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Calle is the creator and lead maintainer of the cashu open source protocol, a bitcoin powered chaumian ecash implementation. The cashu ecosystem of wallets and backends provides users the ability to easily, cheaply, and privately use bitcoin, including the ability to make offline peer to peer payments. Sorry for the technical difficulties at the…

Steve runs Spiral, Block's open source bitcoin initiative. Lyn is founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy and partner at Ego Death Capital. Steve and Lyn join the show to discuss their recent research paper on bitcoin consensus changes, the process which the network implements potential improvements, and the various stakeholders…

Adam Back is cofounder and CEO of Blockstream, a company focused on building out bitcoin technology. We discuss his recent appearance in HBO documentary 'Money Electric,' the blossoming Swiss bitcoin city of Lugano, the early days of bitcoin, and his thoughts on ecash and nostr. Adam on Nostr:…

MADEX is an incredibly talented bitcoin artist and a good friend based in Canada. We discuss his long journey producing freedom focused high quality physical artwork while trying to make a sustainable living. We also discuss his work leading branding for Canadian bitcoin services provider Bull Bitcoin and his concerns with modern corporate social…

Ocean Mining is a new and innovative bitcoin mining pool focused on transparency and freedom for the individual miners who choose to use them. With their new DATUM release miners who use Ocean will be able to construct and broadcast blocks themselves removing a key trust component from the process and reducing censorship risk. We had the pleasure…

Phil Geiger is a good friend and VP of Marketing at Unchained. We discussed the current bitcoin landscape, the importance of self custody and their self custody IRA product, the tradeoffs of KYC, their new Donor Advised Fund product, and Nostr. Phil on Nostr:…

Finale conversation at the Baltic Honey Badger Conference in Riga, Latvia. The longest running bitcoin only conference in the world. Video: https://primal.net/e/note1ysx6vqm9h4mlyq0yel3kxplm4xcuhwtwjgzwuhy3ne4thehsntwschsdzw ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Jack Dorsey on Nostr: https://primal.net/jack Jack Mallers on Nostr:…

Discussion on the power of key reputation systems and webs of trust using nostr in front of a live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE731vXoUOU ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Pablo on Nostr: https://primal.net/pablof7z Stuart Bowman on Nostr:…

Panel discussion moderated by Marty Bent discussing funding the nostr ecosystem in front of a live audience at Nostriga in Riga. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-Y0fq5KiA ODELL on Nostr: https://primal.net/odell Marty Bent on Nostr: http://primal.net/martybent Preston Pysh on Nostr: https://primal.net/preston Alex Li on Nostr:…

Hal Finney is believed to have been the second bitcoiner after Satoshi and received the first bitcoin transaction. Today marks the tenth anniversary of his death on August 28th, 2014. We celebrate his life with his wife Fran Finney. Learn more about the Running Bitcoin Challenge and support Fran's mission to end ALS:…