Podcast Episodes

Read_896 - Inalienable Property Rights

"Thanks to Bitcoin anyone can use the asymmetric defenses of cryptography to their economic advantage. A symmetry is at the heart of Bitcoin security…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Chat_139 - TheGuySwann On the porch [RobbieTheFire]

In this re-release episode from "Run Your Mouth" with RobbieTheFire, we delve into the intricate world of economics, exploring the challenges posed b…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Read_895 - And Then They Fight You [FFR82]

When authoritarian regimes double down on financial surveillance and criminalize basic crypto activity, can new freedom tech offer a lifeline—or is t…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Guy's Roundtable_011 - Treasuries, Politics, Quantum & Why This Cycle is Different

Why does this Bitcoin cycle feel… different?

In this Roundtable, I sat down with Simple Steve, Bitcoin Mechanic, and my brother Jeff Swann for a deep…

8 months ago

Read_894 - The parental dead end of consent morality

"A myopic focus on personal freedom — the nights out, the "me time", the money saved — is a spiritual mirage: You think you want the paradise of noth…

8 months ago

Chat_138 - Bitcoin Needs More Civil Wars with Super Testnet

"You can delete your Lightning transactions.
So unlike a blockchain, a blockchain's an append-only database and every transaction that gets stored in …

8 months, 1 week ago

Read_893 - Building a Local Network with your Neighbors

"Privacy is not a bunker. It’s not cutting every wire, ghosting every friend, and hoping the grid forgets you exist. That’s fantasy. Romanticized exi…

8 months, 1 week ago

Chat_137 - The Natural State of Fiat is Dictatorship with Daniel Batten

"Either you don't have a fiat currency or you don't have a democracy. But the two things together, and this has been proven, cannot coexist happily w…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Read_892 - Not ECDSA. Not Schnorr. Meet DahLIAS.

Human innovation knows no limits, and our first assumptions regarding what is possible with the tools at our disposal, are almost invariably found to…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Read_891 - The Rise of Bitcoin Stocks and Bonds

"In order for something to be used as ubiquitous money, the spender has to already have it, and the recipient has to want to hold it. Notably, people…

8 months, 3 weeks ago