Payments and adoption

S17 E34: Cory Klippsten on Bitcoin Cafe, Swan & Big Bitcoin

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan and one of the most persistent voices in the “Bitcoin, not crypto” camp. He’s also…

S17 E33: Joël Valenzuela on Being Unbanked with Private Digital Cash

Joël Valenzuela, widely known for his commitment to living without banks and relying entirely on cryptocurrency for everyday…

S17 E2: Tyler Spalding on Bitcoin Payments, Altcoins & Bears

In January 2026, Tyler Spalding came to Romania to visit the Bear Sanctuary in Zărnești, Brașov. So I took advantage of the…

S15 E55: Jake Yocom-Piatt & Phoenix Green on Decred, Bison Wallet & the Trouble With Proof of Work

Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt and Phoenix Green on hybrid consensus, the mining cartel they voted out, Bison Wallet swaps…

S15 E4: Alexis Roussel on Nym, Privacy & Suing the Swiss Financial Regulator

Alexis Roussel is one of the most remarkable and accomplished bitcoiners from Switzerland. He sits on the board of companies such…

S15 E3: Hernán Marino on Bitcoin in Argentina & Becoming a Core Dev

Hernán Marino is a software engineer, academic, and Bitcoin enthusiast from Argentina. In this episode, he delves into the impact…

S15 E15: Aaron van Wirdum on The Genesis Book, Cypherpunks & Bitcoin’s Pre-History

Aaron van Wirdum walks through The Genesis Book: e-gold, Hayek, the Extropians, the cypherpunks, Hashcash, Bit Gold, b-money…

S14 E19: Martin and Igor on Firefish, a Bitcoin-Backed Lending Platform

Firefish is an ambitious project which takes on the massive challenge to create a trust-minimized version of BlockFi or Celsius…

S14 E17: Rodolfo Andragnes on Labitconf 2023 & Argentinian Elections

In times of hyperinflation and political uncertainty, the 11th annual edition of Labitconf makes the bold decision to have a…

S14 E5: Ben Arc on LNBits and Nostr

Ben Arc is the creator of LNBits: a modular Lightning wallet which empowers users to pick their desired features (presented as…

S14 E4: Peter Todd vs Sergej Kotliar on Full RBF

In the first half of 2023, before ordinal inscriptions emerged and Drivechains stole the spotlight for the rest of the year, Full…

Breaking ChatGPT’s Bitcoin FUD #10: Mainstream Acceptance

According to ChatGPT, the fact that bitcoin still didn’t reach mainstream acceptance among businesses and individuals is a big…

Breaking FUD: How a Father’s Devotion Led a Sceptic to Bitcoin

(This article is written by Grafton Clark, with assistance from his good friend Garry Rominger. Grafton is a technical writer at…

S13 E3: Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals, Inscriptions & Bitcoin Culture

Ordinal inscriptions are all the rage. They obsoleted the concept of NFTs by offering artists a permanent way to display their…

S13 E1: Eric Sirion & Obi Nwosu on Fedimint & Fedi

Eric Sirion and Obi Nwosu are responsible for bringing to life and popularizing the idea of increasing Bitcoin adoption through…

S12 E3: Kemal & Noor on Adopting Bitcoin Conference (El Salvador)

The biggest and most important Bitcoin conference of 2022 doesn’t take place in Miami, Los Angeles, or Amsterdam. Thanks to the…

¿Puede Bitcoin Funcionar Como Papel Moneda?

A pesar de que Bitcoin está al frente de las innovaciones financieras de estos tiempos, no es parte de la agenda de…

S11 E5: Charlie Lee on Mimble Wimble Extension Blocks (MWEB)

Mimble Wimble and Extension Blocks are two interesting Bitcoin proposals that were heavily discussed by Core developers, but…

S9 E9: Max hillebrand on Praxeology, Human Action & El Salvador

Before getting into Bitcoin, Max Hillebrand was an avid reader of Austrian Economics. He went through all the major schools of…

S9 E8: Kenichi Kurimoto & Hitomi Moriyama on Nayuta, Bitcoin & Lightning

When we talk about Bitcoin, our perspective is mostly American-centric – with some exceptions of events taking place in Europe…

S9 E7: Knut Svanholm on Sovereignty & Bitcoin in El Salvador

Knut Svanholm is the kind of bitcoiner who looks for the bullish perspective into every situation. As the author of “Bitcoin…

Can Bitcoin Work As Paper Money?

Though Bitcoin finds itself ahead of the financial innovations of our times, it is not part of the cashless society agenda…

Why Adopting Bitcoin Is A Bad Idea For El Salvador

On June 5th 2021, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced that he would draft a legislative bill to make bitcoin a…

S6 E3: Luis Ploennig on Bitcoin in South America & Indacoin

Mexican bitcoiner Luis Ploennig (Plucoinz) explains why Latin America needs Bitcoin & how Satoshi’s currency has been around for…

S2 E10: R.L. Bryer on Austrian Economics and Bitcoin

R.L. Bryer is an old-time bitcoiner who chose to lay low and watch the numbers go up throughout the years. But when…

S2 E4: Rajarshi Maitra on Bitcoin in India and the cult status of BTC communities

On June 29th 2019 I’ve had the pleasure to interview Indian bitcoiner Rajarshi Maitra. I was curious to find out more about…

S1 E10: Alena Vranova on Bitcoin and Fairer Politics

Rockstar business developer and strategist Alena Vranova talks about how Bitcoin can improve politics and international finance.