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S16 E41: Yonatan Sompolinsky on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work
Season 16 Episode 41
Yonatan Sompolinsky is an academic in the field of computer science, best known for his work on the GHOST protocol (Greedy Heaviest Observed Subtree,…
1 year ago
S16 E40: Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin Culture & Maximalism
Season 16 Episode 40
Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan Bitcoin and has a long history in both traditional finance and the Bitcoin space. In this two-part episode, he talk…
1 year ago
S16 E39: Karl Kreder (Dr. K) on Scaling Proof of Work, Bitcoin & Quai
Season 16 Episode 39
Karl Kreder, better known as Dr. K, is best known in the space for researching the use of merged-mined subnets to scale Proof of Work in 2018 – a con…
1 year ago
S16 E38: Bitcoin Payments in 2025 with Sergej Kotliar & Matt Ahlborg
Season 16 Episode 38
Sergej Kotliar is the CEO of Bitrefill, while Matt Ahlborg recently created PPQ.AI to enable millions of users to experience LLMs without expensive s…
1 year, 1 month ago
S16 E37: Andrew Poelstra on Simplicity, Bitcoin Smart Contracts & Upgrades
Season 16 Episode 37
Simplicity, a scripting language so simple that it can fit on a t-shirt, has finally launched on Liquid after a decade of development. Andrew Poelstr…
1 year, 1 month ago
S16 E36: Maud Bannwart & Cheng Wang on Alephium, Proof of Less Work & Bitcoin
Season 16 Episode 36
Alephium is one of the most interesting Proof of Work projects, which aims to build secure smart contracts & fast DeFi on a mineable base layer which…
1 year, 1 month ago
S16 E35: Hunter Beast on Bitcoin's Quantum Resistance & BIP 360
Season 16 Episode 35
Hunter Beast is the author of BIP 360: a proposal that seeks to provide quantum resistance to Bitcoin, to prevent powerful computer builders from bru…
1 year, 1 month ago
S16 E34: Prof. Richard Werner on Bitcoin, CBDCs & The Big Beautiful Bill
Season 16 Episode 34
Prof. Richard Werner, one of the world's most famous economists, is best known for writing "Princes of the Yen" and penning the term "quantitative ea…
1 year, 1 month ago
S16 E33: Liz Steininger on Least Authority & Auditing Open Source Software
Season 16 Episode 33
Liz Steininger is the CEO of Least Authority: a company which specializes in auditing open source software since 2014. Originally founded by Zooko Wi…
1 year, 2 months ago
S16 E32: Bitcoin vs Monero vs Zcash Privacy with Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski of Cypher Stack
Season 16 Episode 32
Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski are working to build Cypher Space: a privacy & sovereignty company. In this episode, they compare + rate the privacy …
1 year, 2 months ago