We make claims about Bitcoin’s assurances all the time. It is censorship resistant, it’s open and permissionless, it’s counterfeit proof, etc. But are these things entirely true? When someone wants to acquire, use, or validate

Today we read an excellent article by Ben Perrin (@Btcsessions) laying out an excellent argument that reveals #BitcoinMaximalism as the meticulous and thoughtful position it actually is. Rather than the arbitrary, religious, & closed-minded position

“If Bitcoin’s supply is expected to be endlessly deflationary, doesn’t this ensure a never ending, economy destroying downward spiral?”
Today we conclude with Part 2, Hulsmann’s incredible work on the consequences and nature of

When we think about the unmatched scarcity of Bitcoin as a monetary good (particularly after looking at @100trillionUSD’s stock-to-flow model), it inevitably leads to an important question. If Bitcoin’s supply is expected to be endlessly

The incredible model for predicting and assessing the value of the Bitcoin network by @100trillionUSD is analyzed in his exceptional article that we read on today’s show, “Modeling Bitcoin’s Value with Scarcity.” With an R^2

We start today’s show reading a short Twitter thread by @simonlutz21 which sparks a fun discussion about the presence of Proof-of-Work in nature, the awesome utility of immutability, and the power of Bitcoin’s inalterable ledger.

There were many precursors to the Bitcoin system, but IMO, none came as close to correctly defining the problem, & solving the key issues of trust as Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold concept. Reading another great

What if we already had a solution to one of the biggest threats to the Bitcoin network, but simply weren’t implementing it? Today we read another great piece by @stopanddecrypt breaking down the numerous vulnerabilities

What if there was a single, fundamental flaw in Keynesian economic theory that could shed light on the major imbalances and debts that have resulted from our monetary system? Does “spending” and consumption of resources

From Bitcoin Magazine, today we read Aaron’s piece on the recently conceptualized “Statechains” from the mind of Ruben Somsen. An entirely different way to think of exchanging Bitcoin, by handing keys to the receiver, rather

The Lightning Network does, in fact, have scaling problems of its own. When the network grows to millions of channels we obviously won’t be able to run it on a Raspberry Pi. Don’t tell Rusty

… And one of the greatest natural subsidies for renewable energy we could’ve asked for.
Today we hit a piece by Daniel Wingen. A thorough breakdown of the essence of mining, the necessity

Today we read yet another great piece by @hasufl and @suzhu available on uncommoncore.co on the core value offered by Bitcoin as a system and the high level trends in macroeconomics and technology that could

Finishing this week out with a short but wonderful introductory article by Nik Bhatia. Bitcoin is a money, a game, a land grab, works like email, and ultimately, Bitcoin is a human right. My discussion

Tomorrow we have an awesome interview with Roy Sheinfeld all about the Breez Lightning service!
To set the stage, today we dive into the recent Lightning Labs Blog post on the incredible improvements in

Merchants are scammers, Keynesians are scammers, altcoins are scammers, Bitcoin “investments” are scammers, scammers are scammers, and even Bitcoin hoarders are scammers. Everyone’s a scammer.

There is a key list of works that are simply

Today we finish the amazing journey through Jameson Lopp’s thorough compilation of Craig Wright’s extensive efforts and complications in trying to convince the world he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. A huge thank

Did you hear about the guy who tried for years to convince the world he was Satoshi?

If you ever wanted to explore the evidence against Craig Wright’s dubious claims but simply didn’t have