easier to sensationalize things for pageviews or political gain. For example, it’s commonly said that the Bitcoin network uses more ener…
4 years, 10 months ago
Guy's Take #49 - Backed by Truth
"Bitcoin is a network, a money, a language, a system of rules, & a clock. Bitcoin is backed by Truth" - Guy Swann Links to other works mentioned in …
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740961/c1a-9mg94-2ogqd1o3akon-4bdpst.jpg)
Read_549 - Fiat Lux: The Origins of Modern Money [HeavilyArmedClown]
The word “fiat” is growing more aggrandized in the modern lexicon, however, despite its increasing popularity it is often ill defined or misused. I r…
4 years, 10 months ago
![Read_548 - This is Not a Drill! [Jake Chervinsky]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740962/c1a-9mg94-mq8r03qru10n-12qhyx.jpg)
Read_548 - This is Not a Drill! [Jake Chervinsky]
"Here's the deal with the US infrastructure bill: A new provision has been added that expands the Tax Code's definition of "broker" to capture nearly…
4 years, 11 months ago